H. Russell Ross ’25

OUR CLASSMATE RUSSELL Ross died peacefully Dec. 28, 1993, at Duncan (B.C.) Hospital. He was 93. He prepared at Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts. At 18, he was called up by the Canadian army to report for duty in Montreal. He was sent to Toronto and served until the end of WWII. He returned to Mt. Hermon and graduated in 1920. He entered Princeton intending to major in architecture.

Needing funds, Russell took a job in Trinidad BXL, at a church school. Being called to the ministry, he went to McGill in Montreal and earned his bachelor of divinity degree there, then was ordained into the United Church of Canada.

Russell was first sent to Alberta, where lie served 17 small towns, which he reached by car (if a dirt road existed), by horseback, or by foot. A former track star and longdistance runner, he was ideal to serve in this remote and thinly populated area; he was a true "Circuit Rider." He married his wife, Jean, in 1933.

Then came appointment as a chaplain in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 194248. Russell spent a year in England, then served eight years at Trinity Church and 14 years at First United Church in Calgary. He officially retired after that, but continued to serve at summer pastorates.

He and Jean celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past year. To jean and her children, we extend our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1925