Folks, I know that many of you have loved the music of Gerry Armstrong, and her late husbang, George---their great LP on Folkways that introduced the world to the the words to "Simple Gifts"---their fine work on Folk Legacy as original members of "THE GOLDEN RING", the albums called "FIVE DAYS SINGING" and recently a CD with her daughters, Rebecca and Jennifer. Sandy and Caroline & I had recently spent some lovely hours listening to Gerry just 3 or 4 weeks ago at the Dulcimer Festival in Morris, Illinois where S. & C. were performing also. We knew Gerry was ill but we didn't know how sick she actually was.
Today I got this e-mail from an old folk friend in California.

"Hi, Gerry Armstrong's sister just called to tell me that Gerry died today, just before noon, our time. Her sister, Barbara, was with her as all the girls were in California for Becky's son's wedding. Gerry had planned to go, but in the last few days had started to fail. Barbara reported that Gerry died without pain, peacefully with a smile on her lips."

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