" D.C. ARMSTRONG BURIED THURSDAY
David Charles Armstrong, son of David F. and Jane E. Armstrong was born near Ponca, Neb., August 23, 1879 and died in a Chicago hospital on August 9, 1953, two weeks before his 74th birthday.
On March 20, 1901 he was united in marriage to Ida Skaife, who died at Clear Lake, Ia., on May 30, 1919. To this union three sons were born, Harold, Howard and Dean. He and his son, Howard, have been living in Chicago the past several years. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Robert and Janet, one other granddaughter, Betty Jeanne, having preceded him in death in 1933; also four brothers and two sisters, S.M. Armstrong, George Armstrong and Albert Armstrong of Ponca, and Floyd Armstrong of Verdel, Nebr., Mrs. Elizabeth Russell and Mrs. Mabel Grosvenor of Ponca, besides a number of other relatives and friends.
Burial services were held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday afternoon, August 13, at the cemetery in Clear Lake, Ia. Services were conducted by Dr. E.W. Day, pastor of the Congregational Church at Clear Lake.
Relatives attending the funeral were the sons, Harold of St. Davids, Pa., Howard of Chicago, and Dean of Atlanta, Ga., S.M. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. G.G. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. B.V. Grosvenor, Mrs. Elizabeth Russell and Gerald Armstrong, all of Ponca and Floyd Armstrong of Verdel."
" D.C. ARMSTRONG BURIED THURSDAY
David Charles Armstrong, son of David F. and Jane E. Armstrong was born near Ponca, Neb., August 23, 1879 and died in a Chicago hospital on August 9, 1953, two weeks before his 74th birthday.
On March 20, 1901 he was united in marriage to Ida Skaife, who died at Clear Lake, Ia., on May 30, 1919. To this union three sons were born, Harold, Howard and Dean. He and his son, Howard, have been living in Chicago the past several years. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Robert and Janet, one other granddaughter, Betty Jeanne, having preceded him in death in 1933; also four brothers and two sisters, S.M. Armstrong, George Armstrong and Albert Armstrong of Ponca, and Floyd Armstrong of Verdel, Nebr., Mrs. Elizabeth Russell and Mrs. Mabel Grosvenor of Ponca, besides a number of other relatives and friends.
Burial services were held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday afternoon, August 13, at the cemetery in Clear Lake, Ia. Services were conducted by Dr. E.W. Day, pastor of the Congregational Church at Clear Lake.
Relatives attending the funeral were the sons, Harold of St. Davids, Pa., Howard of Chicago, and Dean of Atlanta, Ga., S.M. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. G.G. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. B.V. Grosvenor, Mrs. Elizabeth Russell and Gerald Armstrong, all of Ponca and Floyd Armstrong of Verdel."
Family Members
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Stewart McCosh Armstrong
1874–1953
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Mary Ann Armstrong
1876–1879
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Jennie Elizabeth Armstrong Russell
1877–1967
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George Garfield Armstrong
1881–1975
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Howard Arthur Armstrong
1883–1928
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John Clarence Armstrong
1885–1949
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Dean B. Armstrong
1887–1905
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Sarah Mabel Armstrong Grosvenor
1889–1985
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Floyd S. Armstrong
1892–1984
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Albert Alfred Armstrong
1893–1962
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