Jeff MONTGOMERY

MONTGOMERY, MARSHALL, PYLE, ROBINSON, VIERKANDT, BROCKETT, AUBREY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/4/2015 at 15:10:51

March 1, 1958 --- September 30, 2015

BELMOND, IA -- Jeff Montgomery, age 57, of Belmond, passed away Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015, after a short illness, at his home. Funeral services for Jeff Montgomery will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond. Rob Dugger will preside over the service. Burial will take place in the Belmond Cemetery. Visitation for Jeff Montgomery will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday Oct. 4, 2015, at the funeral home, and then will continue for one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made in Jeff Montgomery's name to the family.

Jeff was born in Hardin County at the Ellsworth Hospital in Iowa Falls on March 1, 1958, to Wilbur (Bud) and Dorothy Marshall Montgomery. He lost both his father and mother in 1962 to cancer and went to live with his sister Jean. He attended Radcliffe School and graduated in 1977. He married Sharon Pyle on July 3, 1993, in Belmond. In 1994, the couple was blessed with a son, Skylar. Jeff worked for Winnebago for several years and helped area farmers. Jeff loved fishing and hunting in his earlier years. He loved taking trips to the lake with his family and going camping. He enjoyed taking road trips to see nature and the crops. Farming was in his blood. Jeff loved Westerns, especially John Wayne movies.

Jeff is survived by his wife Sharon; son Skylar; brother Jim (Kathleen) Montgomery of State Center; sisters Janice Robinson of Iowa Falls, Carol (Ronald) Vierkandt of Alden, Judy (Carl) Brockett of Norwalk; special brothers Jim (Stephanie) Vierkandt of Alden, Steven (Marel) Vierkandt of Katy, Texas, Daniel (Karleen) Vierkandt of Austin, Minnesota; sister-in-law Barb (Mike) Aubrey of Ankeny; and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his father, Wilbur; mother Dorothy; and in-laws Raymond and Katherine Pyle. Dugger Funeral Homes, 111 Luick's Lane South, Belmond, Iowa.

October 4, 2015
Mason City Globe Gazette -- Mason City, Iowa