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Patricia “Patty” Lynn (Hennings) Armstrong, 63, of Blair, formerly of Ponca, died on Friday, April 18, 2014, after a battle with cancer.

Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the Salem Lutheran Church in Ponca. Interment will be in the Ponca Cemetery in Ponca. Visitation with the family present will be 5-7 p.m. Monday with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at First Christian Church in Blair.

Patty Lynn Hennings was born March 14, 1951, to Melvin and Marjorie (Shalberg) Hennings.

She grew up on a farm in Crofton. She graduated from Crofton High School in 1969. She then attended and graduated from Stewart’s School of Hairstyling in Sioux City, Iowa.

She married Tim Armstrong on Dec. 20, 1972, and they made their first home in Bloomfield. Their children included Troy, Ty and Amy.

She owned and operated a beauty salon in Bloomfield. In December of 1975, they moved to Ponca where she worked at Melva’s Hair Fashions for 22 years.

In the fall of 1998, they moved to Blair where she first worked as a teacher’s aide for a year; then worked at Great Plains Communications. She loved her job and the people she worked with at Great Plains. She retired shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer.

She was a member of Omaha Bible Church. She loved teaching Sunday school so much that she did it for 14 years. She had a heart for teaching 3- and 4-year-olds. “Miss Patty” helped hundreds of children come to know and love the Lord. Not only was she a blessing to children, but she blessed everyone she came into contact with – with her smile, hugs, compassion and magnetic personality. She lit up a room when she walked into it.

Her hobbies included spending time with and spoiling her grandchildren, scrapbooking for her grandchildren, gardening, and canning. She was a mentor for TeamMates, a mentoring program at Otte Middle School and Blair High School.

She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Tim Armstrong of Blair; sons: Troy (Jill) Armstrong of Firth and Ty (DeVonna) Armstrong of Denver, Colo.; daughter Amy (Reed) McGill of Ponca; grandchildren: Alexa, Ben, Hannah, Christian, Gabe, Gage, Maggie, Addie and Tucker; and very special extended family: Justin and Jamie Hamar, and their children, Blake, Brandon, Kaylee and Kelsey.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Marjorie; brother Rodney; and sister Kathy.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to TeamMates of Blair.

Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca is in charge of arrangements.

www.mohrfuneralhome.com.

Published in Omaha World-Herald on Apr. 20, 2014

Armstrong, Patricia "Patty" Lynn (Hennings)

Apr 18, 2014

Blair, NE, formerly of Ponca, NE. Went to be with the Lord after a battle with cancer.

FUNERAL SERVICE at 10:30am Tuesday, April 22, at Salem Lutheran Church, Ponca, NE. VISITATION with family present 5-7pm, and 7pm Prayer Service all on Monday, April 21, at First Christian Church, 1133 N 28th Ave., Blair, NE. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that Memorials be directed to: TeamMates of Blair, NE.

Online condolences to the family may be posted at: www.mohrfuneralhome.com

MOHR FUNERAL HOME Ponca, NE (402) 755-2202

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~