Jerry Michael Armstrong of Royal Oak died 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 Armstrong-Hintermeister and the late Edward 
Martin Armstrong. He graduated from West Carrollton High 
School in Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree in data 
processing from Ohio University in 1960, and did 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, Calif. Jerry served from 1963 to 1965 in the U.S. Army and 
was stationed in the Data Processing Division at the Pentagon 
under the command of Robert McNamara, 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 Jerrys Painting & Remodeling 
Inc. in Easton, which he sold in 1994.  Jerry is survived by his wife, 
the former Carol L. Wrightson, whom he married 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, Del.; 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, Ohio; step-sister, Ann Hintermeister 
Kuhlmann, her husband, Alfred, and niece, Angelina K. Ruskin of 
Monroe, Ohio; an aunt and uncle, Jackie and Jack Mullenix of Dayton, 
Ohio, 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, Jerrys 
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 at 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, 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. See www.fhnfuneralhome.com.
Published Easton, MD  Star Democrat   7/17/05