Dorothy Armstrong

Dorothy Armstong, 84, of Corning, Iowa passed away Friday, October 4, 2024 at Corning Specialty Care. No services are planned at this time. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the family. Memories and condolences may be left on-line at pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Dorothy Mae Armstrong was born May 29, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa to Willis and Opal (Walters) Walton. She had 3 brothers and 5 sisters. Dorothy attended grade school in Carbon, Iowa and graduated from Corning High School in 1957. She married James Phillip Armstrong on June 22, 1957, in Corning Iowa. Nine children were born to this union. Dorothy spent most of her years as a homemaker and caregiver. 

Jim and Dorothy spent 17 years of their married life raising children on an acreage in Casey Iowa. Dorothy had a big garden and in her spare time loved to read and do a jigsaw puzzles. When Jim became sick, they moved to Corning closer to family. After Jim’s passing Dorothy didn’t stay in one place for very long. She spent many years packing up and moving to different states near her older children. These adventures led the family to Texas, Minnesota and Colorado. She moved back to Iowa in 1992 until 2001 when she returned to Colorado to live near her sisters. While there they enjoyed trips to Bingo and the Casino. 

Dorothy never remarried she always said she had enough men in her life with seven sons she didn’t need another man in her life telling her what to do. In 2010 she returned to Iowa for good and enjoyed watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow up. She loved to hear them sing and watch them in plays or musicals. She wasn’t big on attending their many sporting events but through Facebook she could watch their many videos and pictures and keep up on what was happening. She was very proud of her family especially her very independent daughters. 

Dorothy is survived by her daughters: Barbara (Robert) Rice of Villisca; and Julie (William) Davis of Corning; her sons: Joseph (Lois) Armstrong of Farmington, MN, Douglas (Sue) Armstrong, Corning, IA; Jeffrey (Sheila) Conklin of Bridgewater IA; and Joshua Armstrong of Dexter, Iowa; 23 grandchildren and over 50 great-grandchildren. 

She is preceded in death by her parents; her siblings: Willis Walton, Maxine Griffith, Claudette Townsend, Lois Armstrong, Bobbie Walton, Betty Fleming, Connie Kelly and Ronnie Walton (infancy); her husband: James Armstrong; her sons: James, Timothy and Kevin Armstrong; and four precious grandchildren.