John Robert "Bob" Russell
John Robert (Bob) Russell, 82, of Parkersburg, celebrated resurrection April 25, 2010, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 3, 1927, in Putnan Texas, the youngest son of the late Neil M. Sr. and Lura Lea Russell.
He is survived by one brother, Neil M. Russell Jr. of Parkersburg; son, John A. Russell and wife Nancy; daughter, Evelyn S. Stephens and husband Russell Thomas; seven grandchildren, David Russell of Charleston, W.Va., Ronald Sams and wife Lisa of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Aimee Beth Russell of Marietta, OH, Christopher Russell and wife Jaimie of Morgantown, W.Va., Samuel Sams and wife Kristi of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Scott Gossert and wife Yang of Sterling, VA, and Jason Stephens and wife Sonya of Belleville, W.Va.; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren Grossclose, Amber Russell, Kyle Sams, Drew Sams, Paige Sams, Alec Russell, Edan Russell, Adam Sams, and Benjamin Gossert; and also surviving is his special "buddy", Charlotte Deem.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Amy Rose Burrows Russell; one brother, Beryl Russell; and four sisters, Virginia Browning, Sara Pickens, Georgia Robinson, and Jean Carr.
He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum with fifteen years of service and was a member of the Union Steelworkers Union Local 5668.
He was also a member of the South Parkersburg United Methodist Church.
He was drafted during high school into the Infantry of the United States Army in 1945, transferred to the United States Army Air Corp in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947.
He received his West Virginia State High School Equivalent Diploma through the Armed Forces. On January 23, 2001, he was very proud to receive his high school diploma for Parkersburg High School at a Wood County Board of Education through the West Virginia Veterans Affairs Office "Operation Recognition" program for WWII veterans.
John R. (Bob) was a machinist by trade and had been employed by the Acme Fishing Tool Company, Amax Specialty Metals Company, Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel in Columbia, SC, Riverton Lime Company in Riverton, VA, O. Ames Company, Carl E. Smith Pipeline Construction Company of Sandyville, WV, and retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, WV, in 1998.
He was a member of the Wood County Flywheelers Association Club and enjoyed traveling to engine shows in Portland, IN, and Sistersville, WV.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1PM Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 2333 Pike St., south Parkersburg, with Pastor Rick Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8PM on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and one hour prior to services on Wednesday April 28, 2010, at the funeral home.
John Robert (Bob) Russell, 82, of Parkersburg, celebrated resurrection April 25, 2010, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 3, 1927, in Putnan Texas, the youngest son of the late Neil M. Sr. and Lura Lea Russell.
He is survived by one brother, Neil M. Russell Jr. of Parkersburg; son, John A. Russell and wife Nancy; daughter, Evelyn S. Stephens and husband Russell Thomas; seven grandchildren, David Russell of Charleston, W.Va., Ronald Sams and wife Lisa of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Aimee Beth Russell of Marietta, OH, Christopher Russell and wife Jaimie of Morgantown, W.Va., Samuel Sams and wife Kristi of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Scott Gossert and wife Yang of Sterling, VA, and Jason Stephens and wife Sonya of Belleville, W.Va.; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren Grossclose, Amber Russell, Kyle Sams, Drew Sams, Paige Sams, Alec Russell, Edan Russell, Adam Sams, and Benjamin Gossert; and also surviving is his special "buddy", Charlotte Deem.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Amy Rose Burrows Russell; one brother, Beryl Russell; and four sisters, Virginia Browning, Sara Pickens, Georgia Robinson, and Jean Carr.
He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum with fifteen years of service and was a member of the Union Steelworkers Union Local 5668.
He was also a member of the South Parkersburg United Methodist Church.
He was drafted during high school into the Infantry of the United States Army in 1945, transferred to the United States Army Air Corp in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947.
He received his West Virginia State High School Equivalent Diploma through the Armed Forces. On January 23, 2001, he was very proud to receive his high school diploma for Parkersburg High School at a Wood County Board of Education through the West Virginia Veterans Affairs Office "Operation Recognition" program for WWII veterans.
John R. (Bob) was a machinist by trade and had been employed by the Acme Fishing Tool Company, Amax Specialty Metals Company, Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel in Columbia, SC, Riverton Lime Company in Riverton, VA, O. Ames Company, Carl E. Smith Pipeline Construction Company of Sandyville, WV, and retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, WV, in 1998.
He was a member of the Wood County Flywheelers Association Club and enjoyed traveling to engine shows in Portland, IN, and Sistersville, WV.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1PM Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 2333 Pike St., south Parkersburg, with Pastor Rick Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8PM on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and one hour prior to services on Wednesday April 28, 2010, at the funeral home.
