Susan Montgomery (STH'91)
Rev. Susan A. Montgomery was born Nov. 15, 1946, at Topeka, the daughter of Thomas H. and Ramona K. Selsor Turner. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1964.
She married Larry Montgomery and they raised two sons. They divorced in 1983.
She attended KSTC at Emporia, one year after high school and returned 20 years later to graduate from Emporia State University in 1987, with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She attended Boston University School of Theology and graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1991.
She served many United Methodist churches in Kansas including St. Marys, Emmett and Belvue, officially retiring in 2012, but continued to serve several church communities. She was the city clerk at Emmett. She was a member of the Literary Club in St. Marys, Jolly Workers at Emmett and Sunflower Sue Club in Maple Hill.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by two sons, Brien Montgomery and wife, Teresa and Stacy T. Montgomery and wife, Stacy L.; two brothers, William Turner and wife, Rebecca and Michael Turner and wife, Jannett; three sisters, Kathryn Knowlton and husband, John, Nola Roth and husband, Dave and Taime Pitchford and husband, Jim; three grandchildren, Jessica Ann, Marc Neil and Brook Marie; a great-grandchild, Connor Lee; and nieces and nephews. She loved her family and passionately served the Lord.