Bryon W. Armstrong, 72, of Columbus, NJ, passed away on June 7, 2006 at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly, NJ, of metastatic melanoma.

He is survived by Ann Louise Smith, his companion for 29 years; three sons Dean, Gary and Jeffrey, and one daughter Kristina Kuzmicz; four grandchildren Byron and Gillian Armstrong, and Kirsten and Rebecca Kuzmicz; a brother and sister-in-law Roger and Marion Armstrong, and two nephews Glenn and Neil, as well as great-nieces and great- nephews, other relatives and friends.

Bom on the home farm in Columbus, Byron (also known as Sonny or Barney) lived there his entire life. He graduated from William MacFarland High School, Bordentown, in 1952 where he played football, served as State Vice President of the FFA, and was Vice President of his Senior Class. He worked with his father and brother as a dairy farmer until 1989 and continued to farm until his death. He also worked at NADE for the past five years as a driver at the weekly auction.

During his lifetime one of his great loves was bowling and he began bowling on the Columbus Civic Club team and then the Franklin Fire Company team. He bowled in the Twilight League at Holiday Lanes (now Brunswick Lanes) in Burlington, NJ for many years first with Mowrey's EXXON, then Allen's Oil, and then with the Meadow View Farins team. The latter team included his brother, two sons and two nephews and they won the championship for the second half this past season. He also Red country music and was an avid Nascar and Dale Jarrett (88) fan. He enjoyed hunting in New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Montana and Pennsylvania. His greatest love was showing dairy cows in the local, state and national Holstein Shows along with the help of all his fancily members. He recently began purchasing Holstein heifer calves so that his grandchildren could begin their careers in 4-H and show their animals at the Burlington County Fair and the State Holstein Shows. He was a member of Holstein organizations in Burlington County, the State of New Jersey, and nationally. He was a committeeman with GLF and continued as a committeeman when this organization became Agway and remained active for many years. He also had been a member of the Columbus Grange, the Short Hom Gm Club, Farm Bureau and the Civic Club. During the 60s and 70s he was very active with the National Farmer's Organization in their quest to raise the price of milk for farmers.

A celebration of his life will be held on Monday at I 1:00 a.m. from the Huber-Moore Funeral Home, 517 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown with burial to follow in the Columbus Cemetery. Calling hours will be Sunday evening 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Deborah Hospital, Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ, National Foundation for Cancer Research, P.O. Box 96024, Washington, DC, 20090-6024, Mansfield Ambulance Association, Columbus, NJ 08022, or the charity of your choice.