Henry Cyril ARMSTRONG

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Henry was the child of Frank and Ethel Reed Armstrong and was born in Alberta Canada. They moved to the Kelso/Longview area thinking that the difference in weather would be better for her health. He met and married Irma and raised two sons, Donald & Wayne.

Obit from Longview Daily News
Longtime local resident Henry Cyril Armstrong, 89, of Longview, died May 5, 2002, at the Hospice Care Center. He was born Oct. 20, 1912, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to Frank and Ethel (Reed) Armstrong and moved to the local area in 1920. Mr. Armstrong was the purchasing agent for Pacific Paperboard Co., which was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s. He later owned and operated Washington Pulp and Timber for many years, until it termination in 1973. He was a Navy veteran, a lifetime member of the Kelso Elks Lodge, a charter member of the Longview Country Club, past commodore of the Longview Yacht Club, and a member of the Longview Masonic Lodge and Columbia River Shrine Club. His wife of 64 years, Irma Pauline Armstrong, died Jan. 15, 2000. He also was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Armstrong during the Vietnam War in 1967; a brother, James Armstrong; and a sister, LaVern Byrum. Survivors include a son, Donald F. Armstrong of Alameda, Calif.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A private family service will be held. Private interment will take place at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens. Columbia Funeral Service is in charge.
The Daily News, Longview, Cowlitz County, Wa. on May 7, 2002.