Dorothy E. Montgomery Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Dorothy E. Montgomery, 92, of Rochester, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at Cranberry Place. Born August 27, 1923, in East Rochester, a daughter of the late Charles R. Sr. and Elizabeth Whittle Romigh, she was a former employee with W.T. Grant Department Store in Conway, and Kool Vent Company, Beaver Falls. She was a former secretary to the athletic department at Penn State, Beaver Campus. She was a member of the Community United Methodist Church, Rochester. She had attended the University of Pittsburgh during World War II. She was a member of the Women Mission Workers and had also been a former member and secretary of the former St. Luke Presbyterian Church of East Rochester. Mostly she was a homemaker and her best accomplishment in life was raising her three children. She was very proud of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Montgomery, in 1953; a great-grandson, Michael David Waters; two sisters, Erma Jean Romigh and Mary Jane Romigh, and a brother, Charles R. Romigh Jr. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Lois "Dee" and Michael Blehi, Bellefonte, PA; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Edward L. and Brenda Montgomery, North Canton, OH, and Robert F. Montgomery, Brighton Twp.; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Ruth Romigh, Monaca Heights, and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Monday from 10 a.m. until 12 noon in WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Her pastor, Rev. Dr. Donald Dotterer, will officiate. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. The family wishes memorial contributions be made, if desired, to the Salvation Army, 378 Jefferson St., Rochester, PA 15074.

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Dorothy E. Montgomery

August 27, 1923 - September 29, 2015