Ina Lorraine (Duffle) Armour died Sept. 2 in Greencastle. She was 101.
Born Dec. 20, 1908, in Hindsboro, Ill., she was the daughter of Harmon and Grace Duffle.
Mrs. Armour attended a one-room schoolhouse in Hindsboro, but traveled with her Grandmother Simpson as chaperone to Indianapolis to attend the Teacher's College of Indianapolis (Madam Blaker's all-girl college). Upon graduation she returned to that same one-room schoolhouse to teach first and second grades.
Shortly after she was married, the couple moved briefly to Indianapolis and finally to Hazelwood where they spent the majority of their lives. Mrs. Armour was a homemaker, a foster parent to more than 30 children through the years, and at one time worked as an aide in a local nursing home. She also volunteered at Armour's Greenhouse, which was owned by her son and daughter-in-law. She was an active member of the Plainfield Church of Christ, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hazelwood Volunteer Fire Department, and the Hazelwood Circle. She loved growing flowers, decorating for Christmas, entertaining guests in her home, and baking for shut-ins.
She is survived by two sons, Dale (Helen ) and Dwane (Cookie) Armour, all of Hazelwood; a daughter, Diane (Don) Hall of Gainesville, Fla.; grandchildren Pam and Kenny Cooper, Steve Armour, Jeff and Julie Broadstreet, Barry and Jennifer Armour, Keith and Cathy Armour, Scott and Amy Armour, Brook and Jason Rockefeller, Lisa and Eric Hammond and Todd Hall; extended family, Patty, Tina and Jimmy Williams, Roger Mize, Larry Allen, and Connie Allen Westlake; three sisters-in-law, Adelia, Rose, and Betty Duffle; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers (Nelson, Andrew, Leon, and Horace Duffle), a sister (Mary Duffle Van Blaricom), two sisters-in-law (Geneva Shonkweiler and Gertrude Shaw), and a foster daughter, Agnes Poppino.
Services will take place at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Weaver & Randolph Funeral Home in Clayton. Interment will follow at Center Valley Cemetery.
Visitation will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7 at the funeral home.
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