Marion E. Russell, 90, of Fayetteville, NY, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 9,2014 with her family at her side.
She was born in Ithaca on Sept. 27,1923, the daughter of Arthur and Susie Hatt. She graduated from Ithaca High School and went on to Beauty School in Elmira where she worked at a factory making airplane parts at night and went to school by day.
She was a war bride in July,1945 when she married Austin H. Russell while he was home on a short leave. After a quick honeymoon he left to go back and finish out the war. She went to work as a hairdresser and eventually opened up her own shop in their home, where she maintained a business while raising her two children. She continued hairdressing well into her sixties and enjoyed the relationship she cultivated with her customers. She was a long time member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she worshipped every Sunday with family and friends until she moved to Fayetteville after the death of her husband. Her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends that always seemed to involve much laughter.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra (Bruce) Virkler and a son, James (Deslys) Russell, grandchildren Kimberly (Michael) Higgins, Kathy (John ) Crone, and Jeffrey Virkler, great-grandchildren , Andrew and Keira Crone, Austin and Christian Higgins and Grayson Virkler. She is also survived by three brothers, Charles (Vi) Hatt, Harold Hatt, and Donald( Sylvia) Hatt, sister-in-law Beverly Hatt, and many dear nieces and nephews She was predeceased by her husband Austin Russell, sisters Barbara and Helen and a brother Raymond Hatt.
She was born in Ithaca on Sept. 27,1923, the daughter of Arthur and Susie Hatt. She graduated from Ithaca High School and went on to Beauty School in Elmira where she worked at a factory making airplane parts at night and went to school by day.
She was a war bride in July,1945 when she married Austin H. Russell while he was home on a short leave. After a quick honeymoon he left to go back and finish out the war. She went to work as a hairdresser and eventually opened up her own shop in their home, where she maintained a business while raising her two children. She continued hairdressing well into her sixties and enjoyed the relationship she cultivated with her customers. She was a long time member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she worshipped every Sunday with family and friends until she moved to Fayetteville after the death of her husband. Her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends that always seemed to involve much laughter.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra (Bruce) Virkler and a son, James (Deslys) Russell, grandchildren Kimberly (Michael) Higgins, Kathy (John ) Crone, and Jeffrey Virkler, great-grandchildren , Andrew and Keira Crone, Austin and Christian Higgins and Grayson Virkler. She is also survived by three brothers, Charles (Vi) Hatt, Harold Hatt, and Donald( Sylvia) Hatt, sister-in-law Beverly Hatt, and many dear nieces and nephews She was predeceased by her husband Austin Russell, sisters Barbara and Helen and a brother Raymond Hatt.
Marion E. Russell, 90, of Fayetteville, NY, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 9,2014 with her family at her side.
She was born in Ithaca on Sept. 27,1923, the daughter of Arthur and Susie Hatt. She graduated from Ithaca High School and went on to Beauty School in Elmira where she worked at a factory making airplane parts at night and went to school by day.
She was a war bride in July,1945 when she married Austin H. Russell while he was home on a short leave. After a quick honeymoon he left to go back and finish out the war. She went to work as a hairdresser and eventually opened up her own shop in their home, where she maintained a business while raising her two children. She continued hairdressing well into her sixties and enjoyed the relationship she cultivated with her customers. She was a long time member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she worshipped every Sunday with family and friends until she moved to Fayetteville after the death of her husband. Her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends that always seemed to involve much laughter.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra (Bruce) Virkler and a son, James (Deslys) Russell, grandchildren Kimberly (Michael) Higgins, Kathy (John ) Crone, and Jeffrey Virkler, great-grandchildren , Andrew and Keira Crone, Austin and Christian Higgins and Grayson Virkler. She is also survived by three brothers, Charles (Vi) Hatt, Harold Hatt, and Donald( Sylvia) Hatt, sister-in-law Beverly Hatt, and many dear nieces and nephews She was predeceased by her husband Austin Russell, sisters Barbara and Helen and a brother Raymond Hatt.
She was born in Ithaca on Sept. 27,1923, the daughter of Arthur and Susie Hatt. She graduated from Ithaca High School and went on to Beauty School in Elmira where she worked at a factory making airplane parts at night and went to school by day.
She was a war bride in July,1945 when she married Austin H. Russell while he was home on a short leave. After a quick honeymoon he left to go back and finish out the war. She went to work as a hairdresser and eventually opened up her own shop in their home, where she maintained a business while raising her two children. She continued hairdressing well into her sixties and enjoyed the relationship she cultivated with her customers. She was a long time member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where she worshipped every Sunday with family and friends until she moved to Fayetteville after the death of her husband. Her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends that always seemed to involve much laughter.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra (Bruce) Virkler and a son, James (Deslys) Russell, grandchildren Kimberly (Michael) Higgins, Kathy (John ) Crone, and Jeffrey Virkler, great-grandchildren , Andrew and Keira Crone, Austin and Christian Higgins and Grayson Virkler. She is also survived by three brothers, Charles (Vi) Hatt, Harold Hatt, and Donald( Sylvia) Hatt, sister-in-law Beverly Hatt, and many dear nieces and nephews She was predeceased by her husband Austin Russell, sisters Barbara and Helen and a brother Raymond Hatt.
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