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DAN MCALLEN RUSSELL

Dan McAllen Russell, age 103, passed away on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at his home in Mathews, Virginia. He was born on Oct. 1, 1918 in Orient, Ill., a son of a coal miner, to Alexander and Mary Ann Russell. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII as a Chief Medical Officer from 1939-1945. When he was in the Navy he served in the Atlantic Theatre and then went on to serve in the Pacific Theatre as a medic in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was married in 1944 to Vivian Killmon Treakle. After the war, with the help of the G.I. Bill, he became a biologist and worked for the state of Kentucky for 28 years. He and Vivian then retired in 1975 and moved to Mathews County.

He was predeceased by his parents; his wife, Vivian, and a son, David Russell.

He is survived by his son, Terry Russell; a daughter, Jenny Jenkins and her daughter, Laura.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Faulkner Funeral Homes, Foster-Faulkner Chapel, Mathews. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.