and Nora Ownby. Jody grew up with her older sister, Reba Lubke, on the east
side of Fort Worth, TX where she graduated from Poly High School. Jody
was elected numerous times to serve as a student body officer at Poly High
and represented the school in many honorary ways.
After high school, Jody attended Texas Wesleyan College where she worked
towards her business degree. After two years of higher education, she met
Jim Boteler and soon married. Their marriage blessed them with two children,
Kim and Bret. While Jim worked at General Dynamics and continued his
education, Jody focused on the children and became a nurturing mother.
During their free time, they took Kim and Bret on adventurous vacations to
places such as Yellowstone National Park, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Big
Shell/Little Shell National Seashore, NASA Space Shuttle launches, Yosemite
National Park and many other monumental places.
Jody enjoyed arts, crafts, sewing and baking in her spare time. She became
a talented painter and decorated their house with many of her finished
pieces. She enjoyed collecting glassware that she adorned her china cabinets with.
Jody’s professional career consisted of an office administrator (where
she was awarded Secretary of the Year in 1955), a Campfire Girl Leader
for five years and as a beautician instructor for ten years.
After Kim and Bret were grown, Jim and Jody continued to travel together
and eventually spent vacations in every state within the United States.
Soon after traveling to their final state, Alaska, Jim lost a long battle to
bone marrow cancer and passed away in 2001 after being married for
47 years. Jody later married Glen David Montgomery. While married,
they continued to travel to some of their favorite places. Their ten-year
marriage ended after Glen passed away in 2014.
In the later years of their marriage Jody started experiencing medical
conditions related to Dementia but was finally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
She fought the disease with amazing strength and courage but was
finally admitted to a full care facility in 2012. She spent the last seven
years of her life battling the disease.
After a long, hard fight she went to be with the Lord on January 20, 2019.
She was comforted by the presence of her children, friends and family in her final days.
She is survived by Bret (Jena) Boteler, Kim (Jay) Moeller; grandchildren
Kali, Kristin, Kassie, Blake, Brooke, Brittney, and Billy; great grandchildren
Brailyn; and Sister Reba Lubke.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask that you consider making a donation to
Alzheimer’s Disease Research at the following website: https://support.brightfocus.org/Default.aspx?tsid=10687&msclkid=4dbe29db08e91613dd09759d54c16f1c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Alzheimer%27s%20Disease&utm_term=%2Balzheimer%20%2Bdonation&utm_content=Alzheimer%27s%20Research%20(Broad%20Match)
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