Aretta M. Lightfoot ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Aretta was Rita M. Lightfoot.⁵

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ⁵ Sheet 15B, Household 337, District 124
Quapaw, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Own or Rent: Rent
Daughter..Rita Lightfoot..2..MO
(Living with parents.)

2. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ³ Sheet 10A, Household 217, Roll 1923, District 0026
Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Daughter..Reta Lightfoot..12..MO
(Living with parents.)

3. 1940 US Census, 2 April 1940, Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ² Sheet 1B, Family 15, District 58-24, Roll 3321
Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence: Same House
504 North Main; home owned, $300
Daughter-in-law..Reta Montgomery..22..MO..12th grade
(Living with husband and son at home of widowed mother-in-law.)

4. Obituary, June 2011. Rita M. Montgomery of Miami, Oklahoma passed away Saturday June 4, 2011 at Eastwood Manor in Commerce, Oklahoma. She was 93.

Mrs. Montgomery was born on February 17, 1918 in Webb City, Missouri to Lillon and Ivan May (Fox) Lightfoot. She lived in the Picher & Miami OK area all her life. She graduated from Picher High School in 1936. She married Bill Montgomery on May 30, 1936 in Picher, OK. She served on the Picher Alumni Scholarship Committee. She was a member of Cardin Christian Church in Cardin, Oklahoma. She was a Sunday school teacher at Union Church in Picher. She was a 50-year member of the Eastern Star and held the position of secretary for 23 years. Mrs. Montgomery loved to cook, especially for the police department in Baxter Springs, KS.

She was preceded in death by her husband Bill on February 4, 1994. Her parents, four brothers Mutt, Biz, Jack and Gene Lightfoot and one sister Jerrie Corbet also precede her in death.

Survivors include: One son Bill Montgomery and wife Peggy of Roswell, New Mexico. One daughter Cindy Renick and husband Larry of Baxter Springs, Kansas.

Rita will also be missed by her six grandsons, fourteen great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren, as well as her extended family and many friends and neighbors.

Services will be held 2:00 Wednesday June 8, 2011 at Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami, Oklahoma. Rev. Bill Richey will officiate. Internment will follow at G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami.

Pallbearers will be Danny Garner, Wayne Wolsey, Bob Asbell, Jack Abernathy, Gene Abernathy and Bob Evans.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Don Mooneyham, Henry Patton and Jim Burgan.

The family will receive friends Tuesday 7-8pm at Paul Thomas Funeral Home; Miami, Oklahoma.
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5. Cemetery: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, 8 June 2011, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial #70937544

Aretta married William D. Montgomery, son of Unknown and Lena, on 30 May 1936 in Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States.^{1 2} (William D. Montgomery was born on 19 January 1917 in Oklahoma, United States,^{1 2} died on 4 February 1994 ¹ and was buried after 4 February 1994 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1940 US Census, 2 April 1940, Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. ² Sheet 1B, Family 15, District 58-24, Roll 3321
Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence: Same House
504 North Main; home owned, $300
Head..Lena Montgomery..58..KS..Widowed..8th grade
Son..Bill Montgomery..23..OK..12th grade..Jigg Operator, Mining..earned $1000 in 1939
Daughter-in-law..Reta Montgomery..22..MO..12th grade
Grandson..Billie Dee Montgomery..2..OK