Dorothy Russell

DOROTHY RUSSELL

Iowa City

Dorothy E. Russell, 93, lifetime resident of Iowa City, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at the Lone Tree Health Care Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City where visitation will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at Ridgewood Cemetery in North Liberty.

Online condolences may be sent to her family at www.gayandciha.com.

Dorothy Ellen Crossett was born April 20, 1921, in Iowa City, daughter of Ralph and Helen (Goody) Crossett. She graduated with the 1939 class from City High School and married Robert "Bob" Russell a few years later, on Nov. 27, 1942. While Bob served in the Army Air Corps, they lived at different duty stations, but after his service returned to Iowa City, where they've lived since. Together they enjoyed their time traveling, camping and being outdoors. She was a member of the Jonco Jills chapter of the Izaak Walton League and was an active life member as well as a past member of the Iowa City Camping Club.

Her family includes her children, Robin Walker and her husband, Thomas, of Franklin, Ohio, and Michael Russell and his significant other, Karen Michalec, of Iowa City; grandchildren, Amber Russell of Vicksburg, Miss., Jason Russell and his wife, Megan, of Mount Vernon, and their daughter, Quinn and Shea Russell of Tiffin.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, in 2009; parents and siblings, Ed Crossett, Pauline Matthew and Betty Wienke.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Dorothy's family and her services.