Loretta Mae (Spencer) Montgomery

Loretta Mae (Spencer) Montgomery, 91, of Millers Creek, NC passed away peacefully on Monday, August 4, 2025 at the Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living Center in Boone, NC.

Loretta was born in Hammond, Indiana and enjoyed many years of ministry for Jesus Christ, along with Wayne, her husband of 60 years. Loretta graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 1954 (Chicago, IL). Together, Wayne and Loretta served in the Child Evangelism Fellowship (Vigo County, IN). As a pastor’s wife, Loretta conducted the Children’s Church ministry, as well as teaching in Vacation Bible School and day camp during Wayne’s long-time pastorate at Lenox Federated Church (Lenox, OH). 

After retiring from ministry, they moved to Morocco, IN, then relocated to Tullahoma, TN, and later to Port Orange, FL. After the passing of her husband, Loretta lived near, then with family who cared for her in Florida. In recent years, she moved to live with her family in North Carolina, who cared for her in their home, then in partnership with assisted living and hospice staff, until being called home to God. Loretta was a woman of deep faith. She loved reading and teaching the Bible. At the age of twelve years old, she committed her life to Christ. 

Loretta was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne. She is survived by her daughters: Lynne Moore, Beth (Eugene) Jesel, Karen (Warren) Klemm; eight grandchildren who “G’ma” dearly loved and prayed for: Christy, Rebecca, Karen, Eugene, Aaron, Preston, Tyler, and Nathan; and great grandsons Aidan, Asher, and Henry Wayne. Loretta was the younger sister to James L. Spencer - who is already in heaven. 

Loretta will be missed, yet we are fully confident that each of us who have received God’s gracious and free gift of eternal life through His Son, Jesus Christ, will one day be reunited with her and spend eternity rejoicing and worshiping the awesome God that she served so faithfully in this life.

No service is planned, but our family is grateful for your love and prayers as we celebrate her life.

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Austin and Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Montgomery family.

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