John D. Russell
Aug. 10,1956-Jan. 22, 2009
By Staff
John D. Russell, 52, of Bailey Avenue, Niles, died at 3:30 a.m. at his home, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with the Rev. Dorothy Blassingame, of Victory Tabernacle Pentecostal Church of God, officiating.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the funeral home.
He was born on Aug. 10, 1956, in Niles, to Jesse J. Russell and Marjorie Williams Russell.
He was a lifetime resident of Niles and graduated from Niles High School with the Class of 1974.
He was a concrete finisher for a union specializing in state highway work and other union construction sites.
He attended the Victory Tabernacle Pentecostal Church of God in Dowagiac. He was an avid outdoorsman, loving camping and fishing.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Darrell Lister.
Surviving family includes two sons, Nathan Russell of Florida and Joshua Jerue of Indiana; his parents, Jesse J. and Marjorie "Jean" Russell of Niles; brothers, Michael Mattson of Saint Joseph and Charlie Van Russell of Tampa, Fla.; a sister, Gloria Scott of Cullman, Ala.; several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Tammy Munger of Niles.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.