Martha Lydia Juntunen, 1917–2006 (aged 89 years)
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- Martha Lydia /Juntunen/
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- Martha Lydia
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- Juntunen
- Nickname
- Marty
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Country: Canada |
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State: Texas Country: United States of America |
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Death
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Type: Death of Juntunen, Martha Lydia State: Texas Country: United States of America |
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Type: Cremation of Juntunen, Martha Lydia |
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State: Texas Country: United States of America |
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1917–2006
Birth: 24 February 1917
— Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada Death: 18 March 2006 — Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States of America |
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1919–1991
Birth: 14 December 1919
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— Weimar, Colorado, Texas, United States of America Death: 6 December 1991 — Weimar, Colorado, Texas, United States of America |
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1917–2006
Birth: 24 February 1917
— Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada Death: 18 March 2006 — Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States of America |
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Obituary from: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora/obits/obitsm2.htm#Montgomery,%20Martha%20Lydia Montgomery, Martha Lydia “Marty” (Juntunen) M. Montgomery Died March 18 Marty Montgomery died March 18 at Lakeside Hospital in Bastrop. She was born Martha Lydia Juntunen on Feb. 24, 1917 in Sault Ste Marie, Canada to Isaac and Lydia Juntunen. Her body was cremated as she had requested and the cremains will be interred in the family plot in Masonic Cemetery. A memorial service will be planned at a later date. The family moved to Michigan in 1919 and she became a U.S. citizen upon the naturalization of her father in 1935. She attended school in several different cities and after graduating was employed by AAA Travel. After the United States entered World War II, Marty and several girlfriends moved to California and enlisted in the Women’s Marine Corp where she attained the rank of sergeant. While stationed at San Diego she met Jack H. Montgomery, a Technical Sergeant also in he Marines. They married on Nov. 24, 1944. Marty was honorably discharged several months later. She moved to Weimar in the summer of 1945 to await the birth of their first child at the home of her husband’s parents, John Head and Leona Montgomery. During the 50’s and 60’s, Marty handled the accounting for Montgomery Electric Company and Montgomery Hereford Farm. She also worked for the Weimar Chamber of Commerce, Colorado County Republican Party, reported Weimar news for the Houston Chronicle and was active in the community and the First Methodist Church. In 1963, she went to work for the Weimar School District, first in the principal’s office and later as a teacher’s aide. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy (Montgomery) Winter of Bastrop; son, John Montgomery of Bastrop; grandchildren, Susie Michel and husband Chip of Evergreen, Colo., Chris Montgomery of Weimar, and Megan Montgomery of Austin; and great-granddaughter, Marleena Michel of Evergreen, Colo. Also surviving are the children of sister Elme, Martin Lustig, Linda Parrill, Gerald Lustig, Douglas Lustig, and Susan Redmon. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years; both parents; brother, Toivo Juntunen; and sister, Elme Lustig. Weimar Mercury, March 30, 2006 |
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