Julio Montero
Julio Humberto Montero, a resident of Montrose, died September 18 at Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt, a day after his 75th birthday.
He was born September 17, 1945 in Manizales, Colombia to Julio Montero and Zoila Montero Perez. He was the third of nine children and is survived by his siblings Leonor Arbagi, German Eduardo (Ed) Montero, Pilar Webster, Clara Montero, Augusto (Gus) Montero, Carlos (Chuck) Montero, Christina Bradford and Roberto (Bob) Montero. He and his family immigrated to the United States from Colombia in 1954 and settled in Sleepy Hollow, NY. He was later naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1964. He was a graduate of Sleepy Hollow High School, Columbia University and the Teachers College of Columbia University. He joined the Army in 1967 and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant in 1969.
In 1974 he met his beautiful wife Barbara Lee Montero (nee Treptow). They were wedded the next year and remained happily married for the rest of his life. He was the proud father to two sons and daughters-in-law: Daniel (Jesse) Montero and wife Anne Farmer Montero, and Andrew Lee Montero and wife Gabriele Simmons Montero. Throughout most of his career, he worked for various BOCES programs at the intersection of education and technology. He pioneered the introduction of computers and the Internet to local schools and retired as Director of Management Information Systems at Rockland BOCES in 2006. In his retirement he enjoyed extensive travels, wine, fine dining and time with family and friends.
In addition to the aforementioned family members he is survived by his three cherished grandsons, Paul (10), Damon (8) and Andreas (4).
