Douglas Leigh Russell, a World War II veteran of the Normandy landing, died on December 20, 2012, quietly surrounded by his family. He was born in Ashland NH in 1923 and grew up in Somerville and Arlington MA.
He graduated from Arlington High School and enrolled in Tufts University. In his sophomore year he enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He participated in the Allied landing at Utah Beach, as well as campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
After the war, he met and married Elizabeth Howatt of Natick MA, with whom he had corresponded during the war. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts and earned a Master's degree in English at Harvard University. He taught English at Quincy High School from 1948 to 1951 and worked at the Committee on Publication at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston until 1988, when he retired.
Douglas Russell had a wide range of interests, centered on family activities: hiking, camping, fishing, bridge, gardening, and baking bread, for which he was famous. He loved caring for the land on the homestead that has been in his family since 1757. He was a lifelong Christian Scientist and served his church in many capacities. He cherished his relationships in Brookline, many going back generations, and at the Christian Science Church in Milford NH where his mother Dorothy had been a pioneer member.
Mr. Russell was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth (Howatt) Russell and their daughter Leigh Daugherty.
He is survived by his daughters Gail Chaddock of Chevy Chase MD and Marianne Russell of Scarsdale NY; grandchildren Christina Pocklington of Ada MI, and Alexandra Wahlberg and Erik Wahlberg of Scarsdale NY; sister Jean Turkington of Concord MA and Brookline NH; niece Laurel Mahoney of Madison CT; and nephews Kenneth Turkington of Brookline NH and Stephen Turkington of Merrimack NH; and extended family.
Burial with military honors
(obituary from Smith-Heald Funeral Home, Milford NH)
He graduated from Arlington High School and enrolled in Tufts University. In his sophomore year he enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He participated in the Allied landing at Utah Beach, as well as campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
After the war, he met and married Elizabeth Howatt of Natick MA, with whom he had corresponded during the war. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts and earned a Master's degree in English at Harvard University. He taught English at Quincy High School from 1948 to 1951 and worked at the Committee on Publication at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston until 1988, when he retired.
Douglas Russell had a wide range of interests, centered on family activities: hiking, camping, fishing, bridge, gardening, and baking bread, for which he was famous. He loved caring for the land on the homestead that has been in his family since 1757. He was a lifelong Christian Scientist and served his church in many capacities. He cherished his relationships in Brookline, many going back generations, and at the Christian Science Church in Milford NH where his mother Dorothy had been a pioneer member.
Mr. Russell was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth (Howatt) Russell and their daughter Leigh Daugherty.
He is survived by his daughters Gail Chaddock of Chevy Chase MD and Marianne Russell of Scarsdale NY; grandchildren Christina Pocklington of Ada MI, and Alexandra Wahlberg and Erik Wahlberg of Scarsdale NY; sister Jean Turkington of Concord MA and Brookline NH; niece Laurel Mahoney of Madison CT; and nephews Kenneth Turkington of Brookline NH and Stephen Turkington of Merrimack NH; and extended family.
Burial with military honors
(obituary from Smith-Heald Funeral Home, Milford NH)
Douglas Leigh Russell, a World War II veteran of the Normandy landing, died on December 20, 2012, quietly surrounded by his family. He was born in Ashland NH in 1923 and grew up in Somerville and Arlington MA.
He graduated from Arlington High School and enrolled in Tufts University. In his sophomore year he enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He participated in the Allied landing at Utah Beach, as well as campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
After the war, he met and married Elizabeth Howatt of Natick MA, with whom he had corresponded during the war. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts and earned a Master's degree in English at Harvard University. He taught English at Quincy High School from 1948 to 1951 and worked at the Committee on Publication at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston until 1988, when he retired.
Douglas Russell had a wide range of interests, centered on family activities: hiking, camping, fishing, bridge, gardening, and baking bread, for which he was famous. He loved caring for the land on the homestead that has been in his family since 1757. He was a lifelong Christian Scientist and served his church in many capacities. He cherished his relationships in Brookline, many going back generations, and at the Christian Science Church in Milford NH where his mother Dorothy had been a pioneer member.
Mr. Russell was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth (Howatt) Russell and their daughter Leigh Daugherty.
He is survived by his daughters Gail Chaddock of Chevy Chase MD and Marianne Russell of Scarsdale NY; grandchildren Christina Pocklington of Ada MI, and Alexandra Wahlberg and Erik Wahlberg of Scarsdale NY; sister Jean Turkington of Concord MA and Brookline NH; niece Laurel Mahoney of Madison CT; and nephews Kenneth Turkington of Brookline NH and Stephen Turkington of Merrimack NH; and extended family.
Burial with military honors
(obituary from Smith-Heald Funeral Home, Milford NH)
He graduated from Arlington High School and enrolled in Tufts University. In his sophomore year he enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He participated in the Allied landing at Utah Beach, as well as campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
After the war, he met and married Elizabeth Howatt of Natick MA, with whom he had corresponded during the war. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts and earned a Master's degree in English at Harvard University. He taught English at Quincy High School from 1948 to 1951 and worked at the Committee on Publication at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston until 1988, when he retired.
Douglas Russell had a wide range of interests, centered on family activities: hiking, camping, fishing, bridge, gardening, and baking bread, for which he was famous. He loved caring for the land on the homestead that has been in his family since 1757. He was a lifelong Christian Scientist and served his church in many capacities. He cherished his relationships in Brookline, many going back generations, and at the Christian Science Church in Milford NH where his mother Dorothy had been a pioneer member.
Mr. Russell was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth (Howatt) Russell and their daughter Leigh Daugherty.
He is survived by his daughters Gail Chaddock of Chevy Chase MD and Marianne Russell of Scarsdale NY; grandchildren Christina Pocklington of Ada MI, and Alexandra Wahlberg and Erik Wahlberg of Scarsdale NY; sister Jean Turkington of Concord MA and Brookline NH; niece Laurel Mahoney of Madison CT; and nephews Kenneth Turkington of Brookline NH and Stephen Turkington of Merrimack NH; and extended family.
Burial with military honors
(obituary from Smith-Heald Funeral Home, Milford NH)
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