Russell Bogert Parmele ’49

Russ suffered for many years from a kidney disease, and died Mar. 2, 1999, at home.

He prepared at Staten Island Academy, and he was a pilot in the Naval Air Corps from 1942-45. At Princeton, Russ majored in history and joined Tiger Inn.

Russ married Nancy Gray Vitt in 1948, and during his senior year they lived at the university's Harrison St. project. They raised four children and before his death had celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary.

After Princeton, Russ went into the insurance business, first with INA and ultimately with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., with whom he worked for the remainder of his career. By our 40th reunion Russ had retired and moved from Smoke Rise in Kinnelon, N.J., to their new home at Copper Creek in Tucson, Ariz. He enjoyed playing tennis up to the last.

Russ is survived by Nancy, children Wendy, Randall, Patricia, and Russ Jr., four grandchildren, and two younger brothers. He had come from a Princeton family, with his father in '19 and a brother in '47. To Russ's survivors we extend our most profound sympathies.

The Class of 1949