Armstrong, Ida May (Gilbert)

Posted By: Mickey Raymer
Date: 20 November 2001

SOURCE: Unknown

IDA ARMSTRONG DEAD; OVER 60 RELATIVES

Mrs. Ida May Armstrong, 81, widow of the late Jobe Armstrong, Greenville, died at five a.m. today at Wayne hospital here after a five week illness.

A former resident of Wabash township, where she was born and reared, Mrs. Armstrong had lived in Greenville for the last twenty-two years and was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church.

There are over sixty immediate survivors including six sons, Jerry, of Buhl, Idaho; Lester, of Greenville; Walter and Robert, both of Troy; Russel, of Lima, and Ben, of Cincinnati; two step-children, Charles D. Armstrong, Rossburg, R. R. and Mrs. Della Landis, Coldwater, Mich.; 22 grandchildren; and 26 great grandchildren; three sisters and two half-sisters.

The sisters are Mrs. Belle Libecap, of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Mary Selby and Mrs. Irvin Hause, both of Dayton. The half-sisters are Mrs. Homer Winters and Mrs. Leona Dohme, both of Greenville.

Funeral services will be held Friday at two p.m. at the Greenville EUB church with the Rev. G. D. Letner officiating. Burial will be in Brock cemetery.

The body is at the Miller funeral home where friends may call from noon Thursday until the hour of services.

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SOURCE: Unknown

Ida May Gilbert was the daughter of Benjamin and Hilda [Hulda] Gilbert, born near North Star, Ohio, Jan 20, 1867 and departed this life April 14, 1948, age 81 years, two months and 24 days. She was united in marriage to Job Armstrong in 1884 and to this union were born seven sons. Forest Ray died in infancy. Her husband died Dec. 5, 1920.

Those who survive are Jerry E. Armstrong, Buhl, Idaho; Walter and Robert L. of Troy, Ohio; Russell E. of Lima, O. Lester J. of Greenville and Ben G. of Cincinnati, Ohio. Two step children also survive; Charles D. Armstrong, Rossburg, Darke Co., Ohio and Mrs. Della Landis, Coldwater, Michigan. Her living sisters are Mrs. Belle Libecap, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Mary Selby, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Irwin Hause, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Homer Winters and Mrs. Leona Dohme, both of Greenville, Ohio.

She was loved by her many descendants among whom are 22 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren and many other relatives, and she will be missed by a host of friends, and this is a time of sadness for all of them.

"Yes this is a time of sadness. An occasion that touches our hearts with almost an uncontrollable grief. And in the presence of the sad spectacle, we can but bow in meek submission to the Eternal order of things. In her passing, Neighbors an friends alike are left in sadness. Her work is done and we must say our last Good-bye."

She has lived an exemplary Christian life for many years, a life to be remembered and cherished by all who knew her. She was an active member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church here and was a faithful member of the True Blue Class. Many, many times she has left the services of worship with a peaceful smile as she shook hands with her pastor, giving him the assurance that she had enjoyed communion with God in worship.

"Hers was a helping hand,
And it seemed of little availing,
But its clasp was warm,
And it saved many another from harm
Its touch was tender as an angel's wing
But it rolled the stone from the hidden springs,
And pointed the way to higher things."

Card of Thanks: The family expresses thanks and appreciation to all those who so wonderfully assisted in showing sympathy during the sickness and death of their precious loved one.

NOTE: This is my paternal Grandfather's mother, Ida May Gilbert.

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