Armella Gluhank Paine

Armella Gluhank Paine February 23, 1924 �?¯�?¿�?½�?¯�?¿�?½“ May 19, 2010 Armella Gluhank Paine, 86, of Bloomfield, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, after a long illness, surrounded by family, in her home, feeling very loved. She was born February 23, 1924, in Daisytown, PA., to Mary Gargus Gluhank and Michael Gluhank. She graduated from Lorain High School in Loraine, Ohio, in 1941. She attended and graduated from Case Western Reserve University and earned a Master’s degree in nutrition from Kent State University. She was the first in her extended family to graduate from college. Her Master’s degree required her take a psychology class. There she met Harold Elwood Paine, who was pursing his Ph.D. in psychology. It was there he used the worst pickup line ever uttered: “Hey there, Armadilla. How was Buffalo?” (She had spent the holiday in Ohio, not Buffalo.) Even with this opening greeting to a small armored mammal, she married him on July 17, 1947. They raised five purportedly perfect children in Albuquerque; Joan Paine (Sister Susannah) of Santa Rosa, Calif., Harriet married to Cordell Brown, of Durango, Colo., Judy married to Michael Harris, of Bloomfield, Michael Paine, married to Betty Baca Paine, of Durango, Colo., and Charles Paine married to Susan Paine of Albuquerque. She also had 20 grandchildren, Cordell, Trevor, Hadley, Alex, Tonya, Tara, Matt, Alisa, Dawn, Sarah, Aaron, Elizabeth, Maria, Vanessa, Elson, Acadia, Nick, Jackson, Kellen, and Dana. According to Amella, her children and grandchildren were the smartest, most accomplished and talented people ever to inhabit North America. Most of the credit goes to Amella. Her family will miss her peppery opinions, the way she scolded them about taking the latest herbal remedies, the way she spoiled her grandchildren and how she brought them together for Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthdays. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hal, in 2001. In addition to her children and grandchildren, she is survived by two sisters, Virginia Maynard of Lorain, Ohio, and Maryann Thompson of Albuquerque. Amella was entrusted to the care of: Daniels Family Funeral Services 804 N. Dustin Ave. Farmington, New Mexico 87401 (505) 326-3671