Obituary from Montgomery Newspaper:
Dorothea Virginia (Roosevelt) Armentrout (1919-2010) Dorothea Virginia Armentrout, 91, died Sunday, June 20th, at Providence-Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, Oregon, after a brief illness. Close family members were in attendance. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 2nd at the Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive, Gladwyne, PA 19035. It is requested that flowers not be sent. A reception will be held after the service at Waverly Heights, 1400 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA.
Virginia was born on March 31st, 1919, in New York to John Kean and Elise Weinacht Roosevelt, the second of five children. She was a cousin of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Virginia graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1936. Later that year she traveled to Japan with her father, a communications company executive, a trip that had a profound effect on her view of life.
In 1939 she married architect, James S. Armentrout, Jr., at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay, New York. The couple eventually made their home in the Philadelphia area, first in Horsham and later in Ambler, Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2006 prior to moving to Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. While simultaneously raising four children and running a small farm complete with a kennel of collies, Virginia was deeply involved in programs within her community including the Ambler YMCA, the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association, and the Germantown-Chestnut Hill Woman's Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She had a strong interest in the preservation of historic houses in the Philadelphia area including "Wyck" in Germantown, "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, and "The Highlands" in Ambler. She was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Colonial Dames of America and the Acorn Club of Philadelphia.
In recent years, Virginia found time to pursue her early interest in art. In the late 1930s she had attended the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, PA, and studied with its founder, sculptor Boris Blai. In later life she began to practice several different craft and artistic pursuits and eventually gravitated toward the art of decoupage. She had several successful exhibitions of her work. Virginia was a kind, generous, and determined person who was full of a love for life, and she maintained her inquiring mind and good humor up to the time of her death.
She is survived by her three sons: Alexander Van Dyke Armentrout and wife Paula Goodridge, Richard Weinacht Armentrout and wife Gudrun Svenson, Michael Armentrout Roosevelt and wife Maria Kafka; daughter, Christine Roosevelt Stimac and husband Victor; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her brothers, William Emlen Roosevelt and James Alfred Roosevelt, preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother, Peter Kean Roosevelt of Denver, Co, and sister, Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, NY.
Dorothea Virginia (Roosevelt) Armentrout (1919-2010) Dorothea Virginia Armentrout, 91, died Sunday, June 20th, at Providence-Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, Oregon, after a brief illness. Close family members were in attendance. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 2nd at the Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive, Gladwyne, PA 19035. It is requested that flowers not be sent. A reception will be held after the service at Waverly Heights, 1400 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA.
Virginia was born on March 31st, 1919, in New York to John Kean and Elise Weinacht Roosevelt, the second of five children. She was a cousin of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Virginia graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1936. Later that year she traveled to Japan with her father, a communications company executive, a trip that had a profound effect on her view of life.
In 1939 she married architect, James S. Armentrout, Jr., at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay, New York. The couple eventually made their home in the Philadelphia area, first in Horsham and later in Ambler, Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2006 prior to moving to Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. While simultaneously raising four children and running a small farm complete with a kennel of collies, Virginia was deeply involved in programs within her community including the Ambler YMCA, the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association, and the Germantown-Chestnut Hill Woman's Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She had a strong interest in the preservation of historic houses in the Philadelphia area including "Wyck" in Germantown, "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, and "The Highlands" in Ambler. She was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Colonial Dames of America and the Acorn Club of Philadelphia.
In recent years, Virginia found time to pursue her early interest in art. In the late 1930s she had attended the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, PA, and studied with its founder, sculptor Boris Blai. In later life she began to practice several different craft and artistic pursuits and eventually gravitated toward the art of decoupage. She had several successful exhibitions of her work. Virginia was a kind, generous, and determined person who was full of a love for life, and she maintained her inquiring mind and good humor up to the time of her death.
She is survived by her three sons: Alexander Van Dyke Armentrout and wife Paula Goodridge, Richard Weinacht Armentrout and wife Gudrun Svenson, Michael Armentrout Roosevelt and wife Maria Kafka; daughter, Christine Roosevelt Stimac and husband Victor; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her brothers, William Emlen Roosevelt and James Alfred Roosevelt, preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother, Peter Kean Roosevelt of Denver, Co, and sister, Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, NY.
