*1940 census states Mrs. Armour was born in Indiana 1899
**Illinois Deaths and Still births state Eugenia's birth was 1893 and father's surname is Johnston
Published in the Chicago Tribune March 23,1944
Everyone at the Woodlawn Police Station from the Captain down to the newest rookie knew Mrs. Eugenia Beverly Armour, 55, who lived in a rooming house at 6427 Harper Ave., a block from the station. She was lame but always jolly. Nearly everyday she stopped by the station and joked with the men. Her cheerfulness pulled many a men out of gloom.
Mrs. Armour died of a heart attack Monday in a millinery shop at 943 E.63rd St.
Police examined her meager personal effects and found Canadian Army discharge papers for Vernon Armour,dated 1918. There was no money, no insurance, no evidence of bank deposits, no information about relatives.
Word reached the police station that Mrs Armour would have to be buried at potters field.
The policemen took up a collection. It quickly reached $150.00.
As a result services for Mrs Armour will be held tomorrow morning at the chapel at 6328 Cottage Grove Ave. and interment will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Most of the mourners will be policemen.
**Illinois Deaths and Still births state Eugenia's birth was 1893 and father's surname is Johnston
Published in the Chicago Tribune March 23,1944
Everyone at the Woodlawn Police Station from the Captain down to the newest rookie knew Mrs. Eugenia Beverly Armour, 55, who lived in a rooming house at 6427 Harper Ave., a block from the station. She was lame but always jolly. Nearly everyday she stopped by the station and joked with the men. Her cheerfulness pulled many a men out of gloom.
Mrs. Armour died of a heart attack Monday in a millinery shop at 943 E.63rd St.
Police examined her meager personal effects and found Canadian Army discharge papers for Vernon Armour,dated 1918. There was no money, no insurance, no evidence of bank deposits, no information about relatives.
Word reached the police station that Mrs Armour would have to be buried at potters field.
The policemen took up a collection. It quickly reached $150.00.
As a result services for Mrs Armour will be held tomorrow morning at the chapel at 6328 Cottage Grove Ave. and interment will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Most of the mourners will be policemen.
*1940 census states Mrs. Armour was born in Indiana 1899
**Illinois Deaths and Still births state Eugenia's birth was 1893 and father's surname is Johnston
Published in the Chicago Tribune March 23,1944
Everyone at the Woodlawn Police Station from the Captain down to the newest rookie knew Mrs. Eugenia Beverly Armour, 55, who lived in a rooming house at 6427 Harper Ave., a block from the station. She was lame but always jolly. Nearly everyday she stopped by the station and joked with the men. Her cheerfulness pulled many a men out of gloom.
Mrs. Armour died of a heart attack Monday in a millinery shop at 943 E.63rd St.
Police examined her meager personal effects and found Canadian Army discharge papers for Vernon Armour,dated 1918. There was no money, no insurance, no evidence of bank deposits, no information about relatives.
Word reached the police station that Mrs Armour would have to be buried at potters field.
The policemen took up a collection. It quickly reached $150.00.
As a result services for Mrs Armour will be held tomorrow morning at the chapel at 6328 Cottage Grove Ave. and interment will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Most of the mourners will be policemen.
**Illinois Deaths and Still births state Eugenia's birth was 1893 and father's surname is Johnston
Published in the Chicago Tribune March 23,1944
Everyone at the Woodlawn Police Station from the Captain down to the newest rookie knew Mrs. Eugenia Beverly Armour, 55, who lived in a rooming house at 6427 Harper Ave., a block from the station. She was lame but always jolly. Nearly everyday she stopped by the station and joked with the men. Her cheerfulness pulled many a men out of gloom.
Mrs. Armour died of a heart attack Monday in a millinery shop at 943 E.63rd St.
Police examined her meager personal effects and found Canadian Army discharge papers for Vernon Armour,dated 1918. There was no money, no insurance, no evidence of bank deposits, no information about relatives.
Word reached the police station that Mrs Armour would have to be buried at potters field.
The policemen took up a collection. It quickly reached $150.00.
As a result services for Mrs Armour will be held tomorrow morning at the chapel at 6328 Cottage Grove Ave. and interment will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Most of the mourners will be policemen.
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