David Allen Armour

He attended Whittier High School, class of 1964. He wrestled, played baseball, and football to keep in shape. Upon graduation he first attended Cerritos College, where he played baseball, then transferred to Rio Hondo College. He earned his degree in higher education at Whittier College where he also played baseball, earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education.

Upon college graduation, he went to work for Whittier Recreation Department as the Recreation Director. He continued to look elsewhere for employment, applying to several police and fire departments. Since his dad had been a fireman in Missouri, he was interested in firefighting as a career but also felt becoming a police officer would be a good choice as well.

Unable to find any local police department accepting new recruits, he widened his search to Oceanside because he had played softball there and was accepted to the department. He worked for Oceanside PD for a few years, then he did a lateral transfer to Huntington Park PD. After 3 years he came back to Oceanside PD where he retired on medical retirement due to an injury to his vertebrae and wrist in a fight with a crook! While working at Oceanside PD, he met a woman working as a dispatcher who would become his wife, Robin.

While in Oceanside the couple welcomed two daughters, Michelle and Kristina. The family then moved to South Lake Tahoe where David and Robin both worked at the college, David as an Adjunct Faculty in Physical Education.

David continued to follow Robin’s career, first in Hemet for 3 years. It was there he developed COPD from a huge dust storm. The family then moved to the East Bay Area where Robin worked at Los Medanos College.

In 2021, David had a kidney stone procedure where he aspirated during the procedure and got pneumonia. This is when he was placed on oxygen. His health started slowly deteriorating over the last few years with multiple hospital visits, but was always able to bounce back. The family often joked that David had 29 lives!

In October 2025, David had a fall and broke his upper arm. This began a quick progress of events over several weeks that culminated with being placed on a ventilator for 16 days, until his body grew tired of fighting. He had battled long and hard for so long, but it was time to go. He was surrounded by his loving family as he passed on December 11, 2025.

David is survived by his wife, Robin; daughters Michelle and Kristina; grandchildren, Mac, Myla, Gunnar, Cannon and Barrett, as well as his trusty dog Hunter.