ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: EMERSON, RUSSELL WILLIAM 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 

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EMERSON

Russell William Emerson, 83, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Eleanor “Ellie,” and children and their 
spouses, Debra J. and Kerry Schmidt, William R. and Debbie, Robert H. and 
Stephanie, Bradley E. and Beth, Benjamin P. and Tina, and Denise J. Rose and 
Mark; grandchildren, Robert, Angela, Ryan, Rhett, Colton, Amy, Chase, Joel, 
Jessica, Jennifer, Brennan, Cameron, Tyler, Haley and Cody; great-
grandchildren, Paige, Peyton, Jacob, William, Luke, Emerson “Emme” and Jayce, 
and brothers, Robert Emerson of Savage, Minn., and John Emerson of San 
Francisco.

The native of Minneapolis, Minn., was a grain elevator superintendent with 
Cargill and Archer Daniel Midland who lived with his family in various cities 
in Minnesota, Louisiana, New Jersey and Tennessee. 
Upon retirement, he returned in 1986 to Madisonville. 

He served in the U.S. Navy in Key West, Fla., as a sonar instructor and on the 
Newport News in Virginia and was fondly remembered for his Viking spirit, quick 
smile and love of singing and playing the concertina.

Services and interment were private.

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