John Robert "Bob" Russell
John Robert (Bob) Russell, 82, of Parkersburg, celebrated resurrection April 25, 2010, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 3, 1927, in Putnan Texas, the youngest son of the late Neil M. Sr. and Lura Lea Russell.
He is survived by one brother, Neil M. Russell Jr. of Parkersburg; son, John A. Russell and wife Nancy; daughter, Evelyn S. Stephens and husband Russell Thomas; seven grandchildren, David Russell of Charleston, W.Va., Ronald Sams and wife Lisa of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Aimee Beth Russell of Marietta, OH, Christopher Russell and wife Jaimie of Morgantown, W.Va., Samuel Sams and wife Kristi of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Scott Gossert and wife Yang of Sterling, VA, and Jason Stephens and wife Sonya of Belleville, W.Va.; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren Grossclose, Amber Russell, Kyle Sams, Drew Sams, Paige Sams, Alec Russell, Edan Russell, Adam Sams, and Benjamin Gossert; and also surviving is his special "buddy", Charlotte Deem.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Amy Rose Burrows Russell; one brother, Beryl Russell; and four sisters, Virginia Browning, Sara Pickens, Georgia Robinson, and Jean Carr.
He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum with fifteen years of service and was a member of the Union Steelworkers Union Local 5668.
He was also a member of the South Parkersburg United Methodist Church.
He was drafted during high school into the Infantry of the United States Army in 1945, transferred to the United States Army Air Corp in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947.
He received his West Virginia State High School Equivalent Diploma through the Armed Forces. On January 23, 2001, he was very proud to receive his high school diploma for Parkersburg High School at a Wood County Board of Education through the West Virginia Veterans Affairs Office "Operation Recognition" program for WWII veterans.
John R. (Bob) was a machinist by trade and had been employed by the Acme Fishing Tool Company, Amax Specialty Metals Company, Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel in Columbia, SC, Riverton Lime Company in Riverton, VA, O. Ames Company, Carl E. Smith Pipeline Construction Company of Sandyville, WV, and retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, WV, in 1998.
He was a member of the Wood County Flywheelers Association Club and enjoyed traveling to engine shows in Portland, IN, and Sistersville, WV.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1PM Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 2333 Pike St., south Parkersburg, with Pastor Rick Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8PM on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and one hour prior to services on Wednesday April 28, 2010, at the funeral home.
John Robert (Bob) Russell, 82, of Parkersburg, celebrated resurrection April 25, 2010, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 3, 1927, in Putnan Texas, the youngest son of the late Neil M. Sr. and Lura Lea Russell.
He is survived by one brother, Neil M. Russell Jr. of Parkersburg; son, John A. Russell and wife Nancy; daughter, Evelyn S. Stephens and husband Russell Thomas; seven grandchildren, David Russell of Charleston, W.Va., Ronald Sams and wife Lisa of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Aimee Beth Russell of Marietta, OH, Christopher Russell and wife Jaimie of Morgantown, W.Va., Samuel Sams and wife Kristi of Mineral Wells, W.Va., Scott Gossert and wife Yang of Sterling, VA, and Jason Stephens and wife Sonya of Belleville, W.Va.; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren Grossclose, Amber Russell, Kyle Sams, Drew Sams, Paige Sams, Alec Russell, Edan Russell, Adam Sams, and Benjamin Gossert; and also surviving is his special "buddy", Charlotte Deem.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Amy Rose Burrows Russell; one brother, Beryl Russell; and four sisters, Virginia Browning, Sara Pickens, Georgia Robinson, and Jean Carr.
He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum with fifteen years of service and was a member of the Union Steelworkers Union Local 5668.
He was also a member of the South Parkersburg United Methodist Church.
He was drafted during high school into the Infantry of the United States Army in 1945, transferred to the United States Army Air Corp in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947.
He received his West Virginia State High School Equivalent Diploma through the Armed Forces. On January 23, 2001, he was very proud to receive his high school diploma for Parkersburg High School at a Wood County Board of Education through the West Virginia Veterans Affairs Office "Operation Recognition" program for WWII veterans.
John R. (Bob) was a machinist by trade and had been employed by the Acme Fishing Tool Company, Amax Specialty Metals Company, Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel in Columbia, SC, Riverton Lime Company in Riverton, VA, O. Ames Company, Carl E. Smith Pipeline Construction Company of Sandyville, WV, and retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood, WV, in 1998.
He was a member of the Wood County Flywheelers Association Club and enjoyed traveling to engine shows in Portland, IN, and Sistersville, WV.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1PM Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 2333 Pike St., south Parkersburg, with Pastor Rick Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8PM on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and one hour prior to services on Wednesday April 28, 2010, at the funeral home.
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