Tulsa, OK, Obit MONTGOMERY, Jean H.
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Posted by Jeff Smith in May2002

MONTGOMERY -- Jean H., 73, of Norman, died May 7, following a brief 
illness. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. at St. 
Thomas More University Parish in Norman with Father Bill Ross and 
Father Joe Ross presiding. Interment in the Denver Cemetery. Jean was 
born February 25, 1928, to Cleo and Don Hill in El Dorado, KS. The 
family moved shortly thereafter to Tulsa, where Jean was raised. She 
graduated in 1945 from Marquette Catholic High School in Tulsa, 
attended St. Mary's College in Kansas and then graduated from the 
University of Tulsa with a degree in Art History. She married Bob 
Montgomery on April 15, 1950 in Tulsa. Following an active military 
career, Jean and Bob and their 7 children settled in Norman. Jean 
elped mold her children's lives and also the lives of her niece and 
nephew, Maggie and Jim. Jean's deep religious faith kept her very 
active at St. Thomas More. She was a founding member of the first 
ospice program in Cleveland County and was a passionate RAIN team 
volunteer. For many years she was a precinct official in Norman and 
a board member of the Denver Cemetery Association. She was preceded 
in death by her parents, Don and Cleo Hill and her husband, Robert A. 
Montgomery. Jean is survived by: her 7 children, Dr. Pat Montgomery 
and wife Sandy, their children Andrea and Brian of Lawton; Michael 
Montgomery and wife Melinda of Norman; Tom Montgomery and wife Roberta, 
their children Renee and Travis of Tulsa; Catie Barton and husband Jim, 
their children Tyler and Sally of Norman; Liz Klawitter and husband, 
John, their children Gentry and Allie of Tulsa; Chris Montgomery and 
wife Belynda of Austin, TX; and Denise Montgomery of Norman. She is 
also survived by sisters, Joan Allen and her husband Jack of Muskogee 
and Mary Margaret Sloan of Houston, TX. Service by Havenbrook Funeral Home.