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RUSSELL, Mary Neff (61345)

Birth

  • Born on August 14, 1919 in New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA

Death

  • Died on May 11, 2015 in Methuen, Essex Co., MA
  • Buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Gloucester, Essex Co., MA

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Children

Notes

  • Obituary: OSGOOD, Mary Neff (Russell) Of North Andover and Rockport died on May 11 in Methuen, Massachusetts. She was born on August 14, 1919 in New Castle, Pennyslvania the beloved daughter of the Rev. James Maccalum Russell and Annie Brash Guthrie Russell. Her mother was born in Newton Mearns, Scotland and her father also of Scottish ancestry was a Presbyterian minister. She was predeceased by her parents and two brothers, James and Norman Douglas and was survived by one sister, Nancy Harvey of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. She had three children, Richard Jr. (Alice) of Winchester, Chappaqua, New York and Rockport; Russell (Paula) of Grinnell, Iowa and Rockport; and Dr. Rebecca Osgood Hoerner (Dr. Thomas) of Andover and Rockport. Mary had eleven grandchildren (Richard, Nathaniel, Jenney, Mollie, Josiah, Micah, Iain, Joshua, Amanda, Benjamin and Hannah) and seven great-grandchildren one born very recently. She lived while young in Ohio mostly and graduated in 1941 from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania for which she had a lifelong affection. Her father and brother, Norman, also attended there. From 1955 to the present she resided in Winchester, Rockport and latterly in North Andover. The family requests no flowers and suggests a donation to the First Congregational Church in Winchester. A Funeral Service will be held at the First Congregational Church 21 Church St. Winchester on Friday May 22nd at 11:30 relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Mary's cherished husband, Richard (USMA 1941), who she married three weeks after Pearl Harbor in 1941, died in 2003 and she had lived alone since then at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover which cared for her well. She loved a party and would want all of us to celebrate not grieve. For online condolences please visit www.lanefuneral.com The Boston Globe Boston,MA May 17,2015

Sources

  • Newspaper Obituary: The Boston Globe Boston,MA May 17,2015