Monica D. Franklin Obituary
In loving memory of Monica D. Franklin (Wood River, Illinois), who departed this world on May 6, 2025 at the age of 48. Monica leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Monica farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Monica is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parent Chari Stevens; her husband Larry Franklin; her daughter Julie Davis Brady of Effingham; her stepson Alex Franklin of Edwardsville; her grandchildren, Aaron Brady and Alice Davis; her parents-in-law, Roger Malloy, Larry W. Franklin and Gloria Malloy; and her cousins, Dakotah, Devin, Destiney, Ashley and Deserae.
