Patricia Irene Burkhart Armstrong (1937-2008)

ARMSTRONG, BURKHART, BEERS, GASKILL, BENGE, HOLMAN

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 8/20/2008 at 20:59:57

AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

June 14, 1937-Aug. 17, 2008

Patricia Irene Burkhart Armstrong, 71, of Des Moines, died Sunday, Aug. 17, at Kavanagh House on Grand with her family present. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, at McLaren's Chapel in West Des Moines.

Patricia was born June 14, 1937, in Perry, to Stephen and Beatrice (Beers) Burkhart. She married Calvin Armstrong in 1960 in Perry. She lived in Perry, Ames and Boone prior to moving to Des Moines in 1985. She retired from Northwestern Bell in 1993 and then worked for Wal-Mart for 16 years.

She was a member of the Bell Ladies Luncheon Club. She enjoyed spending time with grandchildren and great-grandchildren, crocheting, shopping and lunches with the Bell ladies.

She is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Armstrong, of Des Moines, and Annette (Raymond) Gaskill, of Boone; three granddaughters, Sarah (Mark) Benge, Emily Holman and Alison Gaskill; and three great-grandchildren, Madeline and Brody Benge and Kalvin Holman.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of Central Iowa.

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