This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oZEBAIB/3950 Message Board Post: The following obit is reprinted from the May 27, 2002 edition of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle with permission of Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. Copyright 2002. All rights reserved. Kenneth E. Russell 1938-2002 Kenneth E. Russell, 64, of Cheyenne died May 23 in Cheyenne. He was born March 20, 1938, in Endicott, N.Y., and had lived here since 1965. He graduated in Owego, N.Y. Mr. Russell served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a load master for the Wyoming Air National Guard for 30 years. Prior to that he was a truck driver for Cryogenic and Reed Hurst. He was a leader for Boy Scout Troop 218 and Cub Scout Pack 218. Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Carol Russell of Cheyenne, whom he married in 1991; one son, Mark Russell of Cheyenne; two daughters, Connie Titzler of Cheyenne and Norma Jean Russell of Oak Hill, Va.; four step-sons, Tom Richards of San Antonio, Texas, Fred Richards of Baltimore, Ohio, Darin Birkle of Laramie and Vincent Birkle of Cheyenne; a step-daughter, Angela Kernan of Wheatland; two sisters, Kathy Hansen of Rapid City, S.D., and Annette Rathbun of Endicott; 24 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn Russell; a daughter, Dawn Kilpatrick; a step-daughter, Carla Bigham; and his parents, Norman and Marguerite Russell. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes with the Rev. Max Janzen officiating. Cremation will take place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes. Friends may contribute to Hospice of Cheyenne. Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are. This is here as a lasting memorial for Mr. Russell.