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Olive Ruth (Dove) Armentrout, Harrisonburg, formerly of Franklin, WV, went to her final home, Sunday morning, November 27, 2011. Born  December 20, 1926, at Mouth of Seneca (Seneca Rocks) WV, she was the oldest of 9 children born to the late Ernie B Cooper, Sr. and Daisy Belle (Painter) Cooper. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by sisters; AnnaBelle Cubbage & Patsy Cooper; & brothers, Ernie B. Jr., Jack, & Benny, also Ray, Worth, Bruce “Chip” & Danny Dove. On August 30, 1947, she married R. Dayton Armentrout, who predeceased her September 24, 2001. They had been married 54+ years.
She is survived by daughter, Brenda Haas, (with whom she made her home); granddaughter Olivia Orndorff (Craig), Harrisonburg; brothers, Harry (Diane) and Jerry (Woodstock), and Gene (Greta) (Harrisonburg), and sisters Lillian Teets, Jean Bland, Molly Tidwell, & Patricia Dickenson, brothers, Gus & Alton Dove, plus dozens of nieces, nephews and great nephews & nieces.
In 1945 the Circleville High School graduate, along with school pal, Nellie Landes headed to Washington, DC, & Olive worked for the FBI. Back to Harrisonburg, Olive attended & graduated from Pauline's Beauty School where, on July 29th, 1947, she survived the gas explosion, which blew up a whole city block, even shattering windows in Asbury Methodist Church & killing many of her co-workers & patrons, both in the shop & the school (which were attached).
After marriage, the young couple moved to Franklin where she 'did hair' & from late 50's-'64 managed the "Snack Bar" at Warner Drive-In Theater (Franklin-220 North). In between, she sewed (even Barbie Doll clothes), crocheted and maintained a home. Moving to Woodstock, VA in 1965, with her brothers, she not only provided financial backing, but did bookwork for a tire recapping shop, gaining the company an "A" rating with Dunn & Bradstreet. 1967, with Dayt working in Washington, DC, the family moved to the 'burbs (Wheaton, MD) where Olive found her niche in retail with Drug Fair, in Cosmetics (where else?). Metro bought their home in 1980, so back to Franklin they went. Too young to retire, Olive started working @ "Ben's Department Store" and when Family Dollar took over, she stayed, eventually becoming a store manager. At age of 69, with Dayt fighting Parkinson's, Olive retired for good.
Olive & Dayt were both founding members of the Franklin Evangelical United Brethren Church (Walnut Street United Methodist). She is a member of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg.
Olive developed COPD & Emphasema due to heavy smoking. (She stopped in 2001), but later had to be on oxygen. She always said, she'd "like to warn anyone she saw smoking that they needed to QUIT. If I could stop after all this time, (60+ years) these 'kids' who haven't smoked long can do it."
Basagic Funeral Home, Franklin, will be handling the details. Rev. Dr. Don Shull, Minister. Pall Bearers are: Andrew Sterne, Ted Sterne, Robbie Hinkle, Jonathan Lindsay, Jerad Bowman, Steve Hedrick. Honorary Pall Bearers are:Members of Home Instead Senior Care (Mom's Caregivers).
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