Lodene Montgomery

Graveside service for Lodene Montgomery, 85, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Friday, October 8, 2021, in Rosehill Cemetery. Reverend Jacky Mears will officiate. Visitation will be 6-8:00 P.M., Thursday, October 7, 2021, at the funeral home.

Lodene passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021, in Cleburne. She was born March 27, 1936, in Hico, Texas to J.W. Lovell and Vera Inez Houston Lovell. Lodene married Donald Ray “Donnie” Montgomery on April 18, 1957, in Cleburne. They were married 58 years at the time of his death in 2015. She was a member of North Cleburne Baptist Church. Lodene was a registered nurse and retired from Yater Smyth Clinic with over 40 years of service. She was family oriented to say the least. Lodene loved her work family immensely as well. She was an avid reader. She enjoyed fishing and traveling on vacations. Her loving nature will be missed greatly.

Lodene is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Jim and Melinda Montgomery, and Monty Montgomery; grandchildren, Kane Montgomery and wife, Robyn, Kole Montgomery and wife, Chelce, Braden Montgomery and wife, Kristen, and Madison Montgomery; great-grandchildren, Weston, Shadie, Riley, Laynie and Kallie Montgomery, and Garrett Vaughan; sibling, Peggy Gillespie and husband, Doug; nieces, nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents and husband.