Submitted by: Dan Rich
Aug. 14, 1906 - March 15, 1996
South Bend Tribune 3/17/1996
SOUTH BEND - Francis H. ''Rusty''
Russwurm, 89, of Ridgedale Road, died at 9 p.m. Friday in
Ironwood Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Russwurm retired
in 1974 after 20 years of employment with Bendix Corp. He was
born Aug. 14, 1906, in South Bend and was a lifetime area
resident.
On April 13, 1944, in Bethesda, Md., he
married Myrtle E. Hamilton. She died on Dec. 31, 1983. He
is survived by two sons, Richard of South Bend and Robert of
Mishawaka; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and a
great-great-grandchild. Mr. Russworm was a member of First
Brethren Church of South Bend, Scottish Rite Valley, was a
50-year member of St. Joseph Lodge 45 of Free and Accepted
Masons, and a 50-year member of Avalon Grotto. He was a former
Scout master of Troop No. 5 BSA and former skipper of Sea Scouts
Troop No. 5 BSA.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in
Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St. Burial will be in St.
Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from noon
until services Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions
may be made to Humanitarian Fund of the Avalon Grotto.