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- OBITUARY-THE JOURNAL
MONDAY, MAY 17, 1909
MRS. ARMSTRONG CLAIMED BY DEATH
ARMSTRONG-Died at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 16, 1909 at the family residence, 827 South Fifth St, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Olive Eggleston Armstrong, aged 57 years. The decedent is survived by her husband, Charles A. Armstrong, and her mother, Mrs. Phoebe Priest, besides other relatives.
The decedent was born May 2, 1852 at Rochester, Ill., and was the daughter of J. W. Priest, formerly Mrs. Sadie Eggleston. For a number of years she was a registered letter clerk in the post office of this city. Ten years ago she was married to Charles A. Armstrong. She was well known in this city being a member of the Springfield Woman's Club.
There are many more to mourn the untimely demise of this gentle sufferer than the immediate relatives and friends. As Miss Ollie Eggleston and as Mrs. Charles A. Armstrong the departed soul filled a place upon earth which is too seldom filled as well. Without realizing it herself, probably she impressed those with whom she mingled as what might be termed an apostle of cheerfulness.
Mrs. Armstrong enjoyed a much wider range of acquaintance than befalls the lot of the average matron, due to several years of association in business matters while filling a clerical position in the post office. Business associations developed friendships for her to a greater extent than is realized by the average individual because of her ever-obliging, genial and whole-souled character of her nature. She always displayed a cheerful and kindly disposition which made lasting impressions upon all who came in contact with her.
In the postal service, as Miss Eggleston, she soon became familiarly known and accosted by all her associates, and many of the patrons of the office, as "Ollie". The familiarity thus displayed was indictive of the warm personal regard show for Miss Eggleston by her associates, and her democratic instincts made it natural for her not to resent as impertinence what was really a high compliment, typifying deep personal regard. The same geniality of disposition and democratic tendency, characterizing the nature of Mrs. Armstrong throughout the following years of her life, added many personal friends to her list and cemented many friendships thus formed.
Interment will be in the Rochester cemetery. Pallbearers will be E. A. Helmle, H. C. Reman, E. R. Armstrong, J. P. Latham, Lee Matheny, all of this city, and C. M. Samson of Quincy, Ill., a nephew of the decedent.
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1852 - 1909 (57 years)
