Chestertown
Charles M. Russell, Sr.
2021
Charles M. Russell, Sr, retired, Johns Hopkins APL, Satellite Communications Systems Engineer, dies on January 10, 2021 of natural causes, in Chestertown, Maryland Born April 04, 1927, to Walter William Russell and Gertrude Schindler, in Ellensburg, WA, Charles was the youngest of four children: Walter Robert, Dorothea Sveen and Marjorie Focht, all who have predeceased him. The family moved to the Yakima Valley in the mid 1930s where Charles learned about engines and mechanics from his dad, to play basketball, and was proud of his first job as an "Apple Knocker" in the fruit warehouses of Yakima. He graduated from Yakima High School, at the age of 17, and attended the University of...