Elizabeth A. Armstrong

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” (Hunt) Armstrong, a 75 year resident of Dedham, died Wednesday, January 2nd at her home in Dedham.  She was 80.  Betty was born August 6, 1932 in Newton, Massachusetts, the only daughter of Everett R. and Emily (Patch) Hunt.  Her family moved to Dedham when she was a child and she graduated from Dedham High School.  Betty worked for Meals on Wheels, and as a bookkeeper for Mr Donut and for Royal Machine.  She also worked as a Hostess for Rossi’s Restaurant in Dedham.  Betty was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Dedham and of the Dedham High Alumni Association.  She enjoyed spending her summers down on the Cape.  Betty was the beloved mother of Douglas L. Armstrong of Malibu, California, Linda S. Mellen, and her husband James, of Dedham, and Janet L. Kelly, and her husband Gerard, of Bellingham; and the loving grandmother of Cory and Aaron Armstrong, Andrea and Christopher Mellen, and Andrew and Kayla Kelly.  She was the sister of the late Richard E. Hunt.  Visiting hours will be held Saturday, January 5th from 9 to 11 AM followed by a funeral service at 11 AM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham.  Interment will be in Newton Cemetery, Newton.