Robert Edwin “Bob” RussellPassing: May 9, 2017
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Funeral Service |
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Sunday, May 14th @ 2:00 pm |
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Saturday, May 13th @ 4:00-7:00 pm |
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Sunday, May 14th |
MITCHELL – Robert Edwin “Bob” Russell, 70, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Mitchell Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center.
Born January 13, 1947, in Bloomington, he was the son of Walter Edwin and Wilma M. (Block) Russell. He married Leona Marie Tanksley December 26, 1970.
Bob was employed 13 years at WBIW as an announcer and programmer and host of the Feedback Talk Show. He retired from NSWC—Crane in 2007 as a purchasing agent.
He graduated from Oolitic High School in 1965, and received an associate degree from Vincennes University. Bob was a past member of the Toastmasters Club and a member of the First Christian Church in Bedford. He was an avid fan of Indiana University Basketball.
Surviving:
wife,
Leona Russell of Mitchell
daughter,
Terri (John) Stump of Warsaw
grandchildren,
Brandy (Jeremy) Busz of Warsaw
Misty (Tyler) Simerl of Warsaw
Charity (Dustin) Cordill of Warsaw
Marlen Waldridge III of Warsaw
Keith Waldridge of Warsaw
13 great grandchildren
sister,
Joann (James) Teresi of Deerfield Beach, Florida
nephews,
Kevin Phipps
Jeff Phipps
aunt,
Rosalyn Hurst of Evansville
His parents preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Reverend Bruce Ervin officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. until the service on Sunday at the funeral home.
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