Avis de décès de Florence Armstrong - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Armstrong, Florence C. COLONIE Florence C. Armstrong, 100, formerly of Lincoln Ave. in the village of Colonie, passed away in St. Peter's Hospital on April 28, 2007 after a brief illness. At the time of her passing, Ms. Armstrong was a resident of the Teresian House in Albany. She was the daughter of the late George H. Armstrong and Grace Ellithorpe Armstrong. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Armstrong. She was born in Conklingville (now the Sacan-daga Reservoir), lived in Schenectady until 1924 then moved to Colonie, where her father owned a service station and mobile home park on Central Ave. Ms. Armstrong was a direct descendant of John Alden, who was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who came to America on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. The unfolded details of his wooing of fellow Pilgrim Priscilla Mullens - whom he did marry - were the subjects of the Henry Wadsworth Long-fellow poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Ms. Armstrong was educated in the Schenectady Schools. She graduated from the NYS School of Agriculture in Cobleskill (now SUNY), and from Albany Business College. Ms. Armstrong taught for three years in the Colonie Village School on Central Ave. and was the secretary for an Albany otolaryngologist for 11 years before being employed with the NYS Insurance Department. She retired as an employee of the NYS Education Department. Ms. Armstrong was an active member of the Pine Grove United Methodist Church and the Herbert B. Kuhn Senior Citizen's Center in the village of Colonie. She is survived by cousins. A gravesite memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2007 at the Protestant Cemetery in the village of Corinth, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Pine Grove United Methodist Church, 1580 Central Ave., Colonie, NY 12205 or to the American Foundation for the Blind.