Long-time Ephraim resident, Melba K. Armstrong, 89, surrounded by her children, passed peacefully away January 24, 1998, in Bountiful, Utah.
Born June 20, 1908, in Elsinore to August F. and Minnie Lorensen Kotter. Married her sweetheart, prominent livestock/farmer Curtis J. Armstrong July 23, 1930, in the Manti LDS Temple. He died March 16, 1991.
She attended Snow College and later became a business instructor there. Melba was a devoted
homemaker, an enthusiastic community servant and church worker, but her greatest service was through her music. She willingly shared her wonderful contralto voice. As a young woman, she won first place in a statewide competition and placed very highly in the western regional section of the national competition in
San Francisco. She was a founding member of the Sanpete presentation of Handel's Messiah and sang solos in its renditions for more than 50 consecutive years.
She also soloed for the Mormon Miracle presentation and performed at countless funerals and other programs throughout central Utah. She was a ward or stake music director for many years and an officer of the Utah Music Teachers Association.
She is survived by Kathryn A. (Jay) Christensen. Fresno, CA; MarjorieA. (Bill) Stringham, Bountiful. Mark C. (Corynne) Armstrong, Provo, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren; brother Phil Rotter, Salt Lake and sister Madelyn Thomson, Denver. Preceded in death by a son, William K. Armstrong; brothers
Calvin. Floyd and Robert Kotter.
Funeral services will be held in the Ephraim Second Ward, 400 East Center Street, on Thursday,
January 29. Viewing Thursday in Ephraim 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Interment Ephraim Park Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Snow College music scholarship fund in Melba's name in lieu of flowers (Address: Snow College Music Department, Ephraim, UT, 84627).
Born June 20, 1908, in Elsinore to August F. and Minnie Lorensen Kotter. Married her sweetheart, prominent livestock/farmer Curtis J. Armstrong July 23, 1930, in the Manti LDS Temple. He died March 16, 1991.
She attended Snow College and later became a business instructor there. Melba was a devoted
homemaker, an enthusiastic community servant and church worker, but her greatest service was through her music. She willingly shared her wonderful contralto voice. As a young woman, she won first place in a statewide competition and placed very highly in the western regional section of the national competition in
San Francisco. She was a founding member of the Sanpete presentation of Handel's Messiah and sang solos in its renditions for more than 50 consecutive years.
She also soloed for the Mormon Miracle presentation and performed at countless funerals and other programs throughout central Utah. She was a ward or stake music director for many years and an officer of the Utah Music Teachers Association.
She is survived by Kathryn A. (Jay) Christensen. Fresno, CA; MarjorieA. (Bill) Stringham, Bountiful. Mark C. (Corynne) Armstrong, Provo, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren; brother Phil Rotter, Salt Lake and sister Madelyn Thomson, Denver. Preceded in death by a son, William K. Armstrong; brothers
Calvin. Floyd and Robert Kotter.
Funeral services will be held in the Ephraim Second Ward, 400 East Center Street, on Thursday,
January 29. Viewing Thursday in Ephraim 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Interment Ephraim Park Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Snow College music scholarship fund in Melba's name in lieu of flowers (Address: Snow College Music Department, Ephraim, UT, 84627).
Long-time Ephraim resident, Melba K. Armstrong, 89, surrounded by her children, passed peacefully away January 24, 1998, in Bountiful, Utah.
Born June 20, 1908, in Elsinore to August F. and Minnie Lorensen Kotter. Married her sweetheart, prominent livestock/farmer Curtis J. Armstrong July 23, 1930, in the Manti LDS Temple. He died March 16, 1991.
She attended Snow College and later became a business instructor there. Melba was a devoted
homemaker, an enthusiastic community servant and church worker, but her greatest service was through her music. She willingly shared her wonderful contralto voice. As a young woman, she won first place in a statewide competition and placed very highly in the western regional section of the national competition in
San Francisco. She was a founding member of the Sanpete presentation of Handel's Messiah and sang solos in its renditions for more than 50 consecutive years.
She also soloed for the Mormon Miracle presentation and performed at countless funerals and other programs throughout central Utah. She was a ward or stake music director for many years and an officer of the Utah Music Teachers Association.
She is survived by Kathryn A. (Jay) Christensen. Fresno, CA; MarjorieA. (Bill) Stringham, Bountiful. Mark C. (Corynne) Armstrong, Provo, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren; brother Phil Rotter, Salt Lake and sister Madelyn Thomson, Denver. Preceded in death by a son, William K. Armstrong; brothers
Calvin. Floyd and Robert Kotter.
Funeral services will be held in the Ephraim Second Ward, 400 East Center Street, on Thursday,
January 29. Viewing Thursday in Ephraim 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Interment Ephraim Park Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Snow College music scholarship fund in Melba's name in lieu of flowers (Address: Snow College Music Department, Ephraim, UT, 84627).
Born June 20, 1908, in Elsinore to August F. and Minnie Lorensen Kotter. Married her sweetheart, prominent livestock/farmer Curtis J. Armstrong July 23, 1930, in the Manti LDS Temple. He died March 16, 1991.
She attended Snow College and later became a business instructor there. Melba was a devoted
homemaker, an enthusiastic community servant and church worker, but her greatest service was through her music. She willingly shared her wonderful contralto voice. As a young woman, she won first place in a statewide competition and placed very highly in the western regional section of the national competition in
San Francisco. She was a founding member of the Sanpete presentation of Handel's Messiah and sang solos in its renditions for more than 50 consecutive years.
She also soloed for the Mormon Miracle presentation and performed at countless funerals and other programs throughout central Utah. She was a ward or stake music director for many years and an officer of the Utah Music Teachers Association.
She is survived by Kathryn A. (Jay) Christensen. Fresno, CA; MarjorieA. (Bill) Stringham, Bountiful. Mark C. (Corynne) Armstrong, Provo, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren; brother Phil Rotter, Salt Lake and sister Madelyn Thomson, Denver. Preceded in death by a son, William K. Armstrong; brothers
Calvin. Floyd and Robert Kotter.
Funeral services will be held in the Ephraim Second Ward, 400 East Center Street, on Thursday,
January 29. Viewing Thursday in Ephraim 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Interment Ephraim Park Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to the Snow College music scholarship fund in Melba's name in lieu of flowers (Address: Snow College Music Department, Ephraim, UT, 84627).
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