After his first wife died, Charles H. Monnig married Margaret Bill, uniting his 11 children with her six. On March 5, 1969, The Enquirer ran a story on the combined family with the headline "His, Hers, and Ours Really Does Work."
"We figured if we could make it alone, we could make it together. And we did - for 40 years," said Margaret.
Mr. Monnig, 83, died Sept. 3 at the Alois Alzheimer Center in Greenhills.
Born Oct. 9, 1922, he grew up in Price Hill, where he attended St. Lawrence Elementary School and Elder High School, graduating in 1940. After two years studying at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, downtown, he and his brother Edwin enlisted in the Army Air Corps to become pilots during World War II.
After his training, Mr. Monnig piloted a transatlantic flight to the European front in Cerignola, Italy, via Trinidad, Brazil, Morocco and Tunis. Mr. Monnig, a first lieutenant, flew B-24 bombers on missions over train switching yards and oil fields, including a heavily defended oil refinery in Ploesti, Romania. The planes often sustained damage, and it became routine for Mr. Monnig to land with at least one of his four engines not functioning. His crew survived 28 missions from April 30 to July 7, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He met his first wife, Greta, at a USO dance in Boise, Idaho. They were married in 1946. He completed his degree and worked as an electrical engineer for Cincinnati Gas & Electric and A.M. Kinney Associates. After 19 years of marriage, Greta died in 1965.
The next year Mr. Monnig married Margaret, and they added two more children, bringing the total to 19. The family lived in a large two-family house in Westwood. The boys had the third floor, the girls the second, and the parents the first.
"Chuck and Peg Monnig contend they're just an average married couple - 'nothing unusual,' " began the 1969 Enquirer article. "Yet, even their supermarket shopping list belies this claim - with items like 70 quarts of milk and 30 loaves of bread."
Mr. Monnig was adept at money management, making it possible to raise so many children and send them all to Catholic schools.
He served on the boards of education at St. Catherine School and Mother of Mercy in Westwood, and La Salle High School in Monfort Heights. He worked with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to improve public services to private schools.
An active Catholic, he served on the first Parish Council at Our Lady of Visitation. He also was a member of the Legion of Maryand the Serra Club both Catholic groups. In his later years, he served daily as lector at St. Xavier Church, downtown.
In 1979, Mr. Monnig ran unsuccessfully for city council as a member of the short-lived Cincinnati Party, a Right to Life political party that was a reaction to Roe v. Wade.
"He did believe in living simply, so others would simply live," said his daughter, Barbara Vaughan of Chicago. He instilled in his children basic values of conservation, stewardship, and giving back to charity. They call his lessons "Charlie-isms," such as "only take what you can carry in two hands," and "tear napkins in two to conserve."
"Joining two families together has its challenges, but the proof is that we still talk to each other," said his eldest son Ed Monnig of Reno, Nev.
His son, Paul Monnig, and brothers, Edwin Monnig, Bob Monnig and the Rev. Pete Monnig, died previously.
In addition to his wife, Margaret, son, Ed, and daughter, Barbara, survivors include his sons, Chuck Monnig Jr. of Fairfax, Va., Mike Monnig of Lawrenceburg, Pete Monnig of Katy, Texas, Steve Monnig of Jefferson City, Mo., John Bill of Delhi Township, Jim Bill of Burlington, Bob Bill of Mount Airy, Jerry Bill of Denver, and Chris Strobel of Winnetka, Ill.; daughters, Monica Schraml of McFarland, Wis., Joan Monnig of Chapel Hill, N.C., Mary Beth Sayre of Indianapolis, Meg Schuba of Newburgh, Ind., Liz Tompkins of Dallas, Cathy Schorn of Montclair, Va., and Jo Ann Malone of Richmond, Va.; sisters, Mary Slamm of Delhi Township, and Alice Vonderhaar of Finneytown; 40 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
"We figured if we could make it alone, we could make it together. And we did - for 40 years," said Margaret.
Mr. Monnig, 83, died Sept. 3 at the Alois Alzheimer Center in Greenhills.
Born Oct. 9, 1922, he grew up in Price Hill, where he attended St. Lawrence Elementary School and Elder High School, graduating in 1940. After two years studying at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, downtown, he and his brother Edwin enlisted in the Army Air Corps to become pilots during World War II.
After his training, Mr. Monnig piloted a transatlantic flight to the European front in Cerignola, Italy, via Trinidad, Brazil, Morocco and Tunis. Mr. Monnig, a first lieutenant, flew B-24 bombers on missions over train switching yards and oil fields, including a heavily defended oil refinery in Ploesti, Romania. The planes often sustained damage, and it became routine for Mr. Monnig to land with at least one of his four engines not functioning. His crew survived 28 missions from April 30 to July 7, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He met his first wife, Greta, at a USO dance in Boise, Idaho. They were married in 1946. He completed his degree and worked as an electrical engineer for Cincinnati Gas & Electric and A.M. Kinney Associates. After 19 years of marriage, Greta died in 1965.
