Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery
1949 - 2018
Early Life: Jeanne was born July 18, 1969, at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, to Wilfred Sherman and Virginia Elizabeth Robertson Emmett. A large part of her early years were spent in South Africa while her father was an Army Attaché. After her parents divorced, she lived in Rockville, Maryland, with her stepfather Earl D. Watterson and stepbrother, David. Jeanne attended primary and secondary schools in Rockville, graduating in 1967 from Richard Montgomery High School.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: For two years, she took classes at Rockville Junior College. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she studied English literature and applied art (ceramics, painting and sketching). There, she met and married Randy Morrison in 1969. They had a son, Eli Mitchell Morrison, and lived in Provo, Denver, and Chicago while Randy worked as a radio announcer.
❦ In 1975, following a divorce, Jeanne returned to her studies at BYU, where she met a divorced young BYU professor, David C. Montgomery, whom she married in 1976. He brought two sons to the marriage: Christopher and Steven. Jeanne and David bought a house in south Orem and added four sons to the "tribe": Emmett, Carl, Jesse and Erik. Jeanne lovingly devoted her life to the family and was proud of the diverse accomplishments of all the sons.
❦ Her husband, David, had several travel opportunities, most notable was a six-month residence in Soviet Uzbekistan, 2,000 miles southeast of Moscow along the Afghanistan frontier, where the majority population were the Eurasian Uzbeks, who spoke a Turkic language and were Muslim in religion. Much to Jeanne's surprise, she soon became pregnant. This condition endeared her to the Uzbeks who favored large families and soon adopted her in a way; in fact, widely opening hospitality doors. In time, Jeanne became known as the "pregnant American woman" who has a professor husband.
❦ Jeanne was a woman of great intelligence and modesty. She was very skilled in ceramics and sketching. Her artful pots grace the homes of family and friends. She had an abiding interest in astronomy and paleoanthropology. The arrival of issues of Scientific American and National Geographic were high points of each month. Similar programs on cable TV were great attractions to her. To balance her reading and viewing menu, the works of Jane Austen held a special place in her heart and mind.
❦ At age 16, Jeanne convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her conversion was a strong and solitary effort, first, by the Spirit, and later, by gradually increasing knowledge. Her favorite church callings were working with the Young Women organization. Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery, of Orem, Utah, died peacefully at home the afternoon of Monday, November 26, 2018. She was 69.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Sharon Stake Center | Orem, Utah
Final Rest: Cremation, ashes scattered in the ocean where the dolphins swim and play
Original Obituary Published By:
© Walker Sanderson Funeral Home | November 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1949 - 2018
Early Life: Jeanne was born July 18, 1969, at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, to Wilfred Sherman and Virginia Elizabeth Robertson Emmett. A large part of her early years were spent in South Africa while her father was an Army Attaché. After her parents divorced, she lived in Rockville, Maryland, with her stepfather Earl D. Watterson and stepbrother, David. Jeanne attended primary and secondary schools in Rockville, graduating in 1967 from Richard Montgomery High School.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: For two years, she took classes at Rockville Junior College. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she studied English literature and applied art (ceramics, painting and sketching). There, she met and married Randy Morrison in 1969. They had a son, Eli Mitchell Morrison, and lived in Provo, Denver, and Chicago while Randy worked as a radio announcer.
❦ In 1975, following a divorce, Jeanne returned to her studies at BYU, where she met a divorced young BYU professor, David C. Montgomery, whom she married in 1976. He brought two sons to the marriage: Christopher and Steven. Jeanne and David bought a house in south Orem and added four sons to the "tribe": Emmett, Carl, Jesse and Erik. Jeanne lovingly devoted her life to the family and was proud of the diverse accomplishments of all the sons.
❦ Her husband, David, had several travel opportunities, most notable was a six-month residence in Soviet Uzbekistan, 2,000 miles southeast of Moscow along the Afghanistan frontier, where the majority population were the Eurasian Uzbeks, who spoke a Turkic language and were Muslim in religion. Much to Jeanne's surprise, she soon became pregnant. This condition endeared her to the Uzbeks who favored large families and soon adopted her in a way; in fact, widely opening hospitality doors. In time, Jeanne became known as the "pregnant American woman" who has a professor husband.
❦ Jeanne was a woman of great intelligence and modesty. She was very skilled in ceramics and sketching. Her artful pots grace the homes of family and friends. She had an abiding interest in astronomy and paleoanthropology. The arrival of issues of Scientific American and National Geographic were high points of each month. Similar programs on cable TV were great attractions to her. To balance her reading and viewing menu, the works of Jane Austen held a special place in her heart and mind.
