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Armstrong on Maharishi Campus Cemetery


Location: Center Township, Section 24; on the campus of Maharishi University of Management (Formerly Parsons College) on the North side of Fairfield on Iowa Highway 1.

Burials: ARMSTRONGs, 1879 & 1895; WILLIAMS, 1970.

Condition: One stone for husband & wife, good condition.

Mowed: Periodically.


West face:
REV. JOHN ARMSTRONG, D.D.,
First President of Parsons College,
Born March 11, A.D. 1825 at
Oxford, Chester Co., Pa.
Died Aug. 12, A.D. 1879 in
Fairfield, Iowa.
Ad Finem Fidelis.

His obituary
Photo taken Sept. 2001
 North face:
MARGARET ROWLAND,
Wife of Rev. John Armstrong, D.D.
Born June 18, 1827,
Died Oct. 20, 1895.
"Her own works praise her."

Her obituary

The third burial is a set of cremains, for VP of Business Affairs Robert W. WILLIAMS, 1922 - 1970. His ashes were buried outside his office window.

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