Jeanne R. Monty, age 84, of Covington, Louisiana passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020. She was born to Ernest L. Monty and Alice Larocque Monty on July 19, 1935 in Holyok, Massachusetts.
Jeanne graduated with honors from Outremont College, University of Montreal at the age of 18. She won a Fulbright scholarship to study French literature in Caen, France. After completion of her education, she moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was a professor of French literature at Tulane University until her retirement in the early 1980’s.
After retirement, her new passion became genealogy. She laboriously researched her Monty ancestors. After long hours of hard work and persistence, she published a book on her Monty ancestors.
Jeanne lived a full, accomplished and interesting life.