A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Vermont > Rutland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=627 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=55257 Submitted by: Joan H. Bixby Article Title: Rutland Daily Herald Article Date: August 8 1932 Article Description: Obituary of George Russell Article Text: GEORGE P. RUSSELL DIES AT AGE OF 92 Nonagenarian Had Lived Here Since 1865; Undertaker Half Century. George P. Russell, 92, a resident of Rutland for 67 years and an undertaker here for more than half a century, died late yesterday afternoon after a short illness with pneumonia at the home of his son, Ernest H. Russell of East Washington street. The funeral services will be held at the Chapel in Evergreen cemetery Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Russell had been a member of Center lodge,F. and A. M., for a long period and was believed to be the oldest living Mason in the city. He was born in Ashburnham, Mass., January 20, 1840, being a son of the late Philemon and Clarissie Mason Russell. In 1865, he came to Rutland and entered the employ of the late Levi G. Kingsley, hardware and furniture merchant. He was with Maj. Kingsley and the latter's successors, Parker & Ryan and Henry S. Parker, until he retired in 1925, thus having been associated with the same store for 60 years.During the greater part of the time he was head of the furniture and undertaking departments. In March, 1868, he married Carrie Ladd, who died in September of the same year. His second wife, Addie L.Hannum, to whom he was married in November, 1873, died in 1914. She was the daughter of Gully P. Hannum and Loraine Green. Mr. Russell's only near surviving relative is his son, E. H. Russell. A daughter, Loraine C., who became the wife of Horace E. Hulett of Rutland, died at Salem,Mass.,in 1930. There are three grandchildren, Ruth Hulett of Salem, J.Temple Russell of New York and Loraine H. Russell of this city. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VT-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com