- Date Of Birth: September 22, 1923
- Date Of Death: October 19, 2007
- State: Arizona
Lloyd Earl. Monson passed away on October 19, 2007 in Flagstaff, AZ.
He was born September 22, 1923 Kansas City, MO. Parents were C. Earl and Monica Monson. He served three years (1943-45) in the Army Air Corps WW II in the China Burma India Theater and on Okinawa, receiving five Battle Stars for air combat and the Air Medal. He graduated from law School with a Jurist Doctor Degree from the University of Missouri in 1949 having been admitted to practice in 1948 before the Missouri Bar.
Leaving private practice in 1950, Lloyd joined the law Department of then Standard Oil Co. (Ind.) and in 1954 transferred to its headquarters in Chicago until retirement in 1987as General Attorney managing then Amoco Corporation’s civil tort litigation in North America including maritime matters as a Proctor in Admiralty.
On retirement from Amoco, he became managing legal consultant for Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. of Omaha, then moving to North Carolina and then to Tucson, AZ. where he served two terms as judge pro tem in The Justice Court System.
He was a member of numerous law organizations including the International Association of Defense Counsel (Vice President and member of Executive Committee); Maritime Law Assoc.; American Bar Assoc.; etc. Lloyd acted as the Company spokesman promoting national tort reform which he continued to urge after leaving the bench-9
He remains a member of the Illinois Bar Assoc., this being his 59ft year as an attorney.
Lloyd leaves his wife of 25 years Patricia, three step children, Patty McCulla of Flagstaff, Tom McCulla of Martinez, CA and Nancy McCulla of Flagstaff and her husband John Duffy and two step grandchildren Miles and Roan. From his first marriage he leaves three children, Nancy Monson of Boulder, CO., Douglas Monson of Holt, MI. and Tracie Monson ne Genity of Victoria, B.C. and her husband Scott with Grandchild Celia.
Lloyd was a loving and dedicated husband father and grandfather to both families. He was a life-long devotee of golf, a member of several county clubs in his career with three holes-in-one accredited. He hunted field and migratory birds throughout North America and fished in all 50 states and Canada with his beloved Pat as his fly fishing companion.
