{"id":4615,"date":"2019-07-19T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2024-07-27T20:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:09:54","slug":"louise-sue-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/19\/louise-sue-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Sue Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4636 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/louise_russell.jpg\" alt=\"Louise Sue Russell\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/louise_russell.jpg 320w, https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/louise_russell-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Louise Sue Russell, age 87, passed away at her home in Texas on July 19, 2019.\u00a0 Louise was born on December 9, 1931 near Excelsior Springs, MO, the daughter of Lowery H. and Carrie (Clevenger) Crum.\u00a0 Louise graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1947.\u00a0 After graduation, she worked at the Clay County State Bank, Excelsior Springs for nine years and then at Phillips Petroleum, Kansas City, MO.\u00a0 Louise took college courses from William Jewell College, Liberty, MO, and Butler County Community College, El Dorado, KS.\u00a0 She worked in the Russell &amp; Sons Construction office in Eureka, KS, from 1986 to 1991.<\/p>\n<p>She was married to Lee Wray Russell, May 16, 1954 in Excelsior Springs, MO.\u00a0 Their two children, Mark and Jana were born while they lived in Liberty, MO.\u00a0 The family moved to Eureka, KS, in 1966.<\/p>\n<p>Louise was a member of the Eureka Methodist Church and served as Sunday school teacher, President of United Methodist Women, Lay Leader and on various committees.\u00a0 She served as President of the Eureka Library Board 1980-82 and Golf Chairwoman of the Eureka County Club at different times.\u00a0 She was a Cub Scout Den Mother, Girl Scout Leader and Neighborhood chair.\u00a0 She organized the Red Hat Gals, a chapter of the Red Hat Society, in Eureka, KS.<\/p>\n<p>Louise was a member of the Eureka PEO Chapter FR and the Sun Lakes PEO Group D.\u00a0 In 1987, she was honored as the Kansas Land Improvement Contractor\u2019s Wife of the Year and the National LICA Contractor\u2019s Wife of the Year.\u00a0 During her husband\u2019s term as President of Associated General Contractors she accompanied him to many meetings in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Louise is survived by her husband of\u00a0 65 years, Lee Wray Russell; son, Mark Russell and his fianc\u00e9 Michelle Neilson in Tyler, TX, and his daughter, Katherine Russell in Atlanta, GA; Louise&#8217;s daughter, Jana resides in Longview, Texas with her husband, Rev. John Whitehurst and their son, Russell Whitehurst.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents; brothers, Herbert Crum and Clevenger Crum; and sister, LaRue Stein, preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p>Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Saturday, August 3, 2019, with service following at Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, Excelsior Springs, MO. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO. There will also be a memorial service held at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Eureka First Methodist Church, 521 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045, 620-583-5663, with luncheon following.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Eureka Methodist Church, 521 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045 or Eureka Library, 606 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements in care of Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, Excelsior Springs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #efdbd9; padding: 1em;\">\n<h5>Our Sincere Condolences<\/h5>\n<p>Mark and family, thinking of you during this time of loss and remembrance. Reading Louise&#8217;s obituary, it is obvious she was a talented woman of faith who attracted many friends throughout her life. Safe travels as you celebrate a life well-lived.<br \/>\nRebecca Fitzgerald <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louise Sue Russell, age 87, passed away at her home in Texas on July 19, 2019.\u00a0 Louise was born on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18134,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions\/18134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}