Anna Marie Montigue

Anna Marie Montague, 78, formerly of Bourbon, Ind., died at 9:55 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2001. Anna who lived at 719 37th. St. W; Bradenton, Fla., for the past 15 years, died in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Carmel, Indiana, following an illness. She was born in Plymouth, the daughter of Harry Wallace and Fay McCollough King. Anna graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1940. On March 10, 1943, in Columbia, S.C., Anna and Winston G. Montague, who was in the service at the time, were married. Anna will be remembered as a caring and loving mother and homemaker. Her greatest joy was watching her family grow and, later, traveling to visit her children and grandchildren. She was a member of the First United Church of Christ, Bourbon, and a Past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star in Bourbon. Anna is survived by her husband, Winston, Bradenton, Fla., and by their eleven surviving children. One son, Jimmy Montague, preceded her in death. Their sons and daughters and their spouses are: Sally and Roger McPeak, Pittsburgh, Texas, Jeanene and Troy McGuire, Bothell, Wash., Tom and Valentina Montague, Englewood, CO., Aleta Montague, Warsaw, Ind., Karen and Randy Horoho, Kokomo, Ind., Elaine and Bud Wetzel, Pierre, S.D., Richard and Becki Montague, Westfield, Ind., Debra and Marvin Eberly, Warsaw, Ind., Michael and Karen Montague, Downers Grove, Ill., Cheryl and Richard McDonald, Warsaw, Ind., and Nancy Rockhill, Westfield, Ind. Thirty-seven grandchildren and thirty-eight great and great-great grandchildren also survive. Four sisters and two brothers survive as well. They are: Phyllis and Roscoe Markwith, Reelsville, Ind., Charles W. and Virginia King, Lakeville, Ind., Carol and Larry Verrill, Carmel, Ind., Doris and Harold Barnett, Lost Creek, Ky., Sara and Rudy Grumbacher, Carmel, Ind., and Glen M. and Wanda King, Kokomo, Ind. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Anna was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Jimmy, four grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a brother, Malcolm King, and a sister, Rowena Kemery. Friends may call on the family from 3 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2001 at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. Funeral services for Anna will be in the funeral home on Friday, July 20, 2001, at 11 a.m. Brother-in-law Harold Barnett, pastor of the Brethren church in Lost Creek, Ky., will officiate. Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth. Memorial gifts in Anna’s memory may be made to the American Lung Association or to a charity of the donor’s choice.