Monique Cimon

Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford Monique Cimon, 82, of Oxford passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022. The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. at Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford (601 Commerce Parkway Oxford, Mississippi). The Funeral Mass celebrating her life will take place on Friday, October 21, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. in the sanctuary St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (403 University Ave Oxford, MS). Interment will take place in the Garden of Memories follwing the Funeral Mass. Monique (Rozenbaum) Cimon was born November 20, 1939, to Aaron Rozenbaum and Anne-Marie née Gallien in Tours, France. She grew up in the midst of the second war, during which her parents served in the French Resistance. After graduating from high school at the Lycée Balzac in Tours (France), she continued her Bachelors study at the University of Poitiers (France), where she obtained a Masters in Spanish in 1961. In Poitiers, she met her future husband, Arthur Joseph Cimon, and together they relocated to Florida, where she attended Florida State University and received her Ph.D. in 1972. Following a long teaching career, including Regis College, Denver, CO; the University of Mississippi; and Blue Mountain College, she retired in 2001. In 1996, she was honored with inclusion in the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and held memberships in the honorary societies of Pi Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. Her spiritual journey started in the Jewish faith. Following her father’s deportation and death in 1944, her mother returned to the Catholic faith, in which Monique would find spiritual guidance her entire life. Her children would be her greatest joy together with the beautiful legacy of nine grandchildren. Having immigrated to the United States, she considered Oxford as her home and is remembered by many as the kind, soft-spoken woman, with the inescapable French accent. She enjoyed travelling the world with her husband and accompanied him on many memorable trips across Europe. Monique leaves behind an expansive family to continue walking down the path of life in her absence; one son, Eric (Sonja) Cimon of Berlin, Germany; three daughters: Christine (Trip) Lobrano of O’ Fallon, MO; Valerie (David) Williams of Covington, GA; Catherine (Richard) Ibanez of Chula Vista, CA; nine grandchildren: Matthaus Cimon, Johanna Cimon, Brittany Lobrano, Sadie Lobrano, Posey Lobrano, Clare Williams, Katlyn Williams, Abigail Ibanez, and PJ Ibanez. She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Rozenbaum and Anne-Marie Gallien; one sister, Annie Rozenbaum. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial contributions be given in Monique's memory to the American Parkinson Disease Association. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is honored to be serving the Cimon family as they navigate through this season of loss. Please leave online condolences to her Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.

Monique Cimon

November 20, 1939 - October 14, 2022

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