Mr. Russell's father passes away

Mr. Hudson Monroe Randall, 91, Joplin, father of South Middle School sixth grade science teacher Mr. Mark Russell, died Thursday night.
The following information was in his obituary:

Hudson Monroe Russell, age 91, of Joplin, passed away at 11:40 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2006, at Missouri Veterans’ Home in Mount Vernon, Mo.
Born Oct. 26, 1914, in rural Aurora, Mo., he was the son of the late Ora G. and Elsie Hudson Russell and had lived in Joplin since 1949. He was a graduate of Joplin Business College. He served a four year enlistment in the United States Navy beginning in 1934, and reenlisted at the beginning of World War II, serving until Dec. 7, 1945. For 23 years he worked at the former Joplin Furniture Co., retiring as credit manager. He was a member of the Presbyterian churches in Aurora and Sarcoxie and Bethany Presbyterian Church in Joplin.
On Aug. 24, 1947, he married Charlene Purviance at the Presbyterian Church in Sarcoxie. She survives.
Additional survivors include a son, Mark Monroe Russell and his wife, Suzanne McCune Russell, of Jasper, Mo.; two grandchildren, Caleb and Molly Russell; a brother, Dale Russell, of southern California; two nieces, Laurie Russell and Jo Anne Homuth, of Washington State. A brother, John E. Russell; and two sisters, Nell Russell Hamlin and Mary Russell, preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held Monday at Parker Mortuary Chapel with Rodney Peters, Minister and Rev. Brock Watson officiating. Interment followed in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Kum Dubl Sunday School Class and World War II Veterans of the family and church.