Bonnie Armstrong, 89, died July 18, 2013 at Kindred Health Care in Cheyenne.
Bonnie was born March 2, 1924 in Parnell, Mo., the daughter of Charles "Quinn" and Esther (Miller) Carroll. Her family moved to Torrington in 1930, then to Fort Laramie and then to Lingle. She attended school in Fort Laramie and Lingle and graduated high school from Lingle in 1942.
She married Lyle Wayne Armstrong on Oct. 5, 1942 in Gering, Neb. She worked briefly as a clerk at the L.B. Murphy Dry Goods Store. Bonnie was a homemaker and an excellent seamstress and sewed many things for neighbors, friends and others.
Bonnie enjoyed canning dill pickles and gardening both vegetables and flowers. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Circle No. 1, a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout Den mother, baseball team mother, room mother and made uniforms for historical reenactments at Old Fort Laramie.
Bonnie is survived by three daughters, Jacqueline Peaster of Fredonia, Texas, Janet Pitman of Tacoma, Wash., and Sharon Harris and her husband Rod Jr. of Loveland, Colo.; two sons, Dale Armstrong and his wife Helen of Story, and Bryon Armstrong of Cheyenne; a brother, Sam Carroll of Torrington; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Melvin; two sisters, Shirley Lewis and Thelma Lammon; and a brother, Harley Carroll.
© Torrington Telegram July 24, 2013
Bonnie was born March 2, 1924 in Parnell, Mo., the daughter of Charles "Quinn" and Esther (Miller) Carroll. Her family moved to Torrington in 1930, then to Fort Laramie and then to Lingle. She attended school in Fort Laramie and Lingle and graduated high school from Lingle in 1942.
She married Lyle Wayne Armstrong on Oct. 5, 1942 in Gering, Neb. She worked briefly as a clerk at the L.B. Murphy Dry Goods Store. Bonnie was a homemaker and an excellent seamstress and sewed many things for neighbors, friends and others.
Bonnie enjoyed canning dill pickles and gardening both vegetables and flowers. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Circle No. 1, a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout Den mother, baseball team mother, room mother and made uniforms for historical reenactments at Old Fort Laramie.
Bonnie is survived by three daughters, Jacqueline Peaster of Fredonia, Texas, Janet Pitman of Tacoma, Wash., and Sharon Harris and her husband Rod Jr. of Loveland, Colo.; two sons, Dale Armstrong and his wife Helen of Story, and Bryon Armstrong of Cheyenne; a brother, Sam Carroll of Torrington; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Melvin; two sisters, Shirley Lewis and Thelma Lammon; and a brother, Harley Carroll.
© Torrington Telegram July 24, 2013
Bonnie Armstrong, 89, died July 18, 2013 at Kindred Health Care in Cheyenne.
Bonnie was born March 2, 1924 in Parnell, Mo., the daughter of Charles "Quinn" and Esther (Miller) Carroll. Her family moved to Torrington in 1930, then to Fort Laramie and then to Lingle. She attended school in Fort Laramie and Lingle and graduated high school from Lingle in 1942.
She married Lyle Wayne Armstrong on Oct. 5, 1942 in Gering, Neb. She worked briefly as a clerk at the L.B. Murphy Dry Goods Store. Bonnie was a homemaker and an excellent seamstress and sewed many things for neighbors, friends and others.
Bonnie enjoyed canning dill pickles and gardening both vegetables and flowers. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Circle No. 1, a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout Den mother, baseball team mother, room mother and made uniforms for historical reenactments at Old Fort Laramie.
Bonnie is survived by three daughters, Jacqueline Peaster of Fredonia, Texas, Janet Pitman of Tacoma, Wash., and Sharon Harris and her husband Rod Jr. of Loveland, Colo.; two sons, Dale Armstrong and his wife Helen of Story, and Bryon Armstrong of Cheyenne; a brother, Sam Carroll of Torrington; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Melvin; two sisters, Shirley Lewis and Thelma Lammon; and a brother, Harley Carroll.
© Torrington Telegram July 24, 2013
Bonnie was born March 2, 1924 in Parnell, Mo., the daughter of Charles "Quinn" and Esther (Miller) Carroll. Her family moved to Torrington in 1930, then to Fort Laramie and then to Lingle. She attended school in Fort Laramie and Lingle and graduated high school from Lingle in 1942.
She married Lyle Wayne Armstrong on Oct. 5, 1942 in Gering, Neb. She worked briefly as a clerk at the L.B. Murphy Dry Goods Store. Bonnie was a homemaker and an excellent seamstress and sewed many things for neighbors, friends and others.
Bonnie enjoyed canning dill pickles and gardening both vegetables and flowers. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Circle No. 1, a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout Den mother, baseball team mother, room mother and made uniforms for historical reenactments at Old Fort Laramie.
Bonnie is survived by three daughters, Jacqueline Peaster of Fredonia, Texas, Janet Pitman of Tacoma, Wash., and Sharon Harris and her husband Rod Jr. of Loveland, Colo.; two sons, Dale Armstrong and his wife Helen of Story, and Bryon Armstrong of Cheyenne; a brother, Sam Carroll of Torrington; 11 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Melvin; two sisters, Shirley Lewis and Thelma Lammon; and a brother, Harley Carroll.
© Torrington Telegram July 24, 2013
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