This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Petersdon, Gates Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3483 Message Board Post: Claude Russell waas born August 17, 1886 at Louisville, Kentucky and died July 24, 1953 at Salt Lake City, Utah. He leaves to mourn his passing two sons and two daughters. They are: Robert Russell, Provo, Utah, Leonard Russell, Auburn, Washington; Mrs. Phillip Peterson, Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Lee Gateds of Moorwood, Oklahoma; 16 grandchildren, the oldest of which is in England in the U.S. Air Force; four brothers and four sisters of Wisconsin and Indiana; a score of nephews and nieces, also a score of friends. Claude Russell made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Lee Gates. He was on a trip to visit his other children when he died. His wife preceded him in death in 1917. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK