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Elmer John Armstrong

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Elmer John Armstrong

Birth
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Death
4 Mar 1971 (aged 87)
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
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Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
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Colonel Elmer J. Armstrong, U.S. Army retired, age 87, First Community Village, Thursday, Riverside Hospital. Served in France during World War I. During World War II he organized the Reception Center at Fort Hayes and retired as acting Chief of Staff of the 5th Service Command. Served as mayor and president of the Council of First Community Village. Member of the First Community Church., the Retired Officers Association and American Legion. Preceded in death by wife, Mary. Survived by daughters, Mrs. James G. Healey (Jane), Columbus, Mrs. Everett Naylor (Dorothy), Massillon, Ohio; sons, John Armstrong, Huntington Beach, Calif., James Armstrong (Memorial# 65335002), Columbus; sisters, Mrs. John Pitzer, Milford, Ill., Mrs. Herman Reynolds, Danville, Ill., Mrs. Jesse Jones, Broadview, Mont., Mrs. Lyle Mohr, Normal, Ill., Mrs. Lawrence Wade and Mrs. Otto Van Brook, Mountain Home, Ark.; brothers, Hugh Armstrong, Eldon, Mo., Russell Armstrong, Osage Beach, mo.; 18 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Colonel Elmer J. Armstrong, U.S. Army retired, age 87, First Community Village, Thursday, Riverside Hospital. Served in France during World War I. During World War II he organized the Reception Center at Fort Hayes and retired as acting Chief of Staff of the 5th Service Command. Served as mayor and president of the Council of First Community Village. Member of the First Community Church., the Retired Officers Association and American Legion. Preceded in death by wife, Mary. Survived by daughters, Mrs. James G. Healey (Jane), Columbus, Mrs. Everett Naylor (Dorothy), Massillon, Ohio; sons, John Armstrong, Huntington Beach, Calif., James Armstrong (Memorial# 65335002), Columbus; sisters, Mrs. John Pitzer, Milford, Ill., Mrs. Herman Reynolds, Danville, Ill., Mrs. Jesse Jones, Broadview, Mont., Mrs. Lyle Mohr, Normal, Ill., Mrs. Lawrence Wade and Mrs. Otto Van Brook, Mountain Home, Ark.; brothers, Hugh Armstrong, Eldon, Mo., Russell Armstrong, Osage Beach, mo.; 18 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.

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