Monica Francine Perkins, educator, recently passed after a heroic battle with cancer. She was born and raised in St. Louis.
The St. Louis Public Schools provided her elementary and high school education. Monica graduated from Beaumont High School in 1963 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree from Harris-Stowe College in 1967. She pledged and became a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority while attending Harris-Stowe College. In 1971, she received a Master of Guidance and Counseling degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Monica loved learning and continued college to earn 60 additional post-graduate hours for career enrichment.
Monica’s devoted career of 37 years began as an educator in 1967 with the St. Louis Public Schools. Her first teaching assignment was at Cote Brilliante Elementary School. Five years later, she became a counselor at State Hospital. Later, she joined the Special School District team and celebrated the completion of her dedicated educational career as a counselor and psychological examiner in 2004.
Monica leaves to celebrate her homegoing a loving mother, Marion McQueen; a devoted brother, John Perkins, Jr. and a sister, Patricia (Patty) McQueen; sister-in-law Betty Perkins; a loving longtime companion, Zambo Moore; a special “sister” friend, Esther Moore; special cousins, Thomas Frazier, Jr. and Charles Perkins-Wilson; an aunt, uncle, nephew, many cousins and a host of friends. Her very special aunt, Edna Frazier, preceded her in death.