❦ At age 16, Jeanne convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her conversion was a strong and solitary effort, first, by the Spirit, and later, by gradually increasing knowledge. Her favorite church callings were working with the Young Women organization. Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery, of Orem, Utah, died peacefully at home the afternoon of Monday, November 26, 2018. She was 69.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Sharon Stake Center | Orem, Utah
Final Rest: Cremation, ashes scattered in the ocean where the dolphins swim and play
Original Obituary Published By:
© Walker Sanderson Funeral Home | November 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery
1949 - 2018
Early Life: Jeanne was born July 18, 1969, at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, to Wilfred Sherman and Virginia Elizabeth Robertson Emmett. A large part of her early years were spent in South Africa while her father was an Army Attaché. After her parents divorced, she lived in Rockville, Maryland, with her stepfather Earl D. Watterson and stepbrother, David. Jeanne attended primary and secondary schools in Rockville, graduating in 1967 from Richard Montgomery High School.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: For two years, she took classes at Rockville Junior College. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she studied English literature and applied art (ceramics, painting and sketching). There, she met and married Randy Morrison in 1969. They had a son, Eli Mitchell Morrison, and lived in Provo, Denver, and Chicago while Randy worked as a radio announcer.
❦ In 1975, following a divorce, Jeanne returned to her studies at BYU, where she met a divorced young BYU professor, David C. Montgomery, whom she married in 1976. He brought two sons to the marriage: Christopher and Steven. Jeanne and David bought a house in south Orem and added four sons to the "tribe": Emmett, Carl, Jesse and Erik. Jeanne lovingly devoted her life to the family and was proud of the diverse accomplishments of all the sons.
❦ Her husband, David, had several travel opportunities, most notable was a six-month residence in Soviet Uzbekistan, 2,000 miles southeast of Moscow along the Afghanistan frontier, where the majority population were the Eurasian Uzbeks, who spoke a Turkic language and were Muslim in religion. Much to Jeanne's surprise, she soon became pregnant. This condition endeared her to the Uzbeks who favored large families and soon adopted her in a way; in fact, widely opening hospitality doors. In time, Jeanne became known as the "pregnant American woman" who has a professor husband.
❦ Jeanne was a woman of great intelligence and modesty. She was very skilled in ceramics and sketching. Her artful pots grace the homes of family and friends. She had an abiding interest in astronomy and paleoanthropology. The arrival of issues of Scientific American and National Geographic were high points of each month. Similar programs on cable TV were great attractions to her. To balance her reading and viewing menu, the works of Jane Austen held a special place in her heart and mind.
❦ At age 16, Jeanne convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her conversion was a strong and solitary effort, first, by the Spirit, and later, by gradually increasing knowledge. Her favorite church callings were working with the Young Women organization. Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery, of Orem, Utah, died peacefully at home the afternoon of Monday, November 26, 2018. She was 69.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Sharon Stake Center | Orem, Utah
Final Rest: Cremation, ashes scattered in the ocean where the dolphins swim and play
Original Obituary Published By:
© Walker Sanderson Funeral Home | November 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1949 - 2018
Early Life: Jeanne was born July 18, 1969, at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, to Wilfred Sherman and Virginia Elizabeth Robertson Emmett. A large part of her early years were spent in South Africa while her father was an Army Attaché. After her parents divorced, she lived in Rockville, Maryland, with her stepfather Earl D. Watterson and stepbrother, David. Jeanne attended primary and secondary schools in Rockville, graduating in 1967 from Richard Montgomery High School.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: For two years, she took classes at Rockville Junior College. She then attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she studied English literature and applied art (ceramics, painting and sketching). There, she met and married Randy Morrison in 1969. They had a son, Eli Mitchell Morrison, and lived in Provo, Denver, and Chicago while Randy worked as a radio announcer.
❦ In 1975, following a divorce, Jeanne returned to her studies at BYU, where she met a divorced young BYU professor, David C. Montgomery, whom she married in 1976. He brought two sons to the marriage: Christopher and Steven. Jeanne and David bought a house in south Orem and added four sons to the "tribe": Emmett, Carl, Jesse and Erik. Jeanne lovingly devoted her life to the family and was proud of the diverse accomplishments of all the sons.
❦ Her husband, David, had several travel opportunities, most notable was a six-month residence in Soviet Uzbekistan, 2,000 miles southeast of Moscow along the Afghanistan frontier, where the majority population were the Eurasian Uzbeks, who spoke a Turkic language and were Muslim in religion. Much to Jeanne's surprise, she soon became pregnant. This condition endeared her to the Uzbeks who favored large families and soon adopted her in a way; in fact, widely opening hospitality doors. In time, Jeanne became known as the "pregnant American woman" who has a professor husband.
❦ Jeanne was a woman of great intelligence and modesty. She was very skilled in ceramics and sketching. Her artful pots grace the homes of family and friends. She had an abiding interest in astronomy and paleoanthropology. The arrival of issues of Scientific American and National Geographic were high points of each month. Similar programs on cable TV were great attractions to her. To balance her reading and viewing menu, the works of Jane Austen held a special place in her heart and mind.
❦ At age 16, Jeanne convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her conversion was a strong and solitary effort, first, by the Spirit, and later, by gradually increasing knowledge. Her favorite church callings were working with the Young Women organization. Jeanne Virginia Emmett Montgomery, of Orem, Utah, died peacefully at home the afternoon of Monday, November 26, 2018. She was 69.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Sharon Stake Center | Orem, Utah
Final Rest: Cremation, ashes scattered in the ocean where the dolphins swim and play
Original Obituary Published By:
© Walker Sanderson Funeral Home | November 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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