RUSSELL OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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RUSSELL, John Wiley 1845 - 1932

John Wiley Russell - Mr. John W. Russel, passed away at his home in Leeton, Mo., 
Dec. 8, 1932, at the advanced age of 87 years. He was born in Guilford county, 
North Carolina, Dec. 18 1845, and came to Missouri with his parents Wm. A. and 
Ann S. Russell, soon after the close of the Civil War. The family first came to the 
Post Oak neighborhood, where Mr. Russel taught school a few years. January 14, 
1875, he and Sarah Lillian Garrett were married, and settled on a farm in 
Jefferson township. For several years he served as deputy assessor of Johnson 
county and became widely and favorably known. He joined the Sardis Primitive 
Baptist church in early life and served the church, also the Mt. Zion Association, 
as clerk for nearly half a century. Mr. and Mrs. Russell bought a home in Leeton, 
Mo., and in the spring of 1928 rented the farm and moved there, where eighteen 
months ago he suffered a partial stroke of paralysis. A second stroke came early 
in November last, after which he slowly grew weaker passing into the glory 
would as above stated. Besides his wife, there are left two daughters, Mrs. Henry 
M. Myers, of Sedalia, Mo., and Mrs. Alfred Silvey, of Kansas City; and one son, Wm. 
Adrian Russell of Los Angeles, Calif.; also six grandsons, one granddaughter, and 
one great grandson. The sons-in-law and four grandsons acted as pallbearers. The 
funeral was conducted at the Primitive Baptist church in Leeton by his pastor, 
Elder Walter Cash, of St. Joseph; burial in Laurel Oak Cemetery, where Rev. 
Humphrey of the First Baptist church of Windsor, made the closing remarks and 
offered a comforting prayer. The family has the sympathy of the entire 
community. The funeral and burial was under the direction of the Huston Funeral 
Chapel.


RUSSELL, Ola 1890 - 1965

Funeral services for Miss Ola Russell, 308 N. Second St., Clinton, were held at 
2:30 p.m., Oct 30, 1965. Miss Russell suffered a severe stroke early Tuesday 
morning Oct 26, and was in a coma. She failed to gain and succumbed Thursday at 
Clinton General Hospital. She had spent her entire life in and near Clinton. Miss 
Russell, a retail clerk, had been at work at McCune's on Monday and had planned to 
work the day she became ill. Ola Russell, daughter of George and Kathryn Keck 
Russell, was born in Henry County, was noted for her courteous manner and 
interest in the needs of customers, making many friends through these contacts. 
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Consalus, Mrs. Ida Wysong, Mrs. Hazel Ross 
and Mrs. Kathryn Douglass; three nephews, Eugene R. Consalus, Russell Ross, Jack 
Ross; and two nieces, Mrs. Robert Kurland and Mrs. Betty Jane Houts.

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