Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Russell, Robinson October 10, 1919
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The Lake Odessa Wave, October 17, 1919
Robinson Russell who has been a resident of this place 31 years, died last 
Wednesday, October 10th at his home just northeast of town.  He leaves a 
widow, one of the twin Revolutionary daughters, and eight children.  His life 
was a quiet one, devoted to his family.

Robinson Russell was born in Yorkshire, England, January 18, 1840, and died at 
his home in Lake Odessa October 10, 1919, at the age of 79 years, eight 
months, 22 days.  Mr. Russell crossed the Atlantic at the age of 14 years and 
settled in Canada.  He was married to Elizabeth Ann Frank of Toronto, Canada.  
He moved to Michigan with his family in the fall of 1882 and has resided in 
the house where he died for the past 31 years. 

He leaves to mourn an aged wife, two aged sisters, eight children, 15 
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a great many friends.  Mr. Russell 
was a faithful husband, an ideal father, a kind neighbor, and without 
complaint.  

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon October 12, at 2 o’clock in the 
Liberal U.B. church, Rev. C. H. Zuse officiating.  Burial in Lakeside cemetery.

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