Edward Allingham Armstrong

ARMSTRONG, Edward Allingham, of Richmond, died on October 27, 2010, in his home, surrounded by family. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 27, 1925, he was the son of the late Edward Gabriel Armstrong and Barbara Eaton Armstrong. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty Lee Harrington Armstrong; his four children, Peter Eaton Armstrong, Edward Allingham Armstrong Jr. and his wife, Anne, Brandon Elizabeth Armstrong, all of Richmond, Virginia, and Sarah Huntington Armstrong Scheide and her husband, Robert, of Nantucket, Massachusetts; and his grandchild, Edward Allingham Armstrong III. He is also survived by his sister, Lucia Armstrong Williams of Windsor, Vermont. He was a graduate of Kent School and Williams College. He served his country in the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War. During his career in commercial banking in Connecticut, Virginia and New York, he spent four years as a vice president in commercial lending with Central National Bank (now Wachovia) in Richmond. Prior to his retirement, he was a sales representative with National Utility Service. A private graveside service will be held in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, or the American Hospice Foundation.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.