Submitted by: Dan Rich

Vivian T. Montgomery

Jan 6, 1931 - June 10, 1998

South Bend Tribune 6/17/1998

Vivian T. Montgomery, 67, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, who resided at 3801 Riverside Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, at Rush-St. Luke Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., following a serious lifetime illness of sickle cell anemia and complications after surgery. She was born in Stayton, Tenn., on Jan. 6, 1931, to the late Bessie Moody and James Johnson. She was a resident of South Bend for 31 years.

She married her husband of 39 years, Arnell R. Montgomery, Sr., on July 17, 1958. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband and eight children, Diana Whitt of Gary, Ind., Matthew Johnson of South Bend, Donald Johnson of Chicago, Ronald Johnson of Chicago, Brenda Smith of South Bend, Arnell Montgomery, Jr., of South Bend, Terrence Montgomery of Indianapolis, Ind., and Kerry Montgomery of South Bend; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Wilhelmina Orr, Thelma Jones and Dorothy Clayton; four brothers, Curtis Johnson, James Johnson, Warren Johnson and Fred Johnson; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anita Womack of South Bend; and by a sister, Earlene Penn.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, at Roseland Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 52248 Laurel Road, South Bend.