| Obituary | Jan 3, 2001 | OBITUARY: BELVIDERE -- Viola M. Tanner, 88, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2000, in Brownway in Enosburg Falls. She was born in Montgomery on March 18, 1912, daughter of the late Walter and Matilda (Donna) Lumbra. She was raised in Montgomery and then in the 1960s she moved to Massachusetts, where she worked as a seamstress. In 1977, she moved back to Sheldon Springs until 1989, when she moved to Belvidere. She was a member of St. Isidore's Catholic Church in Montgomery Center. She is survived by her son and his wife, Robert and Heather Tanner of Belvidere; two daughters, Elaine Billado of Twin Falls,Idaho and Roberta Morin of Southwick, Mass; two brothers, Roy Lumbra of Holyoke, and Ronald Lumbra and his wife, Eva, of Montgomery; two sisters and their husbands, Martha and Rolland Ploof of Enosburg Falls and Lorraine and Stanley Gillis of Montgomery; eight grandchildren; several geart-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Leo Tanner; two grandsons, Timothy Tanner and Michael Billado;four brothers, Oscar, Allen, Arthur, and Austin Lumbra. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in St. Isidore's Catholic Church in Montgomery Center with the Rev. Frank Eksterowicz celebrating the Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in the spring in St. Isidore's Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Spears Funeral Home on Dickinson Avenue in Enosburg Falls. For those who, contributions in her memory may be made to St. Theresa Society of St. Isidore Parish, c/o Jeannette Sylvester, P.O. Box 407, Montgomery Center,05471.
Published in the St. Albans Daily Messenger, St. Albans, Vermont - January 2, 2001.5
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