Emily Montgomery's Obituary
Emily Anita Montgomery, aged 64 years, of Oakland, CA suddenly passed on to rest with our Father in Heaven at her home in Oakley, California on October 29th, 2024. She was born in Oakland, CA on July 14th, 1960 to Clara “Juanita” Montgomery (nee Moore) and Herbert Lee Montgomery. While growing up in Oakland, Emily attended Whittier Elementary School, Maxwell Park Elementary School, Frick Junior High School, and graduated from Skyline High School with the class of 1978. She continued her education at California State University Hayward (now East Bay), majoring in mass communications and becoming the first of her immediate family to complete their college education.
Emily was preceded in death by her father, Herbert Lee Montgomery, and her mother, Clara “Juanita” Montgomery (nee Moore), and is survived by her children, Giavanni Sharrice Coleman, Dante Emil Coleman, Brittany Raquel Sutter (nee Montgomery-Gray) and David Arthur Gray, and her grandchildren, Jason Bryce Michaels, Jailen Mackai Jackson, Johannah “Vega” Danae Coleman, Marcene Claira Talise Sutter, Dylan Hunter Coleman, and Xavian Idris Moll, and many extended family members and friends.
A celebration of life will be held on November 10, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Oak Hill Park Community Center 3005 Stone Valley Road Danville, CA 94526.
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