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PONTIAC — John T. Armour Jr., 84, of Pontiac, passed away at 5:29 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 10, 2014) at his residence. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Calvert & Martin Funeral Home, Pontiac. The Rev. Gretchen Stinebaugh will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, rural Pontiac. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Memorials in his name may be made to the American Cancer Society.
John was born Jan. 30, 1930, in Cleaton, Ky., a son of Johnny and Lillie Blaize Armour. He married Myrtle E. Shutt. He later married Darlene Park on Nov. 7, 1975, in Pontiac. She survives.
Also surviving are his children, Thomas Wayne (Joyce) Armour, Saunemin; Tereasa (Ron) Likes, Minonk; Richard L. (Verde) Armour, Chandler, Ariz.; Frances (Butch) Sedoris, Louisville, Ky.; Lawrence Robert (Vicki) Wilfong, Patricia Ann (Mel) Shepherd, Linda K. (Clarence) Brown and Robert Lee Armour, all of Pontiac; and John Thomas (Clara) Armour III, Odell; 33 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Donald L. Armour Sr., Cunningham, Ky.; one sister, Joandell Cox, Judsonia, Ark.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and one sister.
John was educated in the Central City, Ky., schools, He trained horses in Skokie, Morton Grove and Half Day. He worked at Interlake Steel and later was a welder at Caterpillar Inc. in Joliet. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Cunningham, Ky.
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1930 - 2014 (84 years)
