Russell Stephen Grondin, 70, of Tonasket, Washington died November 14, 2017.  He was born in Quincy Massachusetts on July 4, 1947 to parents Robert O. and Miriam (West)  Grondin.    He was raised in Braintree, Massachusetts and graduated from Braintree high school in 1965. 

 During his youth he ran track and cross-country for his high school, played intramural hockey in high school and with a pick up group from church and he also played basketball for Christ  Episcopal  Church in the Quincy YMCA Church School basketball league. 

 Russ sang in the boys choir, served as an acolyte, and was a member of the Young Peoples Fellowship at Christ Church. He attended Brantwood Camp from ninth-grade through 11th and earned Best Boy of the Year Award during his tenure at Brentwood.  Russ was a member of the Order of Sir Galahad at Christ Church. 

 Russ was enlisted in the Navy from 1965 to 1967. He served aboard the USS Benjamin Stoddard as a Radio Seaman Apprentice.  He was a member of the George W Bryant VFW Post in Quincy, Mass after he was discharged from the Navy.  He moved to California where he studied culinary arts and later went to work for and retire from Holland  America cruise line. He lived the balance of his life in Tonasket, Washington, where he was a member of the Tonasket American Legion Post 82. 

 He is survived by his mother, Miriam (West) Grondin; siblings, Diane Miriam Grondin, Wayne R. Brandon and Annette M. Allen; four nieces, one nephew, four grand-nieces, three grand-nephews and one aunt.

 A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at 11 AM at  Christ Episcopal Church, 12 Quincy Ave., Quincy, MA. All are welcome. Burial of the ashes at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts will be at a later date.