Alexander Montgomery turned 1 Wednesday, two days following his father’s death in Iraq.Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery, 26, served beside his brother in the battalion. Eric, 21, will be escorting his brother’s body home, his family said.Before leaving in January, Brian Montgomery hugged his father.“Don’t worry, Dad, I’ll be coming back home,” Paul Montgomery recalled his son saying.“I’ve never seen a man more patriotic than him,” he said.Brian Montgomery joined the Marine reserves in June 2002 and lived in Mentor with his wife and son.He graduated from South High School in Willoughby in northeast Ohio in 1998.
LCpl BRIAN P. MONTGO-MERY USMC, 26 years, died in Hadithah, Iraq Aug. 1. Beloved husband of Pamela J. (nee Sloan); loving father of Alexander M. dear son of Paul D. (Loren Spalding) and Laurel J. (David) Kromer; son-in-law of Kenneth R. Sloan and Dolores J. (James) Gormley; brother of LCpl. Eric M. USMC; paternal grandson of Doris McWilliams and the late Charles McWilliams and the late Alonzo B. Montgomery and the late Clayton E. and Jeanne P. Scholes; maternal grandson of Alberta J. Dens-more and the late Harold W. Densmore, and the late Leonard H. and Meta Sloan. Interment Western Reserve Memorial Gardens, Chesterland. FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET Wednesday, 11 a.m. at the Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave, Mentor. Family will receive friends at the McMAHON-COYNE-VITANTONIO FUNERAL HOME, 38001 EUCLID AVE., WILLOUGHBY, MONDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. AND TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. Family suggests donations, in Brian's name, be made to a memorial fund to benefit his son, Alexander M. Mont-gomery in care of Sky Bank at any branch. www.cleveland.com/obits
LCpl BRIAN P. MONTGO-MERY USMC, 26 years, died in Hadithah, Iraq Aug. 1. Beloved husband of Pamela J. (nee Sloan); loving father of Alexander M. dear son of Paul D. (Loren Spalding) and Laurel J. (David) Kromer; son-in-law of Kenneth R. Sloan and Dolores J. (James) Gormley; brother of LCpl. Eric M. USMC; paternal grandson of Doris McWilliams and the late Charles McWilliams and the late Alonzo B. Montgomery and the late Clayton E. and Jeanne P. Scholes; maternal grandson of Alberta J. Dens-more and the late Harold W. Densmore, and the late Leonard H. and Meta Sloan. Interment Western Reserve Memorial Gardens, Chesterland. FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET Wednesday, 11 a.m. at the Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave, Mentor. Family will receive friends at the McMAHON-COYNE-VITANTONIO FUNERAL HOME, 38001 EUCLID AVE., WILLOUGHBY, MONDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. AND TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. Family suggests donations, in Brian's name, be made to a memorial fund to benefit his son, Alexander M. Mont-gomery in care of Sky Bank at any branch. www.cleveland.com/obits
Alexander Montgomery turned 1 Wednesday, two days following his father’s death in Iraq.Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery, 26, served beside his brother in the battalion. Eric, 21, will be escorting his brother’s body home, his family said.Before leaving in January, Brian Montgomery hugged his father.“Don’t worry, Dad, I’ll be coming back home,” Paul Montgomery recalled his son saying.“I’ve never seen a man more patriotic than him,” he said.Brian Montgomery joined the Marine reserves in June 2002 and lived in Mentor with his wife and son.He graduated from South High School in Willoughby in northeast Ohio in 1998.
LCpl BRIAN P. MONTGO-MERY USMC, 26 years, died in Hadithah, Iraq Aug. 1. Beloved husband of Pamela J. (nee Sloan); loving father of Alexander M. dear son of Paul D. (Loren Spalding) and Laurel J. (David) Kromer; son-in-law of Kenneth R. Sloan and Dolores J. (James) Gormley; brother of LCpl. Eric M. USMC; paternal grandson of Doris McWilliams and the late Charles McWilliams and the late Alonzo B. Montgomery and the late Clayton E. and Jeanne P. Scholes; maternal grandson of Alberta J. Dens-more and the late Harold W. Densmore, and the late Leonard H. and Meta Sloan. Interment Western Reserve Memorial Gardens, Chesterland. FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET Wednesday, 11 a.m. at the Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave, Mentor. Family will receive friends at the McMAHON-COYNE-VITANTONIO FUNERAL HOME, 38001 EUCLID AVE., WILLOUGHBY, MONDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. AND TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. Family suggests donations, in Brian's name, be made to a memorial fund to benefit his son, Alexander M. Mont-gomery in care of Sky Bank at any branch. www.cleveland.com/obits
LCpl BRIAN P. MONTGO-MERY USMC, 26 years, died in Hadithah, Iraq Aug. 1. Beloved husband of Pamela J. (nee Sloan); loving father of Alexander M. dear son of Paul D. (Loren Spalding) and Laurel J. (David) Kromer; son-in-law of Kenneth R. Sloan and Dolores J. (James) Gormley; brother of LCpl. Eric M. USMC; paternal grandson of Doris McWilliams and the late Charles McWilliams and the late Alonzo B. Montgomery and the late Clayton E. and Jeanne P. Scholes; maternal grandson of Alberta J. Dens-more and the late Harold W. Densmore, and the late Leonard H. and Meta Sloan. Interment Western Reserve Memorial Gardens, Chesterland. FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET Wednesday, 11 a.m. at the Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave, Mentor. Family will receive friends at the McMAHON-COYNE-VITANTONIO FUNERAL HOME, 38001 EUCLID AVE., WILLOUGHBY, MONDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. AND TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-9 P.M. Family suggests donations, in Brian's name, be made to a memorial fund to benefit his son, Alexander M. Mont-gomery in care of Sky Bank at any branch. www.cleveland.com/obits
