Ninth Generation


14494. Russell Elmore French was born on 23 July 1908 in Alva, Crook Co., WY. He lived with his father in Crook Co., WY on 7 February 1920. Russell died on 11 August 1992 at the age of 84 at Belle Fourche Long Term Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, Butte Co., SD and was buried at Alva Cemetery in Alva, Crook Co., WY.

Obituary from The Sundance Times

Russell E. French, 84, Belle Fourche, and former longtime Crook County resident, died Tuesday, Aug. 11 at Belle Fourche Long Term Health Care Center.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, Belle Fourche; two sons, Joe Russell, Crawley, LA, and ned Victor, Winnemucca, NV; two daughters, Marlys Grace, Lander, WY, and Lea Kathryn, Wasilla, Alaska; 10 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; four sisters, Celia Howard, Gibbon, NE, Geraldine Beard, Edgemont, Elanor Egan, Maple Valley, WA, and Jean Rounds, Cheyenne.

Services were held Friday at Alva Community Church in Alva, WY with Elder Merlin O'Haver officating. Burial was in the Alva Cemetery.

Russell Elmore French and Dorothy were married. Dorothy was born (date unknown).

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