William C Montgomery

Preceded in death by wife, Beverly N. and son, W. Todd; Parents, Joseph and Rose Montgomery and 10 siblings and niece. Survived by daughter, Teri (Michael) Cieciorka; grandchildren, Tyler (Laurel) Cieciorka, Tristan (Jared) Skaff, Tara (Andy) Ives; great grandchildren, Gabriella, Giana and Anthony Ives, Vincent and Leo Skaff and soon to be born Cash Cieciorka all of Omaha. Also survived by 3 Sisters, Ellen Taylor of Des Moines IA , Iva Christmann of Chicago IL and Dorothy McBrien of Las Vegas NV. Survivors also include sister in law, Sue (Bob) Burchett of Shenandoah IA, brother in law, Ed (Cheryl) Elledge of Las Vegas NV and brother in law, Bruce Elledge of Billings MT. Also many nieces and nephews, informally adopted sons, daughters and grand children. He will live on and on in so many loving memories.



Papa was born in Williamson IA to Joseph and Rose Montgomery. He was a natural athlete from a young age and even played softball with the Belinda Men's Team when he was only 13 years old. He excelled in baseball and basketball for Chariton High School in Chariton IA. Being persistent and ahead of the times, he was also allowed to take a semester of Home Ec for cooking instead of Shop Class.



After high school he was recruited to play baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals farm team in Utah, but after a couple of weeks on the team bus going town to town he'd had enough of AAA life.



He joined the Navy in 1953 and married Beverly on February 14, 1954. He played Semi Pro baseball for the Navy before Bev met him in Corpus Christi, Texas. After she joined him he switched to softball so he wasn't traveling. Teri was born March 1955 and Todd was born April 1970.



After the Navy he went to Drake University then was hired by Firestone and Fidesta (Division of Firestone) as an area manager. His career took the family to Chicago, Denver and then Omaha where he left Fidesta and opened up Montes Mr. Automotive. After closing the store due to Todd's illness he became a stay at home dad.



He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends who loved his humor.



Go Huskers (football, volleyball and womens' basketball) and The Cards.



Visitation:

Memorial Visitation Wednesday (1-27-16) 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the John A. Gentleman Pacific Street Chapel, Omaha, Nebraska.



Memorials:

St. Augustine Indian Mission, Winnebago, Ne. or Iktome Ska Foundation.