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Sandra Russell

[January 31, 2019]  SPRINGFIELD - Sandra Russell, 76, formerly of Lincoln, passed away at 9:55 p.m. on Sunday January 27, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Visitation:  10 a.m. to noon Friday, February 1, 2019 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln

Service:  Noon Friday at the funeral home

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    Mount Pulaski

Obituary

Sandra Russell, 76, formerly of Lincoln, passed away at 9:55 p.m. on Sunday January 27, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Sandra was born on January 7, 1943 in Chicago, daughter of Bob and Maxine (Johnson) Zbinden. She married John Russell on December 26, 1981 in Lincoln. He survives her.

Also surviving Sandra are her children: Dianne Whitman of Franklin, N.C. and Doug Meier of New Castle, IN; her sister Myrna Bair of Pennsylvania, her brother Ray Zbinden of Illinois; three grandchildren: Emma, Grace, and Corinne Meier. She was preceded in death by her parents.

 

Sandra attended Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln. She was a member of the Elks Emblem Club and assisted with Elks Crippled Children’s Trust, and was a member of the Red Hats.

Services for Sandra will be 12:00 Noon Friday, February 1, 2019 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Rev. Mark Peters officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service (10:00-12:00). Burial at New Union Cemetery will follow the service.

Memorials may be made in Sandra’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Humane Society of Logan County.

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