Montag, Sophia 92

Bairdford

Sophia (Gromick) Montag, 92,
of Bairdford, West Deer Township,
died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013,
in Marian Manor of North Hills.
She was born March 10, 1920, in Bairdford,
and had lived in West Deer all of her life.
She was a 1938 graduate of Etna High School. Mrs. Montag worked as the secretary for the West Deer and Deer Lakes High School Library for more than 30 years. She was a member of St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church, Curtisville. She enjoyed sewing and cross stitching. Survivors include her sons, Wayne L. Montag, of Houston, Texas, and David T. (Terri) Montag, of Middlesex; three grandchildren, Dr. David T. (Sarah) Montag Jr., of Minneapolis, Minn., Jaime M. (Steve) Wesling, of Canonsburg, and Jacob T. Montag, of Middlesex; four great-grandchildren, Steven, Alya, Elyse and Mila; and her sister-in-law, Martha (Richard) Hellstrom, of Fayetteville, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar L. Montag; her parents, Maxim and Antonina (Lapitsky) Gromick; and her sister, Ann Poletunow. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the SIWICKI-YANICKO FUNERAL HOME, 23 McKrell Road, Russellton, West Deer Township, where funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Deer Creek Cemetery, Harmar.
West Deer, PA ,
St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church,"