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Mary <I>Armstrong</I> Lanham

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Mary Armstrong Lanham

Birth
Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
19 Mar 2000 (aged 80)
Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Davenport - Services for Mary Lanham, Davenport, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, with military services by American Legion Davenport Post 26. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Mrs. Lanham died Sunday, March 19, 2000, at Bettendorf Health Care Center.

She was employed as a bookkeeper. She did taxes for H&R Block and was self-employed, doing taxes at home. She also worked as a recruiter for the Air Force.

Mary Armstrong was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Guymon, Okla. She married Willard Lanham in 1952 in Tuskegee, Ala. He died in 1989.

During World War II, she served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force.

Survivors include sons, Robert, Bettendorf, and Willard R., Long Island, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; sisters, Mamie Guilio, Phoenix, Lula Fritz, Kansas City, Mo., and Gladys Marriott, Raytown, Mo.; and a brother, Forrest Armstrong, Kansas City, Mo.
(Quad-City Times, Mar. 21, 2000)
Davenport - Services for Mary Lanham, Davenport, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, with military services by American Legion Davenport Post 26. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Mrs. Lanham died Sunday, March 19, 2000, at Bettendorf Health Care Center.

She was employed as a bookkeeper. She did taxes for H&R Block and was self-employed, doing taxes at home. She also worked as a recruiter for the Air Force.

Mary Armstrong was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Guymon, Okla. She married Willard Lanham in 1952 in Tuskegee, Ala. He died in 1989.

During World War II, she served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force.

Survivors include sons, Robert, Bettendorf, and Willard R., Long Island, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; sisters, Mamie Guilio, Phoenix, Lula Fritz, Kansas City, Mo., and Gladys Marriott, Raytown, Mo.; and a brother, Forrest Armstrong, Kansas City, Mo.
(Quad-City Times, Mar. 21, 2000)

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  • Created by: Paul Mack
  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68860259/mary-lanham: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Armstrong Lanham (16 Nov 1919–19 Mar 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68860259, citing Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Paul Mack (contributor 47145486).