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Grace Gladys Milby Russell

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Birth	:	20 Apr 1907 Nance County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	26 Oct 2007 Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nance County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3510017, -97.9813995
Description	:	Daughter of Derwood & Lula G. (Stearman) Milby. Married to Arthur "Pete" Laird Russell. --------------------------------------- From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper: A 100-year-old woman died in a house fire in Fullerton Friday morning. Grace G. Russell was taken to Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City Friday, where she was pronounced dead. According to a press release from Nance County Attorney Rodney Wetovick, Russell died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation. The state fire marshal's office conducted an investigation and determined the fire was started by an overheated furnace, which ignited the floor joists, according to the release. The fire was... Read More	Daughter of Derwood & Lula G. (Stearman) Milby. Married to Arthur "Pete" Laird Russell. --------------------------------------- From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper: A 100-year-old woman died in a house fire in Fullerton Friday morning. Grace G. Russell was taken to Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City Friday, where she was pronounced dead. According to a press release from Nance County Attorney Rodney Wetovick, Russell died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation. The state fire marshal's office conducted an investigation and determined the fire was started by an overheated furnace, which ignited the floor joists, according to the release. The fire was reported Friday morning but an exact time wasn't given in the release. Russell's funeral is planned for Monday at Palmer Funeral Home in Fullerton. From the Omaha "World-Herald" Newspaper 10-28-07 When her husband used to tell her she would live to be 100, Grace Russell never believed him. "She always said, 'Oh, I won't either,'" said Pat Russell, her daughter-in-law. "I don't know how that happened." Yet Grace Russell celebrated her 100th birthday this past April. And she was living a full life when she died Friday in a fire at her longtime home in Fullerton, Neb.: 100 years, six months and six days after she was born. The blaze appears to have been caused by an overheated furnace that led to the ignition of the floor joists, the Nance County Attorney's Office said. Grace Russell was pronounced dead at the Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City. Cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning due to smoke inhalation. Born Grace Gladys Milby, she spent her life in Fullerton. Her husband, Arthur L. Russell, a farmer and livestock breeder, died in 1992 at age 93. They were married 66 years. Grace Russell was able to take care of herself. "She knew everything," Pat Russell said. "Her mind was good. She done her own housework. . . . She clipped her hedge, raked. . . . She was remarkable." She had two children, both boys, one of whom died in 2000, Pat Russell said. She also had six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren and two step-great-great grandchildren. She was kind and loving but could be very direct at times. "She just told you like it was. If there was something she didn't like, she told you about it," Pat Russell said. Grace Russell had the ranch-style house she and her husband purchased in 1955 refurbished last year. It had brand-new vinyl siding and a new garage door. The house now appears destroyed, Pat Russell said. Grace Russell's funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Palmer Funeral Home in Fullerton. Visitation is today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

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Grace Gladys Milby Russell's memorial is located at: Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Nance County, USA.
When did Grace Gladys Milby Russell death?
Grace Gladys Milby Russell death on 26 Oct 2007 in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.3510017
Longitude: -97.9813995

Family Members:

Parent

Derwood Milby

(1877 - 1965)

Lula Green Stearman Milby

(1883 - 1968)

Spouse

Arthur Laird “Pete” Russell

(1898 - 1992)

Siblings

Walter Ray Milby

(1904 - 1964)

Bethel Milby Sutton

(1914 - 2011)

Dale D. Milby

(1921 - 2010)

Children

Richard Laird Russell

(1930 - 2000)

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