Born in Ashland in 1910 to Arthur and Louise Holmes, Russ was number 7 out of a total of 11 children. He spent his childhood years moving from place to place with his family until finally settling in Green Bay. His father abandoned his wife and 6 living children there, forcing Russell and his older brothers and sister to become the bread-winners for the family while their Mother stayed at home to raise his younger brothers. He married Yvonne Burnett in 1939 and had two children, Donna and Russell. They were divorced before 1945. He was a skilled barber, but had to stop after showing signs of early Parkinson's Disease. Oddly enough he became a welder and during WWII spent time in Oregon and Washington working on ships that had been damaged in the Pearl Harbor attacks and Pacific campaigns. In 1951 he married Elaine Lisch and had a daughter, Judy, in 1952. Later in life he developed emphasema (probably due to inhaling welding fumes while working in the bowels of the big ships) and died in 1982 at the age of 72. He was pre-deceased by his parents and 5 of his siblings (two were still born, 3 died in childhood of whooping cough).
Born in Ashland in 1910 to Arthur and Louise Holmes, Russ was number 7 out of a total of 11 children. He spent his childhood years moving from place to place with his family until finally settling in Green Bay. His father abandoned his wife and 6 living children there, forcing Russell and his older brothers and sister to become the bread-winners for the family while their Mother stayed at home to raise his younger brothers. He married Yvonne Burnett in 1939 and had two children, Donna and Russell. They were divorced before 1945. He was a skilled barber, but had to stop after showing signs of early Parkinson's Disease. Oddly enough he became a welder and during WWII spent time in Oregon and Washington working on ships that had been damaged in the Pearl Harbor attacks and Pacific campaigns. In 1951 he married Elaine Lisch and had a daughter, Judy, in 1952. Later in life he developed emphasema (probably due to inhaling welding fumes while working in the bowels of the big ships) and died in 1982 at the age of 72. He was pre-deceased by his parents and 5 of his siblings (two were still born, 3 died in childhood of whooping cough).
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