Residence: Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana
Died: Monday, August 04, 2014
Location: At his residence in Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana
 
 
Age: 83
Date of Birth: Tuesday, April 21, 1931
Birth place: Reynolds, Indiana

Branch: Army

Service: Korean Conflict
Father: Claude Elvin Owen
 
Mother: Roma Edith Conrad
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: White County, Indiana, area all his life
Funeral Date: Friday, August 08, 2014
Funeral Location: 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 8, 2014, Celebration of Life Service at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Rev. Mark Foreman
Burial will take place:
In the Buffalo Cemetery in Buffalo, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
12:00 (noon) until the times of service at 2:00 p.m. at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Russell was a 1949 graduate of the Wolcott High School in Wolcott, Indiana. He was a US Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict as a Corporal. Russell was a foreman for the Old RCA Plant in Monticello, Indiana for 26 years and then went to the Braun Factory in Winamac, Indiana as a foreman there for another 16 years. He had ran the Ole Homestead Campground on the Tippecanoe River in rural Buffalo, Indiana for 25 plus years as well. Russell attended the Crooked Creek Christian Church of Cass County, Indiana. He also belonged to the American Legion Post #81 of Monticello, Indiana.
Special Services: Full Military Rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Buffalo First Response (Buffalo Fire Department), Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On July 16, 1961, in Las Vegas, Nevada, he married Esther Lucille (Conwell) Heiny. She passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013.
Survivors include:
Step - Daughters, Saundra Green of Monon, Indiana, and Judy (husband Ron) Sheridan of Carmel, Indiana; Step - Sons, Bob (wife Lori) Heiny of Cedar Lake, Indiana, and Ron (wife Christine) Heiny of Sullivan, Indiana; Thirteen (13) Grandchildren; Nineteen (19) Great Grandchildren;Several Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, and Great Nephews.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Claude Elvin and Roma Edith (Conrad) Owen; Wife, Esther Lucille Owen; Step - Son-in-law, Max Levon Green; Sisters,Hollis,Doris, andDeena;Brothers,Johnny,Wally, andRandy;Nephew,Gerald Dallinger.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583-8488.