Mary E. Armbruster

Mary E. Arm­bruster, age 93, of Lan­caster, PA and for­merly of Edi­son, OH, went to be with the Lord on Sep­tem­ber 26, 2012, at the Hamil­ton Arms Center.

Born Feb­ru­ary 12, 1919, Mary grew up on a farm just west of Edi­son, one of seven chil­dren of the late Fred Ivan and Annis Eliz­a­beth (Camp­bell) Wertz. Mary grad­u­ated from the Edi­son School sys­tem in 1937 and went on to receive her RN degree from Mount Sinai Hos­pi­tal School of Nurs­ing in 1944. On March 26, 1949 she mar­ried Fran­cis “Regis” Arm­bruster (deceased). Mary devoted her­self to her fam­ily, but also main­tained a very indus­tri­ous nurs­ing career. She worked var­i­ous nurs­ing posi­tions includ­ing Mans­field Gen­eral Hos­pi­tal, Dr. Kubbs Fam­ily Prac­tice, Mor­row County Gen­eral Hos­pi­tal, Mans­field State Pen­i­ten­tiary, Dr. Hick­son, Rich­land County Health Depart­ment, and the Beatty Lung Clinic. Addi­tion­ally, Mary vol­un­teered for the Red Cross, was a past vice pres­i­dent of the Mor­row County Can­cer Soci­ety, and greatly enjoyed giv­ing her time as camp nurse to Camp Wal­hond­ing. Mary also vol­un­teered as a Cub Scout Den Mother and was a past mem­ber of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mt. Gilead, OH.

Mary was dearly loved by her fam­ily and will be missed by her four chil­dren: Michael R (Pamela) Arm­bruster of State Col­lege, PA, Stephen F. (Sally) Arm­bruster of Lan­caster, PA, Debra K. (Ran­dall) Linn of Great Falls, MT and Tamula J. (Roger) Ward of Inde­pen­dence, KS; two sis­ters, Vir­ginia Moore of Xenia, OH, and Wanda Rezac of Sid­ney, NE, sister-in-law Iris Wertz of Mans­field, OH, seven grand­chil­dren and four great grandchildren.

In addi­tion to her hus­band and par­ents, Mary was pre­ceded in death by four sib­lings: Martha “Pauline” Wertz, Freda Wire, Dorothy King, and William “Bill” Wertz, and one grand­child, Heidi A. Linn. There will be a grave­side ser­vice when Mary is buried next to her hus­band in the Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Ceme­tery in Shelby, OH at a later date. Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions in Mary’s mem­ory may be made to your local Amer­i­can Can­cer Society.

Online con­do­lences may be posted on our Web site: www.thegroffs.com. The Groffs Fam­ily Funeral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vices, Inc. 528 West Orange Street, Lan­caster, PA 17603 717 394‑5300

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