The next year Mr. Monnig married Margaret, and they added two more children, bringing the total to 19. The family lived in a large two-family house in Westwood. The boys had the third floor, the girls the second, and the parents the first.
"Chuck and Peg Monnig contend they're just an average married couple - 'nothing unusual,' " began the 1969 Enquirer article. "Yet, even their supermarket shopping list belies this claim - with items like 70 quarts of milk and 30 loaves of bread."
Mr. Monnig was adept at money management, making it possible to raise so many children and send them all to Catholic schools.
He served on the boards of education at St. Catherine School and Mother of Mercy in Westwood, and La Salle High School in Monfort Heights. He worked with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to improve public services to private schools.
An active Catholic, he served on the first Parish Council at Our Lady of Visitation. He also was a member of the Legion of Maryand the Serra Club both Catholic groups. In his later years, he served daily as lector at St. Xavier Church, downtown.
In 1979, Mr. Monnig ran unsuccessfully for city council as a member of the short-lived Cincinnati Party, a Right to Life political party that was a reaction to Roe v. Wade.
"He did believe in living simply, so others would simply live," said his daughter, Barbara Vaughan of Chicago. He instilled in his children basic values of conservation, stewardship, and giving back to charity. They call his lessons "Charlie-isms," such as "only take what you can carry in two hands," and "tear napkins in two to conserve."
"Joining two families together has its challenges, but the proof is that we still talk to each other," said his eldest son Ed Monnig of Reno, Nev.
His son, Paul Monnig, and brothers, Edwin Monnig, Bob Monnig and the Rev. Pete Monnig, died previously.
In addition to his wife, Margaret, son, Ed, and daughter, Barbara, survivors include his sons, Chuck Monnig Jr. of Fairfax, Va., Mike Monnig of Lawrenceburg, Pete Monnig of Katy, Texas, Steve Monnig of Jefferson City, Mo., John Bill of Delhi Township, Jim Bill of Burlington, Bob Bill of Mount Airy, Jerry Bill of Denver, and Chris Strobel of Winnetka, Ill.; daughters, Monica Schraml of McFarland, Wis., Joan Monnig of Chapel Hill, N.C., Mary Beth Sayre of Indianapolis, Meg Schuba of Newburgh, Ind., Liz Tompkins of Dallas, Cathy Schorn of Montclair, Va., and Jo Ann Malone of Richmond, Va.; sisters, Mary Slamm of Delhi Township, and Alice Vonderhaar of Finneytown; 40 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
After his first wife died, Charles H. Monnig married Margaret Bill, uniting his 11 children with her six. On March 5, 1969, The Enquirer ran a story on the combined family with the headline "His, Hers, and Ours Really Does Work."
"We figured if we could make it alone, we could make it together. And we did - for 40 years," said Margaret.
Mr. Monnig, 83, died Sept. 3 at the Alois Alzheimer Center in Greenhills.
Born Oct. 9, 1922, he grew up in Price Hill, where he attended St. Lawrence Elementary School and Elder High School, graduating in 1940. After two years studying at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, downtown, he and his brother Edwin enlisted in the Army Air Corps to become pilots during World War II.
After his training, Mr. Monnig piloted a transatlantic flight to the European front in Cerignola, Italy, via Trinidad, Brazil, Morocco and Tunis. Mr. Monnig, a first lieutenant, flew B-24 bombers on missions over train switching yards and oil fields, including a heavily defended oil refinery in Ploesti, Romania. The planes often sustained damage, and it became routine for Mr. Monnig to land with at least one of his four engines not functioning. His crew survived 28 missions from April 30 to July 7, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He met his first wife, Greta, at a USO dance in Boise, Idaho. They were married in 1946. He completed his degree and worked as an electrical engineer for Cincinnati Gas & Electric and A.M. Kinney Associates. After 19 years of marriage, Greta died in 1965.
The next year Mr. Monnig married Margaret, and they added two more children, bringing the total to 19. The family lived in a large two-family house in Westwood. The boys had the third floor, the girls the second, and the parents the first.
"Chuck and Peg Monnig contend they're just an average married couple - 'nothing unusual,' " began the 1969 Enquirer article. "Yet, even their supermarket shopping list belies this claim - with items like 70 quarts of milk and 30 loaves of bread."
Mr. Monnig was adept at money management, making it possible to raise so many children and send them all to Catholic schools.
He served on the boards of education at St. Catherine School and Mother of Mercy in Westwood, and La Salle High School in Monfort Heights. He worked with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to improve public services to private schools.
An active Catholic, he served on the first Parish Council at Our Lady of Visitation. He also was a member of the Legion of Maryand the Serra Club both Catholic groups. In his later years, he served daily as lector at St. Xavier Church, downtown.
In 1979, Mr. Monnig ran unsuccessfully for city council as a member of the short-lived Cincinnati Party, a Right to Life political party that was a reaction to Roe v. Wade.
