The following obituary appeared in the Johnstown Tribune on Monday, May 12, 1969, Page 26
DeARMEY -- Mrs. Erma, 72, 526 Riverside Ave., died at 5:45 a.m. May 11, 1969, at Memorial Hospital. Born July 17, 1896, in Johnstown, daughter of George W. and Jennie (Pergrim) Smith. Survived by husband Dewey, and daughter, Jean, wife of Earl Fritz, 813 Pine St.; also two granddaughters, Beverly Rager and Brenda Fritz; brother, Theodore R., 707 Case Ave.; and sister, Mrs. Lillian Hoffman, 833 Wood St. Member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church and its Philathea Bible Class. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at John Henderson Co. Funeral Home, 215 Central Ave., where service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Rev. Charles Weslager.Interrment, Richland Cemetery.