Retired Major Roy Monty Cary, Jr., 71 of Grand Island, previously of Las Vegas, NV and Hershey, PA, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at CHI St. Francis Medical Center Skilled Care Facility. A Celebration Of Life service will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 28th at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home Chapel, 601 N. Webb Rd, Grand Island, NE 68803, with Reverend Cathryn Love Officiating. There will be full Military Rites Performed at the Funeral Home.

Born in Montgomery W.V. May 25, 1945 to Roy M. and Elizabeth Cary, he graduated from Gauley Bridge High School in 1964. Drafted during Vietnam, he spent 4 years in the Air Force in Albuquerque N.M., came home and attended Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, W.V. where he graduated in 1975.

He married Kathryn (Erskine) Cary of South Charleston, W.V. on April 25, 1975 in Clarksburg, W.V. reenlisting in the military, he joined the 193rd Special Operations out of Middletown, Pennsylvania where he continued his education at Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania. He would go on to be an active member of the Air Force tactical medical/surgical group. Retiring in 1994 Monty began working for the Federal Government in Las Vegas, NV for the next 10 years.

He had a passion for teaching and became very active with the local colleges and universities as adjunct faculty for medical education classes. He and Kathy had recently moved to Nebraska to be with their daughter, Jennifer and their 2 grandchildren. He had been in remission with cancer for nearly 5 years before he was diagnosed terminal at the University of Southern California in August. Monty was described by his patients, surgical colleagues and everyone who knew him as a kind and caring soul who would help anyone. He enjoyed talking to his son-in-law about farming and ranching and was looking forward to taking trips to pastures to check cows in the spring, and ride in his Clauss Chopper and John Deere Combine in the coming fall.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Kathy, of Grand Island, NE, daughter Jennifer (Matthew) Turek and grandchildren Katelyn and Stetson, of Wood River, NE, brother James (Betty) Cary of West Memphis, Arkansas, a nephew Dustin (Kim) Cary and daughters Jessi and Brandi of Jacksonville, FL, Sister-in-Law Lydia Johnson of St. Albans, W.V., and sister-in-Law Nancy Fox of South Charleston W.V., many nieces, nephews and their children in the Charleston W.V, area, and 2 best friends Kevin and Ruth Hinds of Grand Island, NE.

He was preceded in death by his parents Roy and Elizabeth Cary, and nephew James (Jimmy) Thomas Cary, Jr.

The family would also like to thank all of the nurses at the St. Francis Skilled Care Facility for the last 4 months of Monty's life, you became around-the-clock "best friends by the bedside", the calming voice, and a familiar face full of compassion. If you would like to make a monetary donation in memory of Monty please remember the GRACE (Grand Island Area Cancer Endowment) Foundation 3310 W. Capital Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803 or The American Cancer Society in a city/town near you.