Regina / 980 CJME
Apr 30, 2021 8:11 AM
Warren Montgomery, ran The Big Easy Kitchen in Regina. He died from COVID-19 on April 22, 2021. (The Big Easy Kitchen/Facebook)
After days of fear and uncertainty, Roshelle Montgomery held her husband’s hand while he died last Thursday.
Warren Montgomery, 42, had COVID-19 and had been in the hospital for a week, but it all started on Easter Sunday. That’s when Roshelle tested positive.
She isolated but soon Warren wasn’t feeling well. Then he and one of their daughters tested positive as well.
“Warren and I both got really sick I’ve probably never been that sick in my life,” said Roshelle.
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Regina / 980 CJME
Apr 22, 2021 4:49 PM
Regina is coming together to help the family of Warren Montgomery through their loss after the 42-year-old died of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
The chef at The Big Easy Kitchen leaves behind his wife Roshelle as well as two daughters.
A GoFundMe project set up to help Montgomery’s family while he was hospitalized has continued past his death and raised more than $35,000 as of Thursday.
Just days before his death, he posted on social media, pleading for people to follow public health measures.
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“Me, being a brother, there’s only a few brothers up here,” Lamar said with a laugh.
“He came up to me, said, ‘Hey man, you from Louisiana?’ ” recalled Lamar, who replied with a yes.
“I got super excited, man … After that we just started to kick it, we became best friends.”
Montgomery was a chef who’d moved north from New Orleans and ended up running The Big Easy Kitchen in Regina where he lived with his wife and two young daughters.
On Tuesday, Lamar and other friends got the devastating news Montgomery had died after being admitted to a Regina intensive care unit with COVID-19.
Community mourns loss of local chef Warren Montgomery to COVID-19 Alec Salloum © Provided by Leader Post Warren Montgomery passed away on April 20, 2021 while in the hospital with COVID-19. Brandon Lamar was at a Football Saskatchewan coaches clinic back in 2011 when he spotted someone staring at him and the New Orleans Saints hat he was wearing. His choice of headwear that day turned out to be fortuitous as it drew the eye of fellow Louisianan Warren Montgomery. “Me, being a brother, there’s only a few brothers up here,” Lamar said with a laugh. “He came up to me, said, ‘Hey man, you from Louisiana?’ ” recalled Lamar, who replied with a yes.
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