Leroy Armbruster

Leroy Armbruster, Sr., son of Geraldine Kennedy Armbruster and the late James Armbruster, was born on August 5, 1947, in Highland, Illinois and passed away at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 25, 2012, at the age of 64 years, 9 months and 20 days. Mr. Armbruster was a former resident of the Bernie, Missouri area and had lived in the Festus and Bonne Terre areas for many years. He was a self employed automobile mechanic. Surviving are two sons, Leroy Armbruster, Jr. of Nampa, Idaho, Josh Armbruster of Kuttawa, Kentucky; five daughters, Patty Jennings and Tanny Hon both of Bernie, Missouri, Denise Walker of Gideon, Missouri, Cheryl Ramey of Lesage, West Virginia, Brandi Walker of Dexter, Missouri; his mother, Geraldine Armbruster of Festus, Missouri; twenty-one grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; one brother, Joe Armbruster of Festus, Missouri; and two sisters, Margaret Shelton and Brenda McGee both of Festus, Missouri. Other relatives and many friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one brother, Ray Armbruster. Services will be held on Tuesday May 29, 2012, at 10:00 at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with full Military Honors. Interment will be in the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Missouri in charge of all arrangements.