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Harvey Alexander ARMSTRONG

1936 - 2023

BORN

1936

DIED

2023

FUNERAL HOME

Simpler Times Cremation

332 N. May St.

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Harvey ARMSTRONG Obituary

Name: Celebration of Life for Harvey Alexander ARMSTRONG
Start: 2023-08-26T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Kingston Unitarian Fellowship

HARVEY ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG November 24, 1936 - July 24, 2023 Physician (52 years) and Child Psychiatrist (43 years) Harvey Alexander Armstrong died peacefully, on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Kingston, Ontario, after fighting a lengthy illness. An award-winning, pioneering child psychiatrist and a passionate champion of First Nations People, survivors of sexual abuse, and many others, Harvey was a loving father to Frank Armstrong. He also leaves behind his wife and friend of 55 years, Mary Armstrong (separated); his friend, Joanne Jackson; his granddaughter, Abigail Armstrong; his daughter-in-law, Julie Smith; and his younger brother, Peter Armstrong. The son of Frederick Cecil Armstrong and Catriona Margaret Armstrong (Macquisten), he had two other siblings who predeceased him: Patricia and Frederick Armstrong. A celebration of life will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Kingston Unitarian Fellowship, 244 McMahon Ave., Kingston, and online via this Zoom link: https://bit.ly/CelebratingHarveyArmstrong. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kingston Youth Shelter, 234 Brock St., Kingston, Ontario K7L 1S4. In care of Simpler Times Cremation Service 613-389-7223/613-382-3683 Online Condolences: www.simplertimes.com

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Published by The Globe and Mail from Jul. 29 to Aug. 2, 2023.

Memories and Condolences
for Harvey ARMSTRONG

3 Entries

peter bunnett

August 29, 2023

I met Harvey in the early 70's while working in a fly in Oji -Cree village 500 miles north of Thunder Bay.He had been flown in to try to deal with an outbreak of temporary nighttime seizures that was escalating amongst the teenage community of the small(one hundred member village)
Previous heath professionals flown in to help had a diagnosis even before they got far from the airplane ;drugs,witchcraft etc.
Harvey waded into the nightly events noticing that the effected girls seemed to be held down by their fathers and the boys held by their mothers.His prescription,have the mothers cradle the girls and the fathers cradle the boys.The length of the episodes dropped by half by the second night and had tapered off to nothing by the time he left 2 days later.
My wife and I had the pleasure of long conversations with him while he subtly addressed the difficulties I was having as a teacher in my first job .Sorry to have missed the Zoom which I am sure would have been enriching. Peter Bunnett

Fran Masterson

August 26, 2023

My family and I will be ever grateful to Dr. Armstrong for his help through Parents for Youth. He lives on in the healthy lives of our grown children and grandchildren. Please accept our deep condolences.

Diane Dyer

August 17, 2023

What wonderful memories I have of Harvey when he and Mary hosted delicious dinners for Mary's Italian group. Harvey was always welcoming and always had many stories to tell from different parts of his life. These evenings we all appreciated and enjoyed. Dear Mary, I send you a warm embrace and my sympathy to you and to Frank and the rest of the family.

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Memorial Events
for Harvey ARMSTRONG

Aug

26

Celebration of Life

2:00 p.m.

Kingston Unitarian Fellowship

244 McMahon Ave, Kingston, ON

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