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Show MARTHA JANE ARMSTRONG DIES IN CALIFORNIA; FUNERAL SATURDAY Martlia Jane (Auntie) Armstrong, Milford pioneer settler, died Monday, July o, in San Bernardino, Calif., at the age of 91, of causes incident to age. She had been in poor health for many years and had remained in a coma for two weeks prior to her death. A resident of Western Beaver county since 1880, she had been a patient at a nursing nurs-ing home in San Bernardino since 1946. I J Martha Jane Armstrong Auntie Armstrong was born in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 29, 1857, a daughter of John Andrew An-drew and Susan Shannon Smyth. She came to Beaver county in 1880, settling in the Beaver Bottoms near Milford. In 1881 she was married to William Wil-liam Armstrong and moved to Frisco, where they lived an eventful life at the site of the old Horn Silver Mine when the I mining camp was in its hey-day. They moved back to Milford in 1904, and Mrs. Armstrong had lived her continuously until entering the nursing home two years ago. She operated a rooming room-ing house and stage station on Main street. Headquarters for the operators of the extensive Majestic Mining Company, a home for the many railroaders of the early days, ' and the scopping place for many of the "drummers" who traveled through Milford, Mrs. Armstrong's Arm-strong's hotel and boarding house was referred to as the "traveling men's paradise." After her husband's death in 1910, she continued to operate the rooming house for many years. An active member of the Methodist church. Auntie attended at-tended services regularly as long as she was able to "get out" without too much difficulty. She was a charter member of the Milford Rebecca lodge, and had held every office in the organization organ-ization "with honor to herself and to the lodge." With the approach of the infirmities in-firmities of age, Auntie Martha was cared for by Mrs. C. T. Martin Mar-tin in the Martin home. Funeral services, to be conducted from the Evans and Early funeral home in Salt Lake City, Saturday Satur-day afternoon ,will follow as nearly as possible the pattern often suggested by Mrs. Armstrong. Arm-strong. She told Mrs. Martin she wished to be buried in Mount Olivet cemetary, beside her husband. She also asked Mrs. Martin to request Rev. Donald Blackstock to speak, and asked that Mrs. Delia Gray sing at the services. Services will be under the direction of the Rebecca Lodge. Survivors include a nephew, Towell Smyth of Milford, a grand-niece, Elaine Hardy Smith of California; a nieces Nellie Cuff of Marysville, Utah; and a step-daughter, Ketherine Irwin of New York City. |
