Person:Monsie Stanley (1)

Monsie Rane Stanley, Jr
Birth: Nov. 19, 1921
Vivian
McDowell County
West Virginia, USA
Death: Feb. 8, 2010
Reno
Washoe County
Nevada, USA

Longtime resident of Ridgecrest, CA and career employee at China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS)/Naval Weapons Center(NWC)/Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division(NAWC-WD), Monsie Rane Stanley, Jr. passed away of natural causes in Reno, NV on 8 Feb 2010.
Born on 19 Nov 1921 in Vivian, WVA toi parents Monsie Rane Stanley Sr. and Minnie Firth Stanley, Monsie enlisted soon after his high school graduation to become a member of the Army's 504th Military Police Battalion. He was involved in WWII campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno; Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe with Monsie awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Medals, a Bronze Arrowhead for amphibious landings and numerous combat ribbons.
After returning from Europe his home state of West Virginia to marry Muriel Anita Hurt in 1946, Monsie, Muriel and their first son, Brad, traveled through the southwest in the early 1950's to become a China Lake Police Officer in 1952. "Stan" as he was known, completed the apprentice program studies to become an instrumentation and telemetry engineering technician, working primarily in the old Code 40, Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT), and Naval Air Facility (NAF) prior to his retirement in 1980, and working as a contractor at Planning Research Corporation.
As an avid outdoorsman, he pursued camping, fishing and hunting with his family and friends and served several years as an Indian Wells Valley Little League coach and President. Monsie and Muriel moved to Reno in 2007 to be near their sons and their families.
Preceded in death by his parents and brother Raymond Stanley, Monsie is survived by his wife of 63 years, Muriel Anita Stanley; two sons. Brad (Sharon) Stanley and Greg (Jane) Stanley; two grandchildren, Dillon (Bart) Lambert and Dustin Stanley; two great-grandchildren, Jillian and Lucas Lambert; brother Joe (Verna) Stanley; sister Carrie Peake; and sister-in-law Mosha Hurt.


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Parents:
Muncie R Stanley (1895 - 1977)
Minnie Susan Frith Stanley (1892 - 1976)

Spouse:
Muriel Anita Hurt Stanley (1921 - 2012)*

Sibling:
Henry Joseph Stanley (1918 - 2012)*
Monsie Rane Stanley (1921 - 2010)

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
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Name of Deceased: Monsie Rane Stanley Jr.
Gender: M
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 8 Feb 2010
Cause of Death: natural causes
Obituary Date: 19 Feb 2010
Newspaper Title: The Daily Independant
Newspaper Location: Ridgecrest, CA, USA
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1921
Residence (at time of death): Ridgecrest
Spouse's Name: Muriel Anita Stanley
Parents' Names: Monsie Rane Stanley, Sr. and Minnie Frith Stanley, Monsie ; Raymond Stanley, Monsie
Childrens' Names: Brad (Sharon) Stanley of Reno, Nev, and Greg (Jane) Stanley of Sparks, Nev; Brad
Siblings' Names: Carrie Peake of Huddy, KY; Joe (Verna) Stanley of Princeton, W.VA; Mosha Hurt of Princeton, W.VA; Raymond Stanley, Monsie
Number of Grandchildren: 2
Number of Great-grandchildren: 2
Military: Army
Source Citation: Newspaper: The Daily Independant; Publication Date: 19 2 2010; Publication Place: Ridgecrest, CA, USA

Monsie Rane Stanley Jr.
Monsie Rane

STANLEY, Jr.

Longtime resident of Ridgecrest and career employee at China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS)/Naval Weapons Center (NWC)/ Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), Monsie Rane Stanley, Jr. passed away of natural causes in Reno, NV, on February 8, 2010. Born on November 19, 1921 in Vivian, WV, to parents Monsie Rane Stanley (Sr.) and Minnie Frith Stanley, Monsie enlisted soon after his high school graduation to become a member of the Army's 504th Military Police Battalion, and was involved in WWII campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno; Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe with Monsie awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, a Bronze Arrowhead for amphibious landings and numerous combat ribbons.

After returning from Europe to his home state of WV to marry Muriel Anita Hurt in 1946, Monsie, Muriel and their first son, Brad, traveled through the southwest in the early 1950's to become a China Lake Police Officer in 1952. "Stan", as he was known, completed the apprentice program studies to become an instrumentation and telemetry engineering technician working primarily in the old Code 40, Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT) and Naval Air Facility (NAF) prior to his retirement in 1980 and working as a contractor at Planning Research Corporation. As an avid outdoorsman, he pursued camping, fishing and hunting with his family and friends and served several years as an Indian Wells Valley Little League coach and President. Monsie and Muriel moved to Reno in 2007 to be near their sons and their families.

Preceded in death by his parents and brother Raymond Stanley, Monsie is survived by his wife of 63 years, Muriel Anita Stanley; two sons, Brad (Sharon) Stanley of Reno, NV, and Greg (Jane) Stanley of Sparks, NV; two grandchildren, Dillon (Bart) Lambert of Reno, and Dustin Stanley of Lebanon, MO; two great-grandchildren, Jillian and Lucas Lambert; brother, Joe (Verna) Stanley of Princeton, WV, sister, Carrie Peake of Huddy, KY and sister-in-law, Mosha Hurt of Princeton, WV.

Memorial services will be conducted at 3 p.m. on February 13, 2010 at Reno's Ross, Burke and Knobel Mortuary.
Published in Reno Gazette-Journal on Feb. 12, 2010