Shirley Weeks Montero

Montero, Shirley Weeks A retired schoolteacher with the Ascension Parish school system, she passed away Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in Baton Rouge. She was 72, a resident of Ollie Steele Burden Manor and a former resident of Donaldsonville. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Connie Montero; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Lynette and Augustin Gallardo, Tammy Russo, and Lindsey and Wayne Solar Jr.; nine wonderful granddaughters, Katie, Megan, Samantha, Bailey, Emilie, Sydney, Madeline, McKenzie and Madison; sister and brother-in-law, Pat and Robert Loving, Lufkin, Texas; brother, Butch Stewart; and a sister-in-law, Mary Alice Long. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carmen Stewart and Paul Weeks; and husband, Arthur L. "Monty" Montero Jr. A very special thanks goes out to the staff of Ollie Steele Burden Manor, especially the nurses and certified nursing assistants of Unit 2, who cared for her for the last five years. A memorial service in her honor will be held at a later date as she donated her body to science to better help others with Huntington's disease.