Lora Mae Montague, 77, Sturgis, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Sturgis Regional Hospital.

Visitation will be Friday from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. and will resume Saturday, one hour prior to the services at Kinkade Funeral Chapel.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 1, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Randy Bradley officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Bear Butte Cemetery.

Lora was born March 23, 1932, in McIntosh, SD, to Charles and Beatrice (McGill) Green. At the age of 10, her family moved to Rapid City, SD, where they lived for two years. The family then moved to Custer. At the age of 18, Lora met the love of her life, Ken Montague, and they were married July 10, 1950. They made their first home in Belle Fourche until the fall of 1950 when they moved to Kansas, where their son, Dale, was born in November 1951, and daughter, Karla, in March 1956.

The family moved in 1958 to Hot Springs where they managed the Mavrick Truck Stop. In 1965, they moved to Colony, WY, where Lora worked as a bookkeeper for LP Larson and waited tables at the truck stop. They made their final home in Sturgis in 1967 where they have lived since. Ken and Lora managed the Skelly Truck Stop and Lora kept the books until 1972. In 1978, they purchased their first truck and started trucking coast to coast. This brought both of them much enjoyment and many adventures until they retired in 2006.

Lora was a great bowler and loved to be in the truck. Her family meant everything to her.

She is survived by her loving husband, Ken, Sturgis; her son, Dale (Gayle) Montague, Camdenton, MO; her daughter, Karla (Gary) Berglund, Belle Fourche; six grandchildren, Tanya and Matt Hahn, Tricia and Tom Williams, Scott and Lynzie Montague, Brad and Lawanza Montague, Shawn Peterson, Brian and Mindy Berglund; thirteen great-grandkids; three brothers, Eugene (Nicky) Green, Rapid City, Duane (Laura) Green, Rapid City, and Marlin (Judy) Green, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her stepfather, Lyle Sikkink; four sisters, Darlene Powell, June Deyo, Marion Pudwell, and Dorothy Yeoman; one brother, Ralph Green; and one great-grandson, Mason James Peterson.

A memorial has been established to Hospice of the Northern Hills.