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Sept. 23, 2008 issue
Retired EMU electrician dies


By Ron Podell

 

Stanley Russ, who worked as an electrician at Eastern Michigan University for 22 years before retiring in 1999, died Sept. 13. He was 71.

Russ graduated from the then-Ann Arbor High School in 1955 and served in the U.S. Army from 1957-59. Before coming to EMU, Russ worked as an electrician for four different companies from 1966-76.

Survivors include three sisters, Carol Edman, of Cheboygan; Marilyn Gibson,of Dexter; and Judy Pace of Chelsea; a special friend, Tonette Popaneti, of Coral Springs, Fla.; two nieces and six nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Arbor Hospice or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.