JOSEPH ELBERT ARMSTRONG
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG OF ST. JAMES, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ON FEBRUARY 27, 1950. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES AND VIRGINIA (ALEXANDER) ARMSTRONG. JOSEPH DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HSN MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI ON MAY 23, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY ONE YEARS, TWO MONTHS, AND TWENTY SIX DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS; LAURIE DUCHNOWSKI AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY, JENNIFER MURRAY AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY, AND AMANDA ARMSTRONG OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR SISTERS; DOROTHY RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF CUBA, MISSOURI, SHEENA WINRIGHT OF GRAND RAPID, MICHIGAN, VIOLET MONROE AND HUSBAND HERBERT OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, AND CONNIE AMBROSE AND HUSBAND TOM OF GRAD RAPID, MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE, PATRICIA (JOHNSON) ARMSTRONG, HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDSON ZENON DUCHNOWSKI, AND TWO BROTHERS; JAY AND DANNY ARMSTRONG.
JOE HAD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. JOE ENJOYED TRAVELING, READING AND WAS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. JOE WAS A FREE LANCE PHOTOGRAPHER AND JOURNALIST FOR THE ST. JAMES LEADER JOURNAL.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2001, FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL. BURIAL WAS IN NEW DIGGINS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOM AMBROSE, MICHEAL RITCHARDSON, JOHN F. PANICK, HERB MONROE, ROBERT MURRAY AND RICHARD DUCHNOWSKI.