Esther V. Armstrong
Esther V. Armstrong, 76, 1035 S.E.
Third, former employee at 1-Hour Martinizing Cleaners in Newton, died
Friday (Dec. 25, 1998) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born Feb. 24, 1922, in Newton
to Chester I. and Mary Martha M. (May) Brainard. She married Frank K.
Armstrong Aug. 13, 1936. He preceded her in death July 15, 1976.
She was a member of First United
Methodist Church and Rachel circle of the church. She worked at the
New Process Laundry before 1-Hour Martinizing Cleaners.
Survivors include: one son, Kenneth R.
(Dick) Armstrong of Junction City; two daughters, Mary A. Watts of
Newton and Joan Ewy of Hutchinson; two brothers, Kenneth E. Brainard
of Newton and Chester Brainard of Santa Rosa, Calif.; three sisters,
Judith Oswald of Newton, Alma Shipley of Topeka and Charlotte Stevens
of Louisville, Ken.; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Monday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel in Newton with
Chaplains Carolyn Schwartz and Evelyn Dodge of Kansas Christian Home
presiding. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m.
Sunday and 9 a.m. until funeral time Monday at Broadway Colonial.
Memorials have been established with
Fellowship of John of the Kansas Christian Home in care of the
funeral home.
