Mary Montague, 82, 301 Orchard Drive, St. Marys, died at 6:50 a.m. Dec. 25, 2007, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community.

She was born Nov. 21, 1925, in Fort Loramie, to Edward and Ethel Speckman Freytag. On Dec. 2, 1950, she married Eldon E. Montague who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mary (Art) Evans, Lisle, Ill.; a son-in-law, Mike (Victoria) Hoenie, St. Marys; three brothers, Paul (Irene) Freytag, Minster, and James Freytag and Edward (Betty) Freytag, all of Sidney; four grandchildren and a great-grandson.

A son, John, and a sister-in-law, Virginia Freytag, are deceased.

A graduate of Fort Loramie High School and Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Dayton, she had been employed as an airline hostess with TWA and as a registered nurse at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, both of St. Marys. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Glynwood, and the Mothers' Study Club, St. Marys.

Funeral Mass is 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Oscar Seger officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

There will be no visitation.  

Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, has charge of arrangements with online condolences to be accepted at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Auglaize County Humane Society.