Florence Edna (Vanest) Armstrong (1896 - 1972)

Born 18 Sep 1896 in Brown Co., IN, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Arthur Armstrong — married 27 Sep 1919 in Warren Co., IN, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1972 at age 75 in Bartholomew Co., IN, USA

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Mrs. Edna Vanest Armstrong, 75, of 212 South Brooks street died Wednesday at Bartholomew county hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. She had been ill for a month.

A Brown county native, Mrs. Armstrong was born Sept. 18, 1896, the daughter of James and Birdie Evans Vanest. She lived most of her life in Bartholomew county. She was a member of the East Columbus Church of Christ.

Surviving are her husband, Samuel, to whom she was married on Sept. 27, 1919; two sons, Donald L. Armstrong of Bryan, Ohio, and Arthur L. Armstrong of 1923 Pennsylvania street; two daughter, Mrs. W. Marshall Boll of Route 4, and Mrs. Harry Breen of Indianapolis; a brother, Allen Vanest of 1455 Franklin street; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Murray of Columbus, and Mrs. Allen Barr of Route 2; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reed funeral home by the Rev. Robert Jones. Persons may call from 2 until 5 and 7 until 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Garland Brook cemetery.^[1]

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"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLB-CR3 : 29 October 2015), Edna Vanest in household of James Vanest, Harrison, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,353.

"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFQD-G59 : 3 December 2014), Samuel Arthur Armstrong and Florence Edna Vanest, 27 Sep 1919; citing reference Vol 13 pg 437; FHL microfilm 1,976,654.

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41P-6B9 : 8 December 2015), Florence E Armstrong in entry for Samuel A Armstrong, 1930.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1B9-2JW : accessed 16 September 2016), Florence Armstrong in household of Samuel Armstrong, Mount Auburn, Jackson Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-14, sheet 4A, family 86, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1094.

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1. ↑ Columbus Republic 9 Mar 1972 (Columbus, Bartholomew Co., IN, USA)