Delores Armstrong

Funeral services for Delores Armstrong, 87, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 2, 2019 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Armstrong passed away at 12:21 p.m., Thursday, November 28, 2019 at her home.

She was born October 17, 1932, at Decorah, Iowa, to George Tollefsrud and Selma Herbranson Tollefsrud.  On January 26, 1952, she was married at Rochester, Minnesota, to Robert Francis Armstrong, who preceded her in death on May 8, 2005.  She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and loved her family deeply; her family was always her top priority.  Mrs. Armstrong was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

She is survived by five daughters, Penny Armstrong, Denise Hunter, Sheila Chinn and husband, Peter, Sherri Sams and Kathy Fisher and husband, Bill; one son, Keith Armstrong; nine grandchildren, Rodney  Hunt and wife, Krista, Jason Hunter and wife, Misty, Jeff Hunter and wife, Tasha, Angie Hunter,  Michelle Kight and husband, Bear, Shawna Hammon and husband, Richie, Ashley Heston, Alix Overstreet and husband, Doug and Austi Piper and husband, Ben; nineteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Margaret Kemple, Rochester, Minnesota; and many nieces and nephews.

Her parents, husband, two sons, Kevin Robert Armstrong and Patrick Francis Armstrong, one granddaughter, Abby Armstrong, one great-granddaughter, Camber  Piper, three sons-in-law, Gary Kilkenny, David Hunter and Charlie Sams, three brothers and five sisters, preceded her in death.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m., Sunday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in the Howell Memorial Park Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Cox Health at Home, Riverways Hospice or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.