Alicia Ann Armstrong

1926 - 2004  (77 years)

• Name	Alicia Ann Armstrong
  Born	25 Aug 1926	Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Jan 2004	Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I21181	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	John Allen Armstrong, Jr.,   b. 10 Aug 1897, Kansas, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 1960, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Harriet Hoar,   b. 22 Oct 1902, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 18 Apr 1983, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9M9S-8PQB/p_13303308443 [[ Obituary: Tulsa World. Tulsa, Okla.: Feb 20, 2004. p. A.14 Alicia Ann Armstrong, 77 MILWAUKEE -- Alicia Ann Armstrong, 77, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004, in her residence at St. John's on the Lake, Milwaukee. She was born Aug. 25, 1926, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John A. and Harriett M. (Hoar) Armstrong. During high school years, Alicia worked as a reporter for the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque. After graduating from the University of Iowa, she was employed by a newspaper in Davenport, Iowa, and then went to Milwaukee where she was a feature writer for the Milwaukee Journal, specializing in religion, senior citizens and the Milwaukee Zoo. She authored a book entitled 'Zooperstars,' and interviewed numerous famous individuals including Golda Meir and Eleanor Roosevelt. As a writer, she traveled to Israel, along with photographers, for the 25th anniversary of its statehood. The Journal devoted an entire Sunday supplement to her stories recounting her experiences there. In 1990 she was inducted into the Media Hall of Fame. When she retired, Governor Tommy Thompson, county executive William O'Donnell and Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier proclaimed it 'Alicia Armstrong Day' in the state, county and city. Survivors include sisters: Jill (Dr. Denis) Faber of Dubuque, Paula (Dan) Figiel of Rockford, Illinois., Lisa Melnick of Hanover, Ill., Faye Dempsey of Redmond, Ore., Lynn (Peter) Freymann of Normal, Ill., and Jessica (Dr. James) Owens of Tulsa, Okla.; and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by parents; brother, John Allen Armstrong III; and brothers-in-law, Herbert Melnick and Tom Dempsey. Private service will be Saturday, Feb. 21, with arrangements by Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 JFK Road, Dubuque, Iowa 52002. An Alicia A. Armstrong memorial fund has been established.