"He did believe in living simply, so others would simply live," said his daughter, Barbara Vaughan of Chicago. He instilled in his children basic values of conservation, stewardship, and giving back to charity. They call his lessons "Charlie-isms," such as "only take what you can carry in two hands," and "tear napkins in two to conserve."
"Joining two families together has its challenges, but the proof is that we still talk to each other," said his eldest son Ed Monnig of Reno, Nev.
His son, Paul Monnig, and brothers, Edwin Monnig, Bob Monnig and the Rev. Pete Monnig, died previously.
In addition to his wife, Margaret, son, Ed, and daughter, Barbara, survivors include his sons, Chuck Monnig Jr. of Fairfax, Va., Mike Monnig of Lawrenceburg, Pete Monnig of Katy, Texas, Steve Monnig of Jefferson City, Mo., John Bill of Delhi Township, Jim Bill of Burlington, Bob Bill of Mount Airy, Jerry Bill of Denver, and Chris Strobel of Winnetka, Ill.; daughters, Monica Schraml of McFarland, Wis., Joan Monnig of Chapel Hill, N.C., Mary Beth Sayre of Indianapolis, Meg Schuba of Newburgh, Ind., Liz Tompkins of Dallas, Cathy Schorn of Montclair, Va., and Jo Ann Malone of Richmond, Va.; sisters, Mary Slamm of Delhi Township, and Alice Vonderhaar of Finneytown; 40 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
"We figured if we could make it alone, we could make it together. And we did - for 40 years," said Margaret.
Mr. Monnig, 83, died Sept. 3 at the Alois Alzheimer Center in Greenhills.
Born Oct. 9, 1922, he grew up in Price Hill, where he attended St. Lawrence Elementary School and Elder High School, graduating in 1940. After two years studying at the Ohio Mechanics Institute, downtown, he and his brother Edwin enlisted in the Army Air Corps to become pilots during World War II.
After his training, Mr. Monnig piloted a transatlantic flight to the European front in Cerignola, Italy, via Trinidad, Brazil, Morocco and Tunis. Mr. Monnig, a first lieutenant, flew B-24 bombers on missions over train switching yards and oil fields, including a heavily defended oil refinery in Ploesti, Romania. The planes often sustained damage, and it became routine for Mr. Monnig to land with at least one of his four engines not functioning. His crew survived 28 missions from April 30 to July 7, 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He met his first wife, Greta, at a USO dance in Boise, Idaho. They were married in 1946. He completed his degree and worked as an electrical engineer for Cincinnati Gas & Electric and A.M. Kinney Associates. After 19 years of marriage, Greta died in 1965.
The next year Mr. Monnig married Margaret, and they added two more children, bringing the total to 19. The family lived in a large two-family house in Westwood. The boys had the third floor, the girls the second, and the parents the first.
"Chuck and Peg Monnig contend they're just an average married couple - 'nothing unusual,' " began the 1969 Enquirer article. "Yet, even their supermarket shopping list belies this claim - with items like 70 quarts of milk and 30 loaves of bread."
Mr. Monnig was adept at money management, making it possible to raise so many children and send them all to Catholic schools.
He served on the boards of education at St. Catherine School and Mother of Mercy in Westwood, and La Salle High School in Monfort Heights. He worked with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to improve public services to private schools.
An active Catholic, he served on the first Parish Council at Our Lady of Visitation. He also was a member of the Legion of Maryand the Serra Club both Catholic groups. In his later years, he served daily as lector at St. Xavier Church, downtown.
In 1979, Mr. Monnig ran unsuccessfully for city council as a member of the short-lived Cincinnati Party, a Right to Life political party that was a reaction to Roe v. Wade.
"He did believe in living simply, so others would simply live," said his daughter, Barbara Vaughan of Chicago. He instilled in his children basic values of conservation, stewardship, and giving back to charity. They call his lessons "Charlie-isms," such as "only take what you can carry in two hands," and "tear napkins in two to conserve."
"Joining two families together has its challenges, but the proof is that we still talk to each other," said his eldest son Ed Monnig of Reno, Nev.
His son, Paul Monnig, and brothers, Edwin Monnig, Bob Monnig and the Rev. Pete Monnig, died previously.
In addition to his wife, Margaret, son, Ed, and daughter, Barbara, survivors include his sons, Chuck Monnig Jr. of Fairfax, Va., Mike Monnig of Lawrenceburg, Pete Monnig of Katy, Texas, Steve Monnig of Jefferson City, Mo., John Bill of Delhi Township, Jim Bill of Burlington, Bob Bill of Mount Airy, Jerry Bill of Denver, and Chris Strobel of Winnetka, Ill.; daughters, Monica Schraml of McFarland, Wis., Joan Monnig of Chapel Hill, N.C., Mary Beth Sayre of Indianapolis, Meg Schuba of Newburgh, Ind., Liz Tompkins of Dallas, Cathy Schorn of Montclair, Va., and Jo Ann Malone of Richmond, Va.; sisters, Mary Slamm of Delhi Township, and Alice Vonderhaar of Finneytown; 40 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
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