Carolyn S. Armstrong

carolyn armstrong

Carolyn S. Armstrong, 79, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 11:20 p.m., August 6, 2017 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash, Indiana. She was born July 17, 1938 in Grant County, Indiana to Omer and Jessie Lee (Vanlandingham) Thompson.

Carolyn was a 1957 Lagro High School graduate. She married James Robert “Bob” Armstrong on February 15, 1958, in Lincolnville, Indiana; he died July 13, 2011. She worked as an aide at the Friendly Nursing Home, in Wabash, and for the Wabash County Council on Aging. She was a member of the Lagro United Methodist Church, and was active in the United Methodist Women’s Group. Carolyn enjoyed shopping, going out to eat, cleaning house, and babysitting.

She is survived by her two sisters, Betty (Jim) Crull of Wabash, and Shirley (Steve) Burgess of LaFontaine, Indiana; niece and nephews, Brenda (Larry) Conner and Tom (Cheryol) Crull, both of Wabash, Todd (Denise) Burgess of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Terry Burgess of Marion, Indiana, great-nephew, Cameron Burgess of Huntington, Indiana, and great-niece, Kyleigh Burgess of Marion. She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother, Charles Allen Thompson, sister, Vickie Lynn Marine, and her nephew, Brad Burgess.

Funeral services will be 10:30 am Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Rick Borgman officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Lagro United Methodist Church.

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