Elmer William Frederick Russell, 92 LAUREL - Elmer William Frederick Russell, passed away in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Wednesday, October 14, 2009. He was 92. He was born February 9, 1917, in Baltimore, Md., son of the late Elmer Hensel Russell and Emily Cheavoux Russell. Mr. Russell retired in 1982 after a life-long career as a machinist, beginning with the former National Plastics of Odenton, Md. and ending with Westinghouse in Annapolis, Md. He was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church, Seaford, where he had served as an usher for many years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Taylor Russell, who passed away in April of 2007; and two sons, Elmer H. Russell and Barry W. Russell. He is survived by two daughters, Yvonne Price and husband David of Laurel, and Mary Malmberg and husband Norwin of Annapolis, Md.; two daughters-in-law, Connie Russell of Pasadena, Md. wife of son, Elmer, and Estelle Russell of Seaford, wife of son Barry; five sons, John Russell and wife Doris of Lewes, Walter Boyd Russell and wife Carol of Parkville, Md., Joseph Russell and wife Annie of Dallas, Texas, Robert Russell and wife Donna of Laurel, and Thomas Russell and wife Brenda of Dallas, Texas; 21 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2009, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws St., Bridgeville, with Pastor Andrew Watkins officiating. Friends may call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the American Diabetes Association, 100 West 10th St., Suite 1002, Wilmington, DE 19801; or to the Delaware Association for the Blind, 800 West St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Sign the guest book at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.