Robert “Bob” John James Montgomery XIII

Robert “Bob” John

James Montgomery XIII,

92, of Tioga, North Dakota

passed away, Sunday, De-

cember 9, 2018, at the

Tioga Long Term Care

Nursing Home. Fulkerson

Stevenson Funeral Home

of Tioga is assisting the

family. Friends may sign

the on-line register and

give their condolences at

www.fulkersons.com.

A Graveside service

will be held Saturday, De-

cember 15, 2018 at 1:00

p.m. at the United

Cemetery in Tioga.

Friends may call at Fulk-

erson Stevenson Funeral

Home in Tioga starting at

10:00 a.m. on Saturday

and lasting until service

time.

Robert John James

Montgomery the XIII was

born on January 13, 1926

in Fargo, ND to Robert

John James the XII and

Emily (Fisher)

Montgomery.

Bob attended elementa-ry schools in Fargo,

Bismarck, Stanton and

Bottineau, ND. He gra-

duated from High School

in Leeds, ND. Bob chose

to put his high school

education on hold and en-

listed in the US Navy to

serve his country. He re-

turned to high school and

graduated with his broth-

er, Morris and the class of

1947. Bob entered the US

Navy in 1944 and served

in WWII, he was honor-

ably discharged in 1946.

He attended the Agricul-

ture College in Fargo, ND,

now known as North

Dakota State University.

Robert John James

Montgomery the XIII,

married Helen O’Connell,

in the Congregational

Church, Leeds, ND, on

June 9, 1951.

The 1952 Tioga oil

boom brought Bob and

Helen to Tioga, where Bob

worked as a telephone

installer/technician.

He was a 62-year

member of the Tioga

American Legion Post

#139. He served as Com-

mander and carried the

American flag as a

member of the Honor

Guard. He hung the

American flags on Main

Street Tioga for various

celebrations, made the

white wood crosses and

placed them with an

American flag on the

graves of veterans for

Memorial Day. He and his

friend Norm Wonser

designed and created the

Tioga American Legion

Flag Park and maintained

it for 30 years.

Bob enjoyed a trip with

the Veterans Honor flight

to Washington, DC, in

2009.

Bob retired after 35

years of working for

Northwestern Bell Tele-

phone Company. He in-

stalled the 1000th tele-

phone in Tioga, July 1958.

Before and after his re-

tirement he kept himself

busy, building many

houses in Tioga and the

surrounding area and do-

ing miscellaneous repair

work on houses and

businesses in Tioga. He

worked for the City of

Tioga as the Building Per-

mit Inspector for many

years and was member of

the Tioga Fire depart-

ment. He enjoyed fishing

gardening, always sharing

his bounty and taking care

of his yard and flowers.

Bob is survived by his

daughters, Vickie (Myron)

Lee, Shelly (Paul) Hart-

soch, Terrie

(Gayle-deceased) Binge-

man; son, Dale (Morgan)

Montgomery; grandsons,

Shayne (Ashley) Lee, Aus-

tin Lee, Scott Hartsoch,

Jeremy (Rainia)

Weyrauch, Robert John

James Montgomery XV

and Matthew

Montgomery; grand-

daughters, Rechelle

(Michael) Penticoff and

Sara Salveson; great-

grandsons, Keaten and

Ryland Lee and Carson

Weyrauch; Great-grand-

daughters, Breynn Lee,

Charleigh Penticoff and

Trinity Kibler. He is also

survived by his brother,

Jim.

Bob was preceded in

death by wife, Helen; a

son, Robert John James

Montgomery XIV “Bimbo”

and daughter, Beverly

Jean Montgomery. His

parents; a sister, Louella

Warner and his brother,

Morris.