Our funeral home is a family owned and operated business. We are large enough to give our families the same service as the largest funeral homes around, yet we are small enough that each family gets the level of attention and care they deserve.

	Bill Armstrong Owner / Funeral Director Bill was raised in Mechanicsville, Iowa, graduating from Lincoln High School in Stanwood in 1981. He graduated from North Iowa Area Comm. College in Mason City in 1983 and Dallas Institute of Mortuary science in 1984. Bill married Sandy Carson of Diagonal in 1986, and after living a short time in Norwalk, they moved to Mount Ayr in 1988 when he accepted a position as a funeral director. After LBanks’ retirement, Bill became a partner in 2001 and the name was changed to Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home. On January 1 2009, Bill & Sandy purchased the funeral home from Jay & Donna Watson and the name was changed to Watson-Armstrong Funeral Homes. Bill & Sandy are the parents of three children; Jacque (Bob) Sobotka, Jared Armstrong, and Josh Armstrong. They also have four grandchildren Elizabeth, Andrew, Jacob, and Ronny Sobotka.
	Jay Watson Funeral Director Jay was raised in Diagonal, graduating from Diagonal High school in 1967. He enlisted in the US Army and served in Vietnam. Jay attended Southwest Community College in Creston and graduated from Kentucky School of Mortuary Science in Louisville, Kentucky in 1974. In 1979, Jay purchased ½ interest in the Varner Funeral Homes of Diagonal, Clearfield, and Tingley in 1979. In 1981, Jay & LBanks Wilson, owner of Rhoades-Wilson Funeral Home in Mount Ayr, merged their businesses and created Wilson-Watson Funeral Homes of Mount Ayr, Clearfield, and Diagonal. Mr. Wilson retired in 1992. Jay married his high school classmate, Donna Rychnovsky, in 1971 and they are the parents of three daughters; Sara (Wes) Little, Kayren (Mike) Davidson, and Anna Leigh Watson (fiancé Pat Cunningham). They have three grandchildren, Hannah, Haydn, Stella, and are expecting their fourth grandchild. Jay & Donna have resided in Mount Ayr since 1987. Following the sale of the funeral home to the Armstrong's, Jay will still work at the funeral home on a part time basis.
	Joshua Armstrong Josh has lived his entire life in Mt. Ayr graduating from Mount Ayr High School in 2006. Josh had worked for Dolecheck Farms following high school. On January 1, 2009 he became employed with Watson-Armstrong Funeral Homes.
	Hugh Terwilliger Hugh has lived his entire life in Mount Ayr, graduating in 1951. He is married to Kay Taylor. Hugh worked for several years as a crop hail insurance adjuster, retiring and working part time at the Mount Ayr Live stock and operated a pop corn stand at baseball games and auctions. Hugh sold his pop corn stand and has worked part time for the funeral home for the past nine years helping with visitations and funerals.
	Bernard Crawford Bernard has lived his entire life in Mount Ayr, graduating in 1972. He married Marla White in 1982 and they have two sons Kendall Crawford and Jordan Crawford. Bernard worked several years at Don’s Ayrliner in Mount Ayr. He also had helped at the funeral home on a part time basis. Since 1993, he has helped with visitations, funerals, and maintenance.