Montgomery, Bonnie (Scott)

Bonnie (Scott) Montgomery, 87, died Friday, July 19, 2013, at the Vinton Lutheran Home, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. Sixth St.) in Vinton. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

A memorial fund has been established.

Bonnie was born July 7, 1926, in Iowa City, the daughter of Dorothy Scott, and graduated from the Shellsburg High School in 1945. In 1950, she married William “Bill” Montgomery in Shellsburg. Bonnie served on the Shellsburg Town Council and was a member of the Ray and Virginia Boyer American Legion Auxiliary. She loved to play softball in her younger years.

She is survived by her daughters, Rhonda (Don) Pearson of Vinton and Dawn (Steve) Spencer of Hiawatha; her son, Scott (Kim) Montgomery of Sharpsburg, Ga.; her grandchildren, Tiffani, Stephanie, Michelle, Mitch and Holly; her great-grandchildren, Gage, Isabelle, Landon, Caitlin, Will, Kent, Baya, Dayton and Klayton; and her brother, Kenneth (Bev) Johnston of Minnesota.

She was preceded in death by her mother; her husband, Bill in 2012; and three brothers, Dwayne, Larry and Bobby Johnston.

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Published July 21, 2013 in The Gazette