Maria Clair Russell was born to Edmund and Esther Russell, the eldest of three children. She was a native Omahan.
Maria devoted her life to her children and grandchildren, the arts and education. She received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and two master’s degrees from Villanova University. She appeared in performances at the Omaha Community Playhouse and in commercials for Johnny Carson in the 1950s, off-Broadway theater in New York City and for CBS television in Philadelphia as producer for the Gene London Show, and later as Public Relations Director for WCAU having met many notable actors and politicians of the 1960s and 1970s. After her entertainment career, she enjoyed careers in antique sales and real estate before settling into a long career as an English and Theater Arts teacher for several Southern California high schools.
She was loved by her family and many friends and will be missed.
Preceded by:
First husband: David Dean Parrish M.D.
Second husband: Mike Mullen
Brother: Edmund Russell
Survived by:
Sons: David, Mark and Todd
Daughters: Lise, Valerie and Monique
Sister: Anne Debs
13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
Heafey Hoffman Dworak & Cutler
Oct 2019
Maria devoted her life to her children and grandchildren, the arts and education. She received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and two master’s degrees from Villanova University. She appeared in performances at the Omaha Community Playhouse and in commercials for Johnny Carson in the 1950s, off-Broadway theater in New York City and for CBS television in Philadelphia as producer for the Gene London Show, and later as Public Relations Director for WCAU having met many notable actors and politicians of the 1960s and 1970s. After her entertainment career, she enjoyed careers in antique sales and real estate before settling into a long career as an English and Theater Arts teacher for several Southern California high schools.
She was loved by her family and many friends and will be missed.
Preceded by:
First husband: David Dean Parrish M.D.
Second husband: Mike Mullen
Brother: Edmund Russell
Survived by:
Sons: David, Mark and Todd
Daughters: Lise, Valerie and Monique
Sister: Anne Debs
13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
Heafey Hoffman Dworak & Cutler
Oct 2019
Maria Clair Russell was born to Edmund and Esther Russell, the eldest of three children. She was a native Omahan.
Maria devoted her life to her children and grandchildren, the arts and education. She received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and two master’s degrees from Villanova University. She appeared in performances at the Omaha Community Playhouse and in commercials for Johnny Carson in the 1950s, off-Broadway theater in New York City and for CBS television in Philadelphia as producer for the Gene London Show, and later as Public Relations Director for WCAU having met many notable actors and politicians of the 1960s and 1970s. After her entertainment career, she enjoyed careers in antique sales and real estate before settling into a long career as an English and Theater Arts teacher for several Southern California high schools.
She was loved by her family and many friends and will be missed.
Preceded by:
First husband: David Dean Parrish M.D.
Second husband: Mike Mullen
Brother: Edmund Russell
Survived by:
Sons: David, Mark and Todd
Daughters: Lise, Valerie and Monique
Sister: Anne Debs
13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
Heafey Hoffman Dworak & Cutler
Oct 2019
Maria devoted her life to her children and grandchildren, the arts and education. She received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and two master’s degrees from Villanova University. She appeared in performances at the Omaha Community Playhouse and in commercials for Johnny Carson in the 1950s, off-Broadway theater in New York City and for CBS television in Philadelphia as producer for the Gene London Show, and later as Public Relations Director for WCAU having met many notable actors and politicians of the 1960s and 1970s. After her entertainment career, she enjoyed careers in antique sales and real estate before settling into a long career as an English and Theater Arts teacher for several Southern California high schools.
She was loved by her family and many friends and will be missed.
Preceded by:
First husband: David Dean Parrish M.D.
Second husband: Mike Mullen
Brother: Edmund Russell
Survived by:
Sons: David, Mark and Todd
Daughters: Lise, Valerie and Monique
Sister: Anne Debs
13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
Heafey Hoffman Dworak & Cutler
Oct 2019
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