Founding board member of Lighthouse Foundation dies
For James Armour, helping others was always a priority.
“He always wanted to help people, but it was the manner in which he did it that was so unique. He was so caring, but he was so ethical and so smart,” Amy Borrelli, Armour’s daughter, said. “He was honest, hardworking, and he always gave 150% minimum to everything that he did.”
Armour, 82, of Gibsonia, died in his home surrounded by family on Jan. 4. Born in 1939, he was a founding board member and past president of the Lighthouse Foundation, a Butler County-based Christian outreach organization meeting the needs of impoverished individuals and families.
Armour was a longtime physical therapist who also worked in hospital administration at Mercy and St. Margaret hospitals, and served terms as president of the Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association and treasurer of the American Physical Therapy Association. He was on the Community Advisory Board at St. Barnabas Health System, and was very involved with his church, First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown.
“He did a lot of things and he did a lot of things well, and he dedicated himself to those things,” Borrelli said. “If he gave his word that he was going to do something, then he did it.”
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