Marie (Tuyls) Russell
Marriages
Leonare Horn
Charles Russell - February 13, 1942
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise - May 13, 1999
MARIE VIOLET RUSSELL 1911-1999
Marie Violet Russell died May 10 in Silt. She was 88. A funeral service will be held at 10am today, May 13, at the Burns Baptist Church with interment to follow at the McCoy Cemetery. Pastor Bruce Dunsdon will perform the services.
Russell was born on a ranch in the Burns/McCoy area on Dec. 6, 1911 to Joseph F. and Katherine Mary Tuyls.
She was first married to Leonard Horn of Wolcott. She was married on Feb. 13, 1942, to Charles Russell. Mr. Russell survives.
The couple was married in Glenwood Springs and lived in Burns. The couple helped build the Bruns Baptist Church in the 1950's. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for more than 30 years. In 1967, the Russells moved to British Columbia, where they spent their summers. Winters were spent in Bard, Calif.
Marie is remembered as a true outdoors-woman who enjoyed gardening, her flowers, horseback riding, fishing, and working along her husband on the ranch. She was a patient woman with children. Russell is survived by; her husband, Herbert; sons Lonnie and Robert and wifes, Karen and Sherry, respectively, all of British Columbia; daughter Jean Dice and her husband Joe of Silt; daughter Berta Russell of British Columbia; daughter Jody Clapp and husband Bud of Port Angeles, Wash.; as well as 17 grandchildren and 23 great-grand children.
