Fern Lucile Peterson Armstrong

Fern Lucile Peterson Armstrong was born in Hyrum, Utah on 23 Apr 1911 to Ray Andrew and Sylvia Floss Peterson.  She married Clifford Armstrong 14 Apr 1930 in Bybee (near now day Rigby), Idaho.  They were sealed in the Logan Temple 21 Apr 1932.  They lived in a variety of places such as Leslie, Idaho and Vancouver, Washington.  She was a really hard worker.  She kept her house very clean and in order.  She was a really good cook.  She worked very hard in the gospel and had served in many leadership positions.  During the war they moved to Vancouver, Washington.  While her husband worked on the farm she went to work as a welder.  She welded stuff in the bottom of big ships.  She was very good at it.  When there was a hard or important job to be done they would get her to do it.  She would lie down on her back in the bottom of the ship to weld sometimes.  The top of her hair would get singed.  Family was very important for her.  She would make sure to have family reunions often.  I have been to many of these family reunions myself.  She was a very kind and loving person.  I remember going to visit her after her husband died.  She would always give us ice cream which made me happy.  I remember the carpet by her bed had imprints of her knees from praying.  Praying was very important for her.  She lived to be 89 years old.  She died of cancer 17 Jul 2000 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.