St. Clair County Obits

RUSSELL E. SEE

Clinton Daily Democrat
14 May 2001
Russell E. See was born April 4, 1916, son of Lottie Ryan and Irvin Henry See of Scott City, Kansas, and died Thursday, May 3, 2001, at Mt. Vernon Veterans Hospital in Mt. Vernon.
He married Fern Ellen Stewart, August 28, 1938. She died in 1972.
He joined the U.S. Navy on December 14, 1943, and was part of the Philippine Liberation. He received the Victory Medal and Navy Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged in January 1946.
He married Jannie (Roberts) Elliott March 29, 1976. She died March 29, 1991.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ernest See and Basil See, and one sister, May Fick.
He is survived by his son, David See, Clinton; two daughters, Elaine Wilson and Arlene Castanada, both of St. Joseph; a brother, Walter See; four sisters, Hazel Eikerman, Dorothy Patton, Pearle Stricker and Lorena Turley; his grandchildren, Elana Castanada, Jannie May Castanada, Rachel Kay See, Tristen See and Ruschell Wilson; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were Wednesday, May 9, at 2 p.m. at Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel. Burial was in Roscoe Cemetery.