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Rev. Alistair Montgomery, one time minister of Scalpay and Back Free Church, passed away at the Western Isles hospital in Stornoway on 17th January. He was 82. Mr Montgomery, originally from the town of Stornoway, married Chrissie Maclean from Shawbost in 1967, a short time after being inducted to Scalpay Free Church, his first charge. Ten years later, they moved to Back, where he was minister until his retirement in 1994. As well as being a gentle, self effacing and mostly serious person, Mr Montgomery was friendly, warm, approachable, and often humorous in company. He enjoyed a remarkably fruitful ministry in both Scalpay and Back. He will be greatly missed. We extend our sincere sympathies to his widow, Chrissie.

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