ARMSTRONG, Joseph Bernard 1885-1962

ARMSTRONG, OCONNORS, MALONE, DECKLEVER, CUMMINGS, BALL

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 6/26/2011 at 14:51:39

Joseph Bernard Armstrong 1885-1962

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J. B. ARMSTRONG SERVICES HELD AT McINTIRE

McIntire – Joseph Bernard Armstrong, 77, died July 24th in a Waterloo nursing home. Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Mel’s Catholic Church, McIntire, with burial in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Lourdes.

Me was married to Margaret O’Connors at Elma and farmed in Howard and Mitchell Counties until retiring five years ago.

Surviving are his wife, six children; Tom, McIntire; Casnor, Waterloo; Robert, Washburn, Iowa; Gerald, Springdale, Ark.; Mrs. John (Margaret) Malone, Chicago; Mrs. Charles (Marian) Decklever, Denver, Colo.; 27 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two brothers; William and Louis; and a sister; Mrs. Nellie Cummings, all of Chester.
He was preceded in death by a son, Virgil; a daughter, Mrs. Tom Ball; four brothers and a sister.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday July 31, 1962

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WWI Draft Registration: September 12, 1918
Joe Armstrong 33 living in Chester, Howard, Iowa; born June 1, 1885; farmer in Chester Twp; nearest relative, wife Maggie