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Lyle Eugene Armstrong

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Lyle Eugene Armstrong Veteran

Birth
Panola Township, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
Death
12 Jan 2007 (aged 84)
Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
Burial
El Paso, Woodford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Lyle E. Armstrong, 84, died at 6:08 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2007, at Eureka Community Hospital, Eureka,Illinois.

He was born April 14, 1922, in Panola Township, to Clarke and B. Irene Nethercott Armstrong. He married Dorothy A. Peters on February 24, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Vickie (Gordon) Hampton and Rebecca (Ron) Porth, four grandchildren, Rob (Denise) Hampton, Erik (Rachel) Blackmore, Keri (Greg) Dirst and Jamie (Sean) Carr, three great-granddaughters, two great-grandsons and one brother, Robert Armstrong.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mildred Cripe and Blanche Carr.

An Air Force veteran, Lyle served his country as a B-26 pilot and instructor during World War II. He was a member of the El Paso American Legion Post 59.

Lyle farmed in the El Paso area all of his life. He was a member of the Woodford County Farm Bureau, the El Paso Farmer's Club,and El Paso United Methodist Church.

Published Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - January 13, 2007
Lyle E. Armstrong, 84, died at 6:08 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2007, at Eureka Community Hospital, Eureka,Illinois.

He was born April 14, 1922, in Panola Township, to Clarke and B. Irene Nethercott Armstrong. He married Dorothy A. Peters on February 24, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Vickie (Gordon) Hampton and Rebecca (Ron) Porth, four grandchildren, Rob (Denise) Hampton, Erik (Rachel) Blackmore, Keri (Greg) Dirst and Jamie (Sean) Carr, three great-granddaughters, two great-grandsons and one brother, Robert Armstrong.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mildred Cripe and Blanche Carr.

An Air Force veteran, Lyle served his country as a B-26 pilot and instructor during World War II. He was a member of the El Paso American Legion Post 59.

Lyle farmed in the El Paso area all of his life. He was a member of the Woodford County Farm Bureau, the El Paso Farmer's Club,and El Paso United Methodist Church.

Published Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - January 13, 2007

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