Russ Black, 41, funeral rites in Benson, Minn.

Funeral services for Russell James Black, 41, were held Saturday, March 2, 1974, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church at Benson, Minn. Burial was in the Benson cemetery. 

Mr. Black died Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Russell James Black was born Oct. 3, 1932, to Edwin and Esther (Creasey) Black on a farm northwest of Reliance. He later moved into Reliance with his family and attended 12 years of school there, graduating from Reliance High School in 1950.

After graduation, he became a teletype operator, working in various small depots on the Milwaukee Railroad. In 1952, he joined the Army, serving two years; one in Germany.

Mr. Black married Judy Swanson in November of 1953.

After completing his military service, he returned to the Milwaukee, working at Rapid City, Draper and Vivian. While in Vivian he began working part-time at the bank and became interested in the banking business. From there, he became employed full-time in the Kennebec bank.

Mr. and Mrs. Black and family then moved to Benson, Minn., and he was a cashier for Swift County Bank there at the time of his death.

Surviving relatives, in addition to Mrