ARMSTRONG – Charles Raymond, 72, of West Caledonia, Queens County, passed away in QEII Health Science Centre, Halifax on April 24th, 2013 with his family by his side.
Born in West Caledonia, he was a son of the late Arthur Guy and Hilda Claire (Conway) Armstrong.
Charles was a Parks Canada employee for 25 years, working grounds maintenance. He was an avid dart player and cook, especially cheese biscuits which will be missed by his entire family. He enjoyed the outdoors, feeding his ducks and geese, as well as hunting and fishing in his spare time. He also enjoyed woodworking and listening to the old style country music.
He is survived by his wife Patricia (Ritchie) his daughters Cheryl Lynn of Ottawa, ON, Deanna Lee of Ariss, ON and Shawna Sue (Drew) Phillips of Upper Tantallon, eight grandchildren, his sisters Doris Carver of Harmony, Jean Andrews of Hamilton, ON, Rosanna Terpstra of Barrie ON, his brothers James (Mary) of Alliston, ON., Terry (Marge) of Prince Rupert, BC, Robert (Mary) of Bradford, ON.
He was predeceased by his son Shane, his sisters Marilyn Annesty, Helen Thompson and infant sister Carolyn, his brothers Guy Jr., Danny and Gary.
Cremation has taken place under the direction of Chandlers’ Funeral Home, Liverpool. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 26th, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, West Caledonia. Father Jack Farrell officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Family flowers only, donations may be made to the North Queens Fire Association or to any charity. Online condolences may be made to www.chandlersfuneral.com
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Robert and Sally Fader
Pat & family:
Our sincere condolences on the loss of your loved one, Charles. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this most difficult time.
Anne Shay Kempton
To Pat, Doris and families,
My thoughts and prayers go out to you at this time of loss. Take comfort in knowing there are those who care even though we may not be close by.
God Bless.
Anne Kempton
To Pat, Doris & families,
My thoughts and prayers go out to you at this sad time. I am sorry I was unable to come to the memorial service.
God Bless.
Sandra Rowter
To Pat, your daughters,and all of Charlies sisters and brother. Words can not even begin to tell you how sorry I am for all of you.Charlie had many friends who will dearly miss him.
Sandra Rowter
Steven Ringer and Family.
Our thoughts are with. Sorry for your loss.
Karen Beliveau
Deepest sympathy to
Pat, and daughters as well as Charlie’s sisters, brothers and grand children.
He will be missed by many, he was always ready for a laugh and a party.
Party on big guy!
Loads of great memories.
Willialm (Bill) Rowter
To Pat and all of the families,
I am the son of the late Bruce Rowter. I know that my father and Charles were friends. I just wanted you all know that I am thinking about you all on this very sad day. Sorry I could not make it to the service , May Charles rest in peace
Terje and Barb Rogers
Pat and all of Charlie’s family: thinking of all of you at this very sad time. Charlie’s wit and humor will be missed by all those who knew home. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Terje and Barb Rogers
Pat and all of Charlie’s family: thinking of all of you at this very sad time. Charlie’s wit and humor will be missed by all those who knew him. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Stanley & Joan Canning
Pat and Family ::::: Stan and I were so very sorry to hear of Charlie’s passing. Please accept our Deepest Sympathy. Our Thoughts and Prayers are with you all. God Bless
Cheryl Armstrong
I Miss you already Dad. I Love you and will honour all that you taught me Good and Bad Lol ! You would like that. God bless you and take care of you!
Caroline zipfel
I am so sorry for your loss. I was lucky enough to be taken in for a few weeks what seems like forever ago. Cheryl sent me home with Shawna and I was taken in no questions asked. Charlie took me in and treated me like family, I will always be thankful for having met him and the Armstrongs for helping me though this time in my life. Charlie will always live on in everyone’s memories who where lucky enough to meet him and he will always be in your heart.
Our love and thoughts are with you
Jenny
My deepest symapthies to the Armstrong family. God bless all of you.
yvonne and philip ingram
sorry for your loss
Sean Paddison
My heart goes out to you all.
Vernon & Joyce Hawkes
So sorry Pat and Family.
We always enjoyed Charlie. He was a friend to all and
Vernon’s cousin.
He is famous for the best Pork Barbeques…
We will miss him but, have lots of good memories.
Sorry we didn’t know, so could not attend the funeral
Our Thoughts are with you all
God Bless
Vernon & Joyce
brian and kim mansfield
sorry to hear of charlies passing. our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Muriel & Joe Miller
Our sincere sympaties in the loss of Charlie. Our fondest memory of Charlie was a few years back he went on a poker rally with us. We took Mark and Bob and the wagon as Georgie wanted to ride. At one point we stopped to let Charlie get on. He was standing and I kept worrying that he might fall off the back. I said, :Charlie, you better sit down so you don’t fall off” … he told me in a rather calm voice … “don’t worry about me, it is just like those ships I used to go on” … so I tried not to worry anymore and he stood the whole day … It was a beautiful day and a very good day. Take Care & Know you all are in our hearts with kind thoughts and prayers.
Jeff & Nancy Feindel
Pat & Family:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Hold on to the memories, as they will live on forever.
Marilyn Phillips
Charlie left a piece of himself in a lot of hearts!! Everyone who knew him has a “Charlie” story…good and bad!! He is already missed by many. I know “Cotton top” is wondering who will run the four wheeler!!
He left strong “stock” and all remember him and move on…just as he would want! Marilyn Phillips XO
Lauri Huskins-Baxter
To all of Charlie’s family……
“What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.”
Charlie will be missed by all who knew him. He always had a smile and could make everyone laugh in a heartbeat!! Caledonia has lost alot of “the good ole boys”….. but u can be sure they are sharing some stories, a drink or two, or more, lots of laughs, and some good old country music.
I send my sincere sympathies to you all. ((((HUGS))))
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us”. Helen Keller
We never have enough time with the people we love. ~
Lauri
Arthur,Patsy Conrad
To all of Charlies Family,we will miss him dearly,especially Arthur.They were like brothers,when young they were almost always together.He will really miss him.We will always remember the good times we had together,when the kids were young.Hugs to all,RIPCharlie and have a cold one for us