On April 3, 2012, Doris (nee Perkins) LaMonica, 91, passed away peacefully. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Augustus LaMonica, devoted mother of Linda L. Monk and her husband Harrison and the late Thomas P. LaMonica and his wife Jane; cherished grandmother of Christine and her husband Jonathan, Gage and his wife Tammy, Michael and his wife Sonia, Daniel and his wife Stephanie, Jackie, Paul and Sara; and loving great-grandmother of nine, with one on the way. Graduate of St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Mrs. LaMonica began her nursing career at The Phipps Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After joining the Navy, she worked at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, and later served in the South Pacific during WWII on the hospital ship, USS Relief, where she met her late husband. After leaving the Navy, she and her husband settled in Parkton, MD, where they raised their children and later opened their home to the Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center. Mrs. LaMonica served as school nurse at 6th District (Prettyboy) Elementary School from 1957-76, and later volunteered as the nurse for the GVOLC. She was a longtime volunteer for The American Cancer Society, and a member of the Woman's Club of Roland Park.

A memorial service will be held at the Stony Run Friends Meeting, (adjacent to the campus of Baltimore Friends School) 5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210 on April 14, 2012, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to: The Thomas P. LaMonica Scholarship Fund, Friends School of Baltimore, 5114 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210; Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Rd., Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031; Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 1717 Rayville Road, Parkton, MD 21120