News and Tribune

Obituaries

May 1, 2012

Christian Charles Russ

63; of New Albany

A memorial service for Christian Charles Russ, 63, of New Albany, will be at noon Friday, May 4, at Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes, Market Street Chapel, New Albany, with interment in New Albany National Cemetery. He died Wednesday, April 25, in Vicksburg, Miss.

He was a native of Jeffersonville, and was a plant manager for a Power Plant. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War.

He was survived by his wife, Gloria S. Greslo Russ; a daughter, Lindsay M. Swift and her husband, Jake, of Zionsville; three sons, Ray Petrocelli and his wife, Kelly, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mike Petrocelli and his wife, Cassie, of Carmel, and Jamie Russ, of Clinton; and  grandchildren, Avery Swift, Max, Jack, Nick, Sam, and Leo Petrocelli

He was preceded in death by his father and stepmother, Charles and Iva C. Russ.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of Down Syndrome of Indiana, 2635 North Meridian St. #49, Indianapolis, IN 46208.

Text Only | Photo Reprints