Isobel Pearl Montgomery

ISOBEL PEARL MONTGOMERY September 26, 1921 - August 23, 2025 Peacefully, on Saturday August 23, 2025 at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto. Isobel, loving daughter of Thomas & Bessie Main, pre deceased by loving brothers Bob and Bill Main. Survived by loving brother Lawrence Main of Burk's Falls, Ontario. Devoted wife of 41 years to Andrew Montgomery (1986), beloved mother of 5 children: David (Holly), Donna Ure (Jamie), Janice Ross (Ian), Andrew Jr. (Bonnie) and John (Leslie). Isobel delighted in 22 grandchildren, followed by 32 great-grandchildren. Isobel met Andrew on a blind date in 1939 and their engagement took place in the following June. Andrew had enlisted in the Governor General's Horse Guard in the tank corp. and was sent to London, England. Isobel then left her job at Eaton's to become an inspector and Bomb girl at the GECO munitions factory in Scarborough, at the age of 18. After 3 attempts to enlist in the RCAF, Isobel took basic training and was sent to Trenton before going on to London, England. By then, Andrew had been posted in Italy for the remainder of WW2. They married right after the war was declared over in 1945, while still in London, England. Eventually, Andrew & Isobel bought a home on Inwood Ave., where new homes had been built for returning veterans. Around the corner, Greenwood Gospel Chapel become the central part of their family life, where all five of their children would eventually marry and begin their own lives. Isobel's family home nearby in East York, allowed Andrew and Isobel to care for her parents as they aged. After Andrew's passing in 1986, Isobel became a volunteer at Toronto East General Hospital. In 2007, Isobel moved from her family home into St. Clair/O'Connor where she spent 11 happy years involved in every activity possible. Her final journey was Sunnybrook Veteran's Centre for her last 7 years. Isobel never stopped praising Sunnybrook , saying "they can't do enough for me". Being a life long gardener, Isobel appreciated the private gardens at Sunnybrook. Just weeks before her passing, Isobel received the King Charles Coronation Medal, presented to her by Premier Doug Ford, awarded to Centenarian veterans at Sunnybrook. Isobel's personal faith in Jesus Christ sustained her as she made her final journey through the valley of the shadow of death. Hers was a life well lived! Job 19:25-27 "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I will see Him for myself. Yes,. I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!" A memorial service to celebrate Isobel's life is to be held at: 3 pm - Greenwood Gospel Chapel, 949 Greenwood Ave. Toronto, Ontario Saturday, September 27, 2025 In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the following: Sunnybrook Veterans Centre donate.sunnybrook.ca/give Joy Bible Camp joycamp.ca/donate