Chronology: Date 1980-10-17

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1980 17 Oct 198-	Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong, (b.June 23, 1895, Hudson, New York), the 'spiritual mother of South America' and the first Latin American pioneer, passed away in the city of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. She had served on the Continental Board of Counsellors from her appointment in 1973. [Mess63-86p248; BW18:738; VV32] For her obituary see BW18:733–738. See Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait by Kristine Leonard Asuncion. Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" . Bahá'í Blog. Wikipedia. Bahaipedia. See FMH40-41 for the story of how she was inspired to go pioneering as told to Doris and Willard McKay. (She had been a classmate of Willard's sister Marguerite at Cornell University.)	Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Names and titles; In Memoriam; Bahia, Brazil; Brazil	first pioneer Latin American


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