Adelaide (Hauge) MUYRES ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, HAUGE, MUYRES, KOCH, KRONSCHNABEL, CLARET, TYRRELL, DIXON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 00:25:50

January 19, 1902 --- July 19, 2003

Adelaide Armstrong, 101, died on Saturday, July 19, 2003, at the Belmond Care Center. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 29, at 10:30 a.m., at the Tenold-Andrews Funeral Home, with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. Interment will be in the St. Olaf Cemetery west of Belmond.

Belmond Independent - Belmond, Iowa
July 22, 2003

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BELMOND — Adelaide H. (Hauge) Armstrong, 101, a resident of the Belmond Health Care Center in Belmond, died Saturday (July 19, 2003) at the care center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Tenold-Andrews Funeral Home, 516 First St. S.E. in Belmond, with the Rev. Rodd Hopp, of Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. There will be no reviewal. Interment will be in the St. Olaf Cemetery west of Belmond. The family suggests memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church or to the donor's choice.

Adelaide Hauge was born Jan. 19, 1902, west of Belmond, near Kanawha. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Belmond. Adelaide attended Belmond Area schools and later graduated from CCC College in Des Moines. Following college she was employed in banking positions with banks in Kanawha and Belmond. She later moved to Minneapolis and became employed in a law office.

Adelaide was united in marriage to Frank Muyres and to this union, a son, Robert Lewis Muyres was born. Frank died suddenly of complications due to a heart attack. After several years of widowhood, Adelaide married a lifelong friend, Ralph Armstrong. They were married for five years and traveled extensively. Ralph died of cancer in 1974.

In addition to her earlier years working in the banking industry, Adelaide was a lifelong homemaker. She had lived much of her life in the Minneapolis area. She enjoyed playing bridge and occasions which included spending time with family and friends. Adelaide had lived for periods of time in Duluth, Minn., and Baltimore, Md.

A highlight of her later life was a wonderful friendship that she established with Minnesota 3rd District Congressman Jim Ramstad. A friendship which commenced on her 94th birthday and continued through correspondence and annual get togethers to celebrate her birthday.

Adelaide was known by friends and family for her knowledge of world affairs and politics. She was a staunch Republican and an avid Minnesota Vikings fan. She loved Norwegian foods and thoroughly looked forward to visits from family and friends.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Belmond. Adelaide moved back to Belmond in 1999 and had been a resident of the care center since that time. Living more than 101 years, Adelaide always said that she lived a wonderful long life filled with some sorrows and a whole lot of gladness.

Those left to cherish the memory of her life include her brother, Dale Hauge, of Belmond; daughter-in-law, Myrtle Muyres, of Minneapolis, Minn.; sisters-in-law, Ruth Hauge, of Goodell, and Kathryn Koch, of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Fred Muyres, of Fargo, N.D., and Irene Kronschnabel, of Minneapolis, Minn.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents; husbands, Ralph and Frank; son, Robert Muyres; grandson, Steven Muyres; brothers, Wilmer, Alvin, and Galen; sisters Alma Claret, Gladys Tyrrell, and Luella Dixon; and sister-in-law, Velma Hauge. Tenold-Andrews Funeral Home, Belmond.

July 25, 2003
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa