Russell, Beverly Caroline (1911-2007)

RUSSELL, SHELDON, SEIDL

Posted By: Susan Rezek (email)
Date: 8/16/2007 at 21:22:11

Modoc County Record, Alturas, California – August 18, 2007

Beverly Caroline Russell

Former Cedarville resident Beverly Caroline Russell died July 27, 2007 in
Seattle, WA, from complications following surgery.

The Seattle resident was born on November 24, 1911, to Charles Henry and
Louise May Sheldon of Webster City, Iowa. At the age of 14, her family moved
to Oakland, CA, where she graduated from Oakland Technical High School. She
was married to Grandon Greenleaf Russell on May 25, 1935 in Oakland.
Throughout her 95 years, she was keenly interested in all fields of
knowledge, especially in language, history and culture; she read widely and
enthusiastically, always learning and keeping her knowledge current even as
the world changed around her. In her youth in Oakland and her adult years in
Cedarville and Livingston, CA, she managed a wide variety of jobs,
(including bookkeeping, secretary and as a service manager for Bell
Telephone) as well as an adventurous husband and children with skill and
patience, taking joy in responsibilities as well as pleasures; she always
maintained a strong sense of her own character and beliefs, but she did not
impose herself on others, instead helping them gently to find their their
own way. While in Cedarville for eight years, she was a member of the Order
of Eastern Star. After retirement, she traveled the world widely and
continued to give generously to the communities in which she lived,
including taking part in Marshall Center Quilting Schools after moving to
Vancouver, WA in 1977. She also helped to raise her grandchildren in
Vancouver and took great joy in seeing them grow to adulthood.

In 1996, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she continued to take a
lively interest in the world around her and especially in Mariners Baseball.
A role model and friends to young families in the neighborhood as well as to
her children and grandchildren, she continued to be a generous and beloved
member of the community to her final days.

She was preceded in death by her husband in February 15, 1975, her parents
and a brother Richard. She is survived by her son Sheldon Russell, her
daughter Christina Seidl, and five grandchildren as well as her sister Velva
and brother Everett.

She asked that there be no memorial service. Donations can be made to your
favorite charity in her name.