GARNER - Deloris "Dee" Montgomery, 74, of Garner, died Sunday (July 26, 2009) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN.

Funeral services will be held 10 A.M., Friday at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with Rev. Frank Beaty officiating. Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M., Thursday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Deloris "Dee" Katheryn Montgomery, the daughter of Luppo and Trienna (Workman) Schriever, was born November 10, 1934, at Bristow. She was baptized and confirmed at Bristow Reformed Church and graduated from Bristow High School in 1952. She attended and graduated from a lab technician school in Minneapolis and began working at a hospital in Bradford, PA. Dee returned to Iowa in 1957 after the death of her parents. She then became the legal guardian for her younger sister and brother and worked as a lab technician at Mercy Hospital in Mason City. On January 31, 1959, she was married to Leon Casey at Mason City. They lived in Hampton where they raised their two children and Dee continued working as a lab technician at the Hampton Clinic. On September 19, 1986, she was married to Bud Montgomery. They made their home in Garner. Dee enjoyed bowling and sewing quilts at her church.

She was a member of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church and Women's Fellowship.

Dee is survived by her husband, Bud, of Garner; children, Doug (Tammie) Casey of Hampton and Barbara (Mylon) Card of Hampton; a step-daughter, Ann (Troy) FitzHenry of Mankato, MN; grandchildren, Nicole, Jenna, Jordan, Emily and Chase Casey, Ciara, Rachel, Aubrey and Alexis Card and Drew and Cassandra FitzHenry; a sister, Sharron (Robert) Johnson of Latimer; a brother, LeRoy (Connie) Schriever of Davenport; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Lavon (John) Young. ... Read More