Anchorage Daily News July 7, 1989
Helen Troy Monsen, 91, former publisher of the Juneau Empire, died July 4 in Indio, Calif., at a nursing home.
Mrs. Monsen was born March 22, 1899, in Skagway, during the Gold Rush. She attended the University of Washington. She inherited ownership of Juneau's Daily Empire, from her father, John W. Troy, who was territorial governor of Alaska from 1933 to 1939. After selling the Empire in 1955, she went to work for the attorney general's office in Juneau. In 1966 she retired and moved to Palm Desert, Calif. Mrs. Monsen was a member and officer of the Alaska Visitors Association. She especially enjoyed politics and operating the newspaper.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Lingo, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; and her stepson, Wesley, of Sonoma, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert W. Bender in 1937 and Alf Monsen in 1947. No service was held. She was cremated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
Helen Troy Monsen, 91, former publisher of the Juneau Empire, died July 4 in Indio, Calif., at a nursing home.
Mrs. Monsen was born March 22, 1899, in Skagway, during the Gold Rush. She attended the University of Washington. She inherited ownership of Juneau's Daily Empire, from her father, John W. Troy, who was territorial governor of Alaska from 1933 to 1939. After selling the Empire in 1955, she went to work for the attorney general's office in Juneau. In 1966 she retired and moved to Palm Desert, Calif. Mrs. Monsen was a member and officer of the Alaska Visitors Association. She especially enjoyed politics and operating the newspaper.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Lingo, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; and her stepson, Wesley, of Sonoma, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert W. Bender in 1937 and Alf Monsen in 1947. No service was held. She was cremated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
Anchorage Daily News July 7, 1989
Helen Troy Monsen, 91, former publisher of the Juneau Empire, died July 4 in Indio, Calif., at a nursing home.
Mrs. Monsen was born March 22, 1899, in Skagway, during the Gold Rush. She attended the University of Washington. She inherited ownership of Juneau's Daily Empire, from her father, John W. Troy, who was territorial governor of Alaska from 1933 to 1939. After selling the Empire in 1955, she went to work for the attorney general's office in Juneau. In 1966 she retired and moved to Palm Desert, Calif. Mrs. Monsen was a member and officer of the Alaska Visitors Association. She especially enjoyed politics and operating the newspaper.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Lingo, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; and her stepson, Wesley, of Sonoma, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert W. Bender in 1937 and Alf Monsen in 1947. No service was held. She was cremated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
Helen Troy Monsen, 91, former publisher of the Juneau Empire, died July 4 in Indio, Calif., at a nursing home.
Mrs. Monsen was born March 22, 1899, in Skagway, during the Gold Rush. She attended the University of Washington. She inherited ownership of Juneau's Daily Empire, from her father, John W. Troy, who was territorial governor of Alaska from 1933 to 1939. After selling the Empire in 1955, she went to work for the attorney general's office in Juneau. In 1966 she retired and moved to Palm Desert, Calif. Mrs. Monsen was a member and officer of the Alaska Visitors Association. She especially enjoyed politics and operating the newspaper.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Lingo, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; and her stepson, Wesley, of Sonoma, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert W. Bender in 1937 and Alf Monsen in 1947. No service was held. She was cremated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
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