Friday, October 13th, 2006
Barbara Robertson
Former Celina resident Barbara Montgomery Robertson, 81, died Oct. 8, 2006, at Sunrise of Carmel in Indiana. Death was due to Alzheimer's disease.
She was born in Frankfort, Ind., to Carl Sibbitt and Ruth McBride. She was married to former Celina resident Don Montgomery, who survives. Deceased are husbands Warren Weirich and Watson Robertson.
Surviving are two sons, Bill Montgomery, Celina, and Tom Montgomery, Dale City, Va.; two daughters, Betsy Combs, Indianapolis, Ind., and Nancy Goldberg, Kirkland, Wash.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a brother, Joe.
She was a 1943 graduate of Frankfort High School and a 1947 graduate of DePauw University. A former school teacher, she achieved status in the academic honorary societies of Phi Beta Kappa and the Mortar Board. She also was president of DePauw's Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and a member of Panhellenic Council, the Naiad Synchronized Swimming Group and St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina.
Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Harry Moore Mortuary, Indianapolis.
A celebration of life is 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the mortuary.
Contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Condolences can be sent at www.harrymooremortuary.com.