{"id":2438,"date":"2013-03-11T20:57:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T03:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2013-03-11T22:17:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T05:17:37","slug":"in-memoriam-boo-askew-montgomery-1920-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/in-memoriam-boo-askew-montgomery-1920-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Beulah (Askew) Montgomery (1920-2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beulah<\/a>I received word this morning that my great-aunt, Beulah Lucille (Askew) Montgomery (\u201cBonnie\u201d to friends, and \u201cBoo\u201d to family), died peacefully in her sleep last night. I only knew her from a distance, but from where I stood, she was a remarkable woman who led a remarkable life.<\/p>\n

She was the oldest of the three Askew sisters, born and raised in Wadena, Minnesota. She married Lawrence R. “Monty” Montgomery in 1942, and she was the first of the Askew children to give her parents a grandchild. She and Monty raised two boys\u2014Bob and Rich\u2014and led exemplary lives distinguished by their hard work, generosity, charity, activity, creativity, and humility.<\/p>\n

In this post, I’d like to share with you some photos of Boo taken throughout her life. Please share your memories of Boo by leaving a comment at the end of this post.<\/p>\n

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The earliest photo I have of Boo is this charming photo of her and her two sisters in overalls, taken around 1928, perhaps at their grandpa Scott’s house in Menahga (Boo is on the left):<\/p>\n

\"1932<\/a><\/p>\n

About four years later, around 1932, the three sisters again posed together (Boo is in the middle):<\/p>\n

\"1932<\/a><\/p>\n

Clyde and Gert (her parents) liked to pose their five children together. Boo, as the middle child, always got the middle position:<\/p>\n

\"1932<\/a><\/p>\n

\"2011-11-22-035\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"1932<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo (front) on a play horse with an unknown boy and girl (perhaps her sister Mary):<\/p>\n

\"2011-11-23-012b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The three sisters as teenagers (Boo in the middle):<\/p>\n

\"2011-11-22-053\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The five siblings in their teenage years (Boo is at the lower left):<\/p>\n

\"2011-10-31-009<\/a><\/p>\n

On her wedding day, January 17, 1942, in Minneapolis, with her sisters as maids of honor:\"2012-11-03-025<\/a><\/p>\n

Taken around the time of their wedding:<\/p>\n

\"2011-11-27-019<\/a><\/p>\n

I believe this was taken at their new home, shortly after they were married:<\/p>\n

\"Boo<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo and her son Bob with Boo’s father (Clyde) and grandfather (Wilfred Askew):<\/p>\n

\"1943?-<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo with her mother, brother, son, and an unknown man:<\/p>\n

\"2012-11-03-061\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo holding her son Bob:<\/p>\n

\"2012-11-03-066\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The five Askew children, reunited at their parents’ house in Oakland, California, with their parents Clyde and Gert (Boo is back right):<\/p>\n

\"2012-08-27-020<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo and Monty and their teenaged sons, Bob and Rich:<\/p>\n

\"1954-<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo relaxing in her sister’s pool with her niece, Polly:<\/p>\n

\"1965<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo with her grand-niece, Jill, and her grand-nephew, Michael:<\/p>\n

\"1979<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo and Monty:<\/p>\n

\"2012-11-03-022\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo and Monty and their children and grandchildren, taken around 1985:<\/p>\n

\"2012-11-03-028\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Boo and her sister Harriet (Boo is on the right):<\/p>\n

\"2012-11-03-026<\/a><\/p>\n

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Goodbye and farewell. May you rest in peace, Aunt Boo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received word this morning that my great-aunt, Beulah Lucille (Askew) Montgomery (\u201cBonnie\u201d to friends, and \u201cBoo\u201d to family), died peacefully in her sleep last night. I only knew her from a distance, but from where I stood, she was … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beulah-askew-montgomery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}