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Thelma F. Armbruster Aug 04 1929 - Oct 20 2010
Funeral services for Thelma F. (Mrs. Willard) Armbruster, age 81, of Wallace, SD, will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in Calvary Lutheran Church, Wallace. Rev. Scott Dempster will officiate. Music will be provided by Dorothy Anderson as organist with congregational singing. Thelma passed away due to Alzheimer’s on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at a care center in Lake Norden, SD. Burial will be in Telemarken Cemetery, rural Wallace. Honorary pallbearers will be: Thelma's friends and neighbors, the Golden Living Center – Lake Norden staff and residents, her great-grandchildren: Cael, Blaize, and Gavon Larson, the Country View Assisted Living staff, and the Prairie Lakes Hospice staff. Active pallbearers will be: Amity Armbruster, Chelsea Larson, Allen Fedje, Arnie Mastel, Joe Purfeerst, and Kornel Wibeto. Visitation will be at Crawford Funeral Chapel in Watertown on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. and in the church on Tuesday prior to the services. The family is requested to meet at the church on Tuesday by 10:00 for a prayer service. Thelma was born On August 4, 1929, in Maydell Township, Clark County, SD, to Theodore and Florence (Meyer) Moe. She was baptized at Telemarken Lutheran Church. Thelma attended rural school, southwest of Wallace. She attended Wallace High School for a short time before going to work for her father on the family farm. On February 16, 1947, Thelma married Willard Armbruster. The couple farmed near Wallace for many years before retiring. Thelma was a long time member of Calvary Lutheran Church and Calvary W.M.F. She enjoyed farming, visiting with friends and neighbors, and being with her family. She is survived by her husband, Willard, of Wallace, SD; one son, Warren (Valri) Armbruster, of Wallace, SD; two grandchildren: Amity Armbruster and her friend Josh Millar of Portsmouth, NH, and Chelsea (Beau) Larson of Webster, SD; three great-grandchildren: Cael, Blaize, and Gavon Larson; one brother, Martin “Bill” (Pat) Moe, of Watertown; and her nieces and nephews. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and two sisters.

Thelma F. Armbruster
Aug 04 1929 - Oct 20 2010

Funeral services for Thelma F. (Mrs. Willard) Armbruster, age 81, of Wallace, SD, will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in Calvary Lutheran Church, Wallace. Rev. Scott Dempster will officiate. Music will be provided by Dorothy Anderson as organist with congregational singing. Thelma passed away due to Alzheimer’s on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at a care center in Lake Norden, SD.

Burial will be in Telemarken Cemetery, rural Wallace. Honorary pallbearers will be: Thelma's friends and neighbors, the Golden Living Center – Lake Norden staff and residents, her great-grandchildren: Cael, Blaize, and Gavon Larson, the Country View Assisted Living staff, and the Prairie Lakes Hospice staff. Active pallbearers will be: Amity Armbruster, Chelsea Larson, Allen Fedje, Arnie Mastel, Joe Purfeerst, and Kornel Wibeto.

Visitation will be at Crawford Funeral Chapel in Watertown on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. and in the church on Tuesday prior to the services. The family is requested to meet at the church on Tuesday by 10:00 for a prayer service.

Thelma was born On August 4, 1929, in Maydell Township, Clark County, SD, to Theodore and Florence (Meyer) Moe. She was baptized at Telemarken Lutheran Church. Thelma attended rural school, southwest of Wallace. She attended Wallace High School for a short time before going to work for her father on the family farm.

On February 16, 1947, Thelma married Willard Armbruster. The couple farmed near Wallace for many years before retiring.

Thelma was a long time member of Calvary Lutheran Church and Calvary W.M.F. She enjoyed farming, visiting with friends and neighbors, and being with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Willard, of Wallace, SD; one son, Warren (Valri) Armbruster, of Wallace, SD; two grandchildren: Amity Armbruster and her friend Josh Millar of Portsmouth, NH, and Chelsea (Beau) Larson of Webster, SD; three great-grandchildren: Cael, Blaize, and Gavon Larson; one brother, Martin “Bill” (Pat) Moe, of Watertown; and her nieces and nephews.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and two sisters.

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Comment posted by: Gilda Eddie Toney
Thu 28th Oct 2010 05:51 pm

We are sorry we could not be there for you during this terrible time of loss. Stanley and Becky Stiles also send there love and condolences. We are thinking of you and praying that your time of sorrow will be short and you will remember only the good times. We love you Eddie and Gilda

Comment posted by: Larry and Judy Hagen
Fri 22nd Oct 2010 06:35 pm

Our deepest sympathys to all of you. Thelma will be truely missed. She was a true friend. I will always remember the fun times we had when we worked together at church and our very special visits. Larry & Judy

Comment posted by: Rod and Wendy Christman
Fri 22nd Oct 2010 09:38 am

Dear Ones,

We have been comforted by the verse in Psalms, "Precious in the sight of God is the death of His saints". May you be, also. Sending our sincere condolences to you and your families.

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