Charlotte (Dean) Russell

Charlotte (Dean) Russell, 83, passed away at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church, 600 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, Ill., 61801, with Reverend Rich Gregory and Reverend Lee Galbraith officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2009, at Morgan Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive West, Savoy, IL 61874. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Alexander East Chapel, 2115 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, Ind., 47714 with Reverend Lee R. Russell officiating. Burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at the Alexander East Chapel.

Charlotte was born on July 22, 1926, in Evansville. She was the daughter of Parrish and Nora Langfort Dean. She married Roger "Bill" William Russell on September 11, 1948 in Evansville. He survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Kathleen (Robert) Brown of Champaign, and Jennifer (Kevin) Kingston of Bloomington, Ill.; five grandchildren, Emily (Joseph) Pickell of Mahomet, Kelly (Bob) Arrigo of Los Altos, Calif., Lindsey (Dominic) Pavia of St. Louis, Mo., Chelsea Kingston of Bethel, Conn., and Taylor Kingston of Bloomington, Ill.; two great-grandchildren, Jack and Molly Pickell of Mahomet; one sister, Lillian Weber of Evansville. She was preceded in death by her parents, her infant daughter, Caryl Deen Russell, and her sister, Mary Russell.

Charlotte graduated from Benjamin Bosse High School in Evansville in 1944. She was a bookkeeper for Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville for 3 years. She was an active member of the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Urbana where she served as past treasurer and was on the committee for the Wednesday Night Dinners. She also taught Girls' Auxiliary and Bible School. She enjoyed reading, cooking and doting on her grandchildren.

Memorials can be made to the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church.

October 09, 2009
Bill, Kathy and Jennie, you have our sympathy in this difficult time. We thank the Lord for His promise of eternal life and all have more invested in heaven since Charlotte is there now. God bless you all!
Don & Helen Ruth Dillow, McKinney, Texas

October 09, 2009
Emily, Joseph, Jack, Molly and all of your Grandma's loved ones remaining here with you. I believe in
John 14 6; 25-31 as . . .
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 25"All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, 31but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me."