Guy Murray Monroe, 92, passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a valiant fight with pneumonia on February 19. He was born September 29, 1923 at the family farm on Highway 21 north of Elberon to Guy and Myrtle Monroe, the youngest of 11 children. Murray drove a Geneseo school bus during high school where he graduated in 1942. He served in the Army in Japan, 1944-45. He and Darlene Pecenka were married in 1952 at the Methodist church in Traer. He began farming and milking cows in Janesville, then Waterloo, and finally in rural Clutier. He and Darlene were together 61 years before she lost her fight with pancreatic cancer in 2013. Murray and Darlene moved to Traer when Murray's heart issues forced him to retire from farming. Darlene taught him to sew to occupy his time after retirement, and they made hundreds of quilt tops together and took many road trips to visit quilt shops. After Darlene's death in 2013, he continued to sew and kept Becky and Mike busy cutting and pinning strips for him. He loved sitting on the porch at home in North Liberty with Misty and watching what was going on in the neighborhood. Murray is survived by his daughter Becky, her significant other, Mike (Palmer), the family dog Misty, his sister-in-law Dorothy Pecenka of Traer and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, 5 sisters and 5 brothers and their spouses, his faithful horse Monroe, and his dog Rusty. Funeral services will be12:30 pm, February 28 at Christ United Methodist Church in Belle Plaine, with burial following at Ridgewood Cemetery in North Liberty. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church and continue following the cemetery at Becky and Mike's home in North Liberty beginning at 3pm.