Jerry Michael Armstrong

Jerry Michael Armstrong of Royal Oak, MD died on Monday, July 11, 2005, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 65. Born May 8, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the oldest son of Ophal LaVon Mullenix Armstong-Hintermeister and the late Edward Martin Armstrong. He graduated from West Carrollton High School in Ohio and received a B.A. degree in Data Processing from Ohio University in 1960, and graduate work in Data Processing from George Washington University in 1964. He was an accomplished figure skater in college and participated in the 1960 Olympic pairs figure skating competition in Squaw Valley, CA. Jerry served from 1963-1965 in the U.S. Army and was stationed in the Data Processing Division at the Pentagon under the command of Robert McNamera, Secretary of the Department of Defense. He worked in computer data processing at IBM and R.L. Polk Co. in Cincinnati before the service, and at C.E.I.R. Inc.-Control Data Corp. and his own companies, Action Data Processing, Inc. and Computing & Mailing Services Inc. in Washington, D.C. after the service. In 1971, he moved his family to Royal Oak. In 1973 he started Jerry’s Painting & Remodeling, Inc. in Easton, which he sold in 1994. Jerry married the former Carol L. Wrightson in July 1964. He is also survived by his mother; his son, J. Michael Armstrong, Jr. and his wife Yvonne, and grandson, Jerry M. III, all of Smyrna, DE; his daughter, Michelle L. Armstrong-Keen, her husband, Charles and grandsons, Jonathan and Alan, all of Easton; his brother, James A. Armstrong, his wife, Barbara, and nieces Tonya Armstrong and Amanda A. Jennings of Dayton, OH; step-sister, Ann Hintermeister Kuhlmann, her husband, Alfred, and niece, Angelina K. Ruskin of Monroe, OH; an aunt and uncle, Jackie and Jack Mullenix of Dayton, OH, and their son, Terry, of Texas; brother-in-law, “Skip” Wrightson, and his wife Sandy of Oxford; niece Marcia W. Webb, of Chestertown, and nephew, Douglas Tylor Wrightson of St. Michaels. Jerry was involved with many community organizations: Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, St. Michaels Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, Board of Governors and several committees at Miles River Yacht Club, Life Member of Easton B.P.O. Elks Lodge 1622, MD Home Improvement Commission in Baltimore and the MD Improvement Contractors Association. He also served on the vestry and as Jr. Warden at Christ Church, St. Michaels. He enjoyed his sportfish, “Jerry’s Toy”, on the Miles River and cruises from MRYC and on the intercoastal waterway. He liked traveling to “warm” areas. He also enjoyed working in his yard, playing poker and bridge with his many friends, and eating breakfast with the gang at Carpenter Street in St. Michaels. He enjoyed his family and friends, and especially his three grandsons. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 11:00 AM at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Michaels. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601, or to the St. Michaels Rotary Club Scholarship Fund, PO Box 394, St. Michaels, MD 21663. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Easton, MD.