Armstrong Rites To Occur Here Monday
Funeral service for Fred S. Armstrong, 78, retired Missouri Pacific switchman, who died yesterday noon at his home south of Jackson park, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Harouff-Buis service chapel with the Rev. Troy Warner in charge. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Armstrong became ill Thursday when he went to a neighborhood store about two blocks from his home and two men took him to his home. Death resulted from a blood clot.
Born Oct. 19, 1867 at Watago, Ill., Mr. Armstrong was a son of John C. and Millie J. Armstrong. When a boy the family moved to Iowa and then to Holton, and later he moved to Atchison.
Mr. Armstrong began working for the Missouri Pacific Oct. 12, 1915, and retired Feb. 13, 1937, after working with the organization 22 years.
A number of years ago Mr. Armstrong and Minnie Schlereth of Atchison were united in marriage. She preceded him in death on April 30, 1936, and later he and Elizabeth McPhilimy were united in marriage.
Surviving are Mrs. Armstrong; four step-children, Mrs. William Leland of Denver, Mrs. Elvie Dalton of Kansas City, Mrs. Russell Farsberg of Dayton, Ia., and Walter McPhilimy of Denver, and one brother, Frank W. Armstrong of Cummings.
The Atchison Daily Globe, Saturday, May 18, 1946
Funeral service for Fred S. Armstrong, 78, retired Missouri Pacific switchman, who died yesterday noon at his home south of Jackson park, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Harouff-Buis service chapel with the Rev. Troy Warner in charge. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Armstrong became ill Thursday when he went to a neighborhood store about two blocks from his home and two men took him to his home. Death resulted from a blood clot.
Born Oct. 19, 1867 at Watago, Ill., Mr. Armstrong was a son of John C. and Millie J. Armstrong. When a boy the family moved to Iowa and then to Holton, and later he moved to Atchison.
Mr. Armstrong began working for the Missouri Pacific Oct. 12, 1915, and retired Feb. 13, 1937, after working with the organization 22 years.
A number of years ago Mr. Armstrong and Minnie Schlereth of Atchison were united in marriage. She preceded him in death on April 30, 1936, and later he and Elizabeth McPhilimy were united in marriage.
Surviving are Mrs. Armstrong; four step-children, Mrs. William Leland of Denver, Mrs. Elvie Dalton of Kansas City, Mrs. Russell Farsberg of Dayton, Ia., and Walter McPhilimy of Denver, and one brother, Frank W. Armstrong of Cummings.
The Atchison Daily Globe, Saturday, May 18, 1946
Armstrong Rites To Occur Here Monday
Funeral service for Fred S. Armstrong, 78, retired Missouri Pacific switchman, who died yesterday noon at his home south of Jackson park, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Harouff-Buis service chapel with the Rev. Troy Warner in charge. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Armstrong became ill Thursday when he went to a neighborhood store about two blocks from his home and two men took him to his home. Death resulted from a blood clot.
Born Oct. 19, 1867 at Watago, Ill., Mr. Armstrong was a son of John C. and Millie J. Armstrong. When a boy the family moved to Iowa and then to Holton, and later he moved to Atchison.
Mr. Armstrong began working for the Missouri Pacific Oct. 12, 1915, and retired Feb. 13, 1937, after working with the organization 22 years.
A number of years ago Mr. Armstrong and Minnie Schlereth of Atchison were united in marriage. She preceded him in death on April 30, 1936, and later he and Elizabeth McPhilimy were united in marriage.
Surviving are Mrs. Armstrong; four step-children, Mrs. William Leland of Denver, Mrs. Elvie Dalton of Kansas City, Mrs. Russell Farsberg of Dayton, Ia., and Walter McPhilimy of Denver, and one brother, Frank W. Armstrong of Cummings.
The Atchison Daily Globe, Saturday, May 18, 1946
Funeral service for Fred S. Armstrong, 78, retired Missouri Pacific switchman, who died yesterday noon at his home south of Jackson park, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Harouff-Buis service chapel with the Rev. Troy Warner in charge. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.
Mr. Armstrong became ill Thursday when he went to a neighborhood store about two blocks from his home and two men took him to his home. Death resulted from a blood clot.
Born Oct. 19, 1867 at Watago, Ill., Mr. Armstrong was a son of John C. and Millie J. Armstrong. When a boy the family moved to Iowa and then to Holton, and later he moved to Atchison.
Mr. Armstrong began working for the Missouri Pacific Oct. 12, 1915, and retired Feb. 13, 1937, after working with the organization 22 years.
A number of years ago Mr. Armstrong and Minnie Schlereth of Atchison were united in marriage. She preceded him in death on April 30, 1936, and later he and Elizabeth McPhilimy were united in marriage.
Surviving are Mrs. Armstrong; four step-children, Mrs. William Leland of Denver, Mrs. Elvie Dalton of Kansas City, Mrs. Russell Farsberg of Dayton, Ia., and Walter McPhilimy of Denver, and one brother, Frank W. Armstrong of Cummings.
The Atchison Daily Globe, Saturday, May 18, 1946
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