Obituary from Montgomery Newspaper:
Dorothea Virginia (Roosevelt) Armentrout (1919-2010) Dorothea Virginia Armentrout, 91, died Sunday, June 20th, at Providence-Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, Oregon, after a brief illness. Close family members were in attendance. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 2nd at the Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive, Gladwyne, PA 19035. It is requested that flowers not be sent. A reception will be held after the service at Waverly Heights, 1400 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA.
Virginia was born on March 31st, 1919, in New York to John Kean and Elise Weinacht Roosevelt, the second of five children. She was a cousin of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Virginia graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1936. Later that year she traveled to Japan with her father, a communications company executive, a trip that had a profound effect on her view of life.
In 1939 she married architect, James S. Armentrout, Jr., at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay, New York. The couple eventually made their home in the Philadelphia area, first in Horsham and later in Ambler, Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2006 prior to moving to Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. While simultaneously raising four children and running a small farm complete with a kennel of collies, Virginia was deeply involved in programs within her community including the Ambler YMCA, the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association, and the Germantown-Chestnut Hill Woman's Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She had a strong interest in the preservation of historic houses in the Philadelphia area including "Wyck" in Germantown, "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, and "The Highlands" in Ambler. She was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Colonial Dames of America and the Acorn Club of Philadelphia.
In recent years, Virginia found time to pursue her early interest in art. In the late 1930s she had attended the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, PA, and studied with its founder, sculptor Boris Blai. In later life she began to practice several different craft and artistic pursuits and eventually gravitated toward the art of decoupage. She had several successful exhibitions of her work. Virginia was a kind, generous, and determined person who was full of a love for life, and she maintained her inquiring mind and good humor up to the time of her death.
She is survived by her three sons: Alexander Van Dyke Armentrout and wife Paula Goodridge, Richard Weinacht Armentrout and wife Gudrun Svenson, Michael Armentrout Roosevelt and wife Maria Kafka; daughter, Christine Roosevelt Stimac and husband Victor; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her brothers, William Emlen Roosevelt and James Alfred Roosevelt, preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother, Peter Kean Roosevelt of Denver, Co, and sister, Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, NY.
Dorothea Virginia (Roosevelt) Armentrout (1919-2010) Dorothea Virginia Armentrout, 91, died Sunday, June 20th, at Providence-Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, Oregon, after a brief illness. Close family members were in attendance. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 2nd at the Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive, Gladwyne, PA 19035. It is requested that flowers not be sent. A reception will be held after the service at Waverly Heights, 1400 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA.
Virginia was born on March 31st, 1919, in New York to John Kean and Elise Weinacht Roosevelt, the second of five children. She was a cousin of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Virginia graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1936. Later that year she traveled to Japan with her father, a communications company executive, a trip that had a profound effect on her view of life.
In 1939 she married architect, James S. Armentrout, Jr., at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay, New York. The couple eventually made their home in the Philadelphia area, first in Horsham and later in Ambler, Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2006 prior to moving to Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. While simultaneously raising four children and running a small farm complete with a kennel of collies, Virginia was deeply involved in programs within her community including the Ambler YMCA, the North Penn Visiting Nurse Association, and the Germantown-Chestnut Hill Woman's Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She had a strong interest in the preservation of historic houses in the Philadelphia area including "Wyck" in Germantown, "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, and "The Highlands" in Ambler. She was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Colonial Dames of America and the Acorn Club of Philadelphia.
In recent years, Virginia found time to pursue her early interest in art. In the late 1930s she had attended the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, PA, and studied with its founder, sculptor Boris Blai. In later life she began to practice several different craft and artistic pursuits and eventually gravitated toward the art of decoupage. She had several successful exhibitions of her work. Virginia was a kind, generous, and determined person who was full of a love for life, and she maintained her inquiring mind and good humor up to the time of her death.
She is survived by her three sons: Alexander Van Dyke Armentrout and wife Paula Goodridge, Richard Weinacht Armentrout and wife Gudrun Svenson, Michael Armentrout Roosevelt and wife Maria Kafka; daughter, Christine Roosevelt Stimac and husband Victor; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her brothers, William Emlen Roosevelt and James Alfred Roosevelt, preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother, Peter Kean Roosevelt of Denver, Co, and sister, Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, NY.
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