Monday, September 28th, 2009
Wilma Russo
Wilma Eileen Weaver Russo, 81, formerly of 833 Bellaire Drive, Bellevue, died at 10:40 p.m. Sept. 24, 2009, at The Gardens at Celina.
She was born on Oct. 11, 1927, in Portsmouth to William and Laura Rice Church. On Dec. 21, 1944, she married her first husband William Curtis Weaver, who died Sept. 25, 1982. On Feb. 14,1989, she married her second husband Sebastian Russo, who died Aug. 30, 2000.
Survivors include a son, David (Judy) Weaver, Celina; a daughter, Laura (Chris) Lilburn; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Deceased are her brothers, Leo and Evan Baisden, Edward and Cecil Church: two infant brothers; and two sisters, Virginia Baisden and Miriam Church Lewis.
She was a member of the Siebert United Methodist Church. She also volunteered at the Bellevue Hospital and Children's Home in Flat Rock and was a member of the Red Hat Society.
Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Foos and Foos Funeral Home, Bellevue, the Rev. Bruce Kent officiating
Calling is 1-3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Fraternal Section at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Wheelersburg.
Condolences can be left at LHDfuneralhome.com and Foosfuneral.com.
Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina is entrusted with arrangements.
