William Harold ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, SAMUELSON

Posted By: Angie (email)
Date: 12/1/2012 at 17:07:01

William "Bill" H. ARMSTRONG, 58 of Cedar Rapids, passed away Thanksgiving Day. Nov. 22, 2012, at the Iowa City VA Health System. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec 1, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1900 F Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor Dan Wiersaema. Friends may visit with the family at the church after 1 p.m. Teahan Funeral Home is serving the family.

Bill is survived by his wife, Kathy, of 36 years, mother Mildred Samuelson Armstrong of Fort Dodge, and siblings, Carol (Jack) Summers of Roland, Cheryl (Richard) Gnade of Webster City, Robert Armstrong of Belle Flower, Calif., and Burce Armstrong of Oakdale, La.

He was preceded in death by his faterh, Harold F. Armstrong and a sister Francine Armstrong.

Bill was born March 4, 1954, in Fort Dodge, the son fo Harold Francis and Mildred Marie Samuelson Armstrong. Bill was a memeber of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. He wa a handyman, a "jack-of-all-trades" and loved helping people. Her received his Eagle Scout award and God and Country award in Boy Scouts. Hill served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1973 as a missle mechanic in Korea and Vietnam, where he received two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star. He met Kathy at Iowa Central Community College and married her Aug. 14, 1976, in Webster City.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Printed in the Cedar Rapids Gazette 11/24/12