Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Montague, George A. September 12, 1992 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 22, 2010, 12:00 am The Hastings Reminder, Tuesday, September 15, 1992 George A. Montague, 80, of Lake Odessa passed away Saturday, September 12, 1992 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. Mr. Montague was born on January 11, 1912 in Bellaire, the son of George and Minnie (Behler) Montague. He graduated from Bellaire High School in 1930 and attended Ellendale State Normal and Industrial State College in Ellendale, North Dakota for one year and then joined the Civil Conservation Corps. He made his home with the John Behler and Nina Rushton families in Grand Rapids when he was employed by the Behler-Young Company for 14 years. He moved to Lake Odessa in 1950 and formed his own sheetmetal, heating & Roofing Company, retiring in 1973. He married Ruth A. VerBurg on March 14, 1945 in Grand Rapids. While in Grand Rapids he was a member of the Trinity Methodist church, Malta Lodge #465 F & A.M., assistant Scout Master of Troop #58 of the East Congregational Church. In Lake Odessa he was a member of the Central Methodist Church, former member of the Ionia Country Club, Lake Odessa Fire Department, Morrison Lake Country Club, Masonic Lodge #395, President of the Lake Odessa Lions Club from 1957- 58, served on the Lake Odessa Fair Board and served several terms on the Lake Odessa Village Council. Mr. Montague is survived by his wife, Ruth; three daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Margaret) Powers of Riva, Maryland; Phyllis Montague of Vashon, Washington; Mary L. Flannery of Lake Odessa; three grandchildren, Meredith Clelland, Jerod Clelland and Brenna Flannery; one sister, Pauline Davis of Orlando, Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents in 1936; three brothers, Paul, Herbert and Charles; one sister, Opal Brouillard Owen. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 15 at the Central Methodist Church in Lake Odessa with Reverend Emmett Kadwell officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lake Odessa Lions Swimming Program or the Central united Methodist Church. Arrangements were made by Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/montague5900nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb