Ethel Boltz

Ethel Jane Boltz (née Shimer; born 2 December 1903) is an American verified supercentenarian. She was born on a farm in Calhoun County, West Virginia. Her parents were Sherman & Mary Shimer. She had 8 other siblings.

On 28 July 1928, she married Emmanuel Boltz. The couple had two children in total, both sons. She worked as a farmer. According to her family, the secret to her longevity is that everything she ate was home-produced ecologically on her farm. Ethel’s younger brother James Harold lived to be 100 and passed away in June 2015. One of her sisters is still alive at age 96.