Lillias Ann Coombs

Lillias Ann (Doony) Wilson Coombs passed away on March 19, 2010. She was born in Monrovia on July 18, 1928, the youngest of Henry and Lillias Macdonald Wilson’s seven children. In Jr. High she met the love of her life, Richard (Dick) Coombs, and they married on June 13, 1948. They enjoyed over 60 years of marriage, until Dick’s death in December, 2008. In support of her children, she was involved in PTA, boy scouts, Job’s Daughters, and DeMolay. She worked as a church secretary and office manager. After Monrovia’s Centennial in 1986, she became the founding director of the Monrovia Volunteer Center, a position she held for twelve years. Among her many accolades was being named Outstanding Citizen by the Monrovia Coordinating Council, Woman of the Year for her Senatorial District in 1996, Monrovia's Older American of the Year in 2000, and the Presidential Recognition for Volunteer Service. Lillias was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, the Monrovia High School Alumni Association, the Monrovia Guild of Children’s Hospital, and PEO Chapter EC. She was a docent at the Monrovia Historical Museum. Lillias is survived by her son, Richard Coombs, Jr. (Kim Hubbard) and daughter, Dana Young. She is also survived by seven grandchildren—Christine Young, Kevin (Amy) Young, Corinne (Brian) Burton, Michael Young, Deanne (Ramon) Mendoza, Richard Coombs III, and Meredith Coombs—and thirteen great-grandchildren. She was beloved “Aunt Doony” to her numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 27, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 101 E. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Monrovia Historical Museum (P.O. Box 734, Monrovia, CA 91017) or Children's Hospital Los Angeles (www.chla.org). ; Care entrusted to the Douglass & Zook Chapel of Remembrance, 600 E. Foothill Blvd in Monrovia.