Rosalena V. (Lentz) Armstrong (1903 - 2003)

Born 2 Jul 1903 in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe, New Mexico, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Homer Eugene Armstrong — married 6 Jun 1933 in Los Angeles, California

Died 15 Dec 2003 at age 100 in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Birth

Rosalena was born 2 Jul 1903 at New Mexico.

Residences

• Rosalena was living with her parents at Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico during the 1910 census.^[1]
• Rosalena was living with her mother and siblings at Magdalena, Socorro, New Mexico during the 1920 census.^[2]
• Rosalena was living with her mother and siblings at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California during the 1930 census.^[3]

Marriage

Rosalena married Homer Eugene Armstrong 6 Jun 1933 at Los Angeles, California.^[4] There children are:

1. Helen Ann
2. James Eugene

Occupation

Rosalena was a clerk in a furniture store in 1930.

Death

Rosalena died 15 Dec 2003 at Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Burial

Rosalena was cremated.

Obituary

Obituary: She worked at The Canton Café on San Francisco Street as a waitress, Sears as a saleslady and The Desert Inn as a cashier. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Armstrong; brothers Robert, Charlie and George Lentz; and sisters, Carrie and Jenny. She is survived by her twin children, James Armstrong and wife Elizabeth, and Helen McCleeary and husband Bob; granddaughter, Terrie Harbison and husband Bill; and two great-grandchildren. Cremation will take place Friday. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. McGee Memorial Chapel.

Sources

1. ↑ 1910; Census Place: Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico; Roll: T624_919; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0274; FHL microfilm: 1374932 Ancestry Record 7884 #161831523
2. ↑ 1920; Census Place: Magdalena, Socorro, New Mexico; Roll: T625_1078; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 159 Ancestry Record 6061 #20429930
3. ↑ 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0757; FHL microfilm: 2339899 Ancestry Record 6224 #123860340
4. ↑ California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. Ancestry Record 61460 #122429

• [Funeral Service Announcement from McGee Memorial Chapel Mortuary in possession of David W. Thomson III.]
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSL-LC9 : accessed 16 May 2018), Lena Lentz in household of Antonio W Lentz, Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 274, sheet 8B, family 225, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 919; FHL microfilm 1,374,932.