Ethel Amanda Montgomery was born February 3, 1906 at New Hampton, Iowa, to Ed and Ettie Clapper Attleson. She graduated as Valedictorian at New Hampton High School in May 1924. She graduated Cum Laude at Coe College, majoring in English, and she did graduate work at the University of Iowa. Ethel married Worth Montgomery at her parents home in Anoka, Minnesota on July 19, 1929. Their first homes were in Brooklyn and Davenport, later moving to Victor. Ethel taught school for twenty-two years and lived in Victor over fifty years. She was a member of the Methodist Church and formerly held offices in the Iowa County Historical Society, Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Federated Women's Club, Rebekah Lodge, and Victor Women's Club. She traveled extensively for over 30 years, making two trips around the world in 1966 and 1995. In 1996 at the age of 90, she went for 3 weeks to India and Nepal, and has gone repeatedly to South American, African, European, and Asian countries. She was a travel consultant for the National Education Association when they sponsored tours. Ethel died on Saturday, April 16, 2005, at North Brook Manor in Cedar Rapids, at the age of 99. She is survived by her two children, Ruth Balster of Cedar Rapids and William Montgomery of Snellville, Georgia; seven grandchildren, David Balster of Chicago, Illinois, Martha Lenz of Chicago, Illinois, Brian Balster of Ames, Scott Montgomery of San Diego, California, Todd Montgomery of Georgetown, Texas, Dawn Turner of Atlanta, Georgia and Lisa Montgomery of Huntington, Maryland; and her great grandchildren, Kathy and George Balster of Chicago, Illinois, Liza, Trevor and Quentin Turner of Atlanta, Georgia, and William and Allison Montgomery of Georgetown, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Worth in 1987; one daughter Joyce Hall; one brother Edson Attleson and her four sisters, Edna Attleson, Etta Vikdal, Effie Kuntz and Eva Goodwin.