Saratoga Springs, NY - Helen "Foo" V. Donohoe Armstrong, 87, of Embury Apartments, formally of York Avenue, passed away January 3, 2013 at The Pines Nursing Home in Glens Falls. Born on February 8, 1925 in Saratoga Springs, she was the daughter of the late Charles Hayes and Ody Helen Donohoe. She went to school in Saratoga Springs, graduating from Saratoga High School in 1943. Her scholarship to nursing school was cut short by an automobile accident on 9P around Saratoga Lake. She worked at The Country Gentleman, the telephone company in the "gut" on Putnam Street and then at Skidmore College working the second shift as a switchboard operator, retiring from there in 1992. Helen enjoyed knitting, bowling, gardening of which she enjoyed having a garden at Embury Apartments in the last few years. She and her late husband, John, held chicken barbecues in their backyard on York Ave. to help Saratoga ARC, now known as Saratoga Bridges, get their start in the early years. She was proud of having her eldest granddaughter ask for her spaghetti sauce and meatball recipe that she learned to perfect from an Italian neighbor in her early years of marriage and proud of all her children and grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband John, who passed away in 2001, Helen was predeceased by her three brothers, Joseph, Hayes and Edward Donohoe and a sister Rita Piccarreto. Survivors include her three sons, John (Jack) M. Armstrong and his wife Roma Armstrong of Saratoga Springs, Paul C. and Bruce E. Armstrong of Saratoga Springs; two daughters, Corinne M. Scirocco and her husband Anthony "Skip" Scirocco of Saratoga Springs and JoAnn M. Rosebrook and her husband Richard Rosebrook of Porter Corners. She is also survived by her six grandchildren, three great grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; Anthony Scirocco and his wife Heather Scirocco, their two children Madison and Vincent Scirocco of Saratoga Springs, Mark Scirocco and his son Schuyler Scirocco of Saratoga Springs, Marisa Shickel and her husband Stuart Shickel of Palmyra, VA, Jonathan, Ashley and Nicholas Rosebrook of Porter Corners and Matthew Rosebrook of Boston, MA and Michael Rosebrook of Saratoga Springs as well as many nieces and nephews who were very fond of their Aunt Foo. Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 7 pm, Monday, January 7, 2013 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 584-5373. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30am Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at St. Clement's Church, 231 Lake Ave. Burial will follow at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Duell Rd., Schuylerville. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Saratoga Bridges, 16 Saratoga Bridges Boulevard, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, (587-0723). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com