Alan Bartlett Armstrong Dobbs Ferry, New York Obituary

Alan Bartlett Armstrong

Alan Bartlett Armstrong Alan was born in Yonkers to Joseph Bartlett Armstrong and Margaret Pearce. He grew up in Scarsdale and graduated from Scarsdale High School and joined the Army. After serving his country he attended and graduated from Hobart College in Geneva N.Y. He worked for Dun & Bradstreet as a Credit Analyst and retired at the age of 62. He then pursued his true calling as a volunteer at St. Johns. Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. where he served for over twenty years. He also served on the Session and Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers and then the Good Shepherd Church in Yonkers N.Y.Against doctor's orders, an avid Mets fan, Alan got a Mets tattoo at the age 85. With the encouragement of a dear friend who shall remain nameless, he had planned on getting a Jets tattoo this summer.Alan had a sister, Molly and a brother Kenneth who are deceased. He is survived by his loving wife of sixty years, Margaret Sheets Armstrong, daughter of Ethelyn and Elmer Sheets Jr, A loving sister Margaret Armstrong of Hastings-on-Hudson and sister-in-law Carolyn Sheets of Catsonville MD. He has two children, a son Joseph Armstrong of White Plains and Carolyn Gazzetta of Briarcliff Manor; a son-in-law, Robert Gazzetta Sr., and two grandsons Christopher and William Gazzetta. He shall be dearly missed by his family and friends. Let's Go Mets!In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to John E. Andrus Memorial Inc Community Life Fund, 185 Old Broadway, Hasting-on-Hudson, N.Y.; St John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, N.Y., WARC Yonkers N.Y.; or the charity of your choice.Funeral Service Thursday May 6th at 10 am Good Shepherd Church, 320 Walnut St, Yonkers Followed by a burial at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla N.Y. Visiting Hours May 5th from 2 -4 and 7 -9 at Edward-Dowdle Funeral Home in Dobbs Ferry \=
May 2, 201005/02/2010
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Tony Lockwood
July 4, 2010
Thank you Alan for always welcoming me into your home and making me part of your family. You spent your life being a gentleman, a model that I have tried to emulate all my life. God bless.