Garth Noonan Montgomery, Jr.

(Durham, NC) – Garth (Mike) Noonan Montgomery, Jr. of Blacksburg, VA, died on 10/12/2022. He was born on 2/2/1951 to the late Margaret Matthews Montgomery and Garth Montgomery, Sr. in Manhattan, NY.

Mike graduated Horace Greeley Highschool, Chappaqua, in 1969 after spending his senior year in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended school in London, England from 1963 to 1965 where his father worked in advertising during that time. Mike went to college at Franklin & Marshall, Lancaster, PA and Purchase College, NY from where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History. He received his master’s degree and PhD in History from the University at Buffalo, NY under the mentorship of Georg G. Iggers, renowned historian and civil rights activist. He spent several years in Germany on a Fulbright Fellowship where he met his wife Gertrud in Berlin. Mike taught European History and World History in Dallas, TX and since 1993 at Radford University, VA from where he retired in December of 2021.

Mike was an avid reader of the New York Times. He loved talking with friends and students about history, politics, movies, and ideas. Mike found great pleasure in listening to classical and jazz music.

Mike is survived by his wife Gertrud, son Sam, sister Amanda, sister-in-law Ursula Rath, brother-in-law Wolfgang Urban, brother-in-law Stephan Rath, as well as nieces and nephews (Jonas, Hannah, Max, Luise and Elias), all of Germany.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents Margaret Matthews Montgomery and Garth Noonan Montgomery, Sr. of Chappaqua, NY.

There will be a memorial service and celebration of Mike’s life will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 19th, 20220 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation New River Valley, 1301 Gladewood Dr., Blacksburg, VA.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The Montgomery Family is under the care of-Wynne Funeral Service. Online condolences: www.hallwynne.com – select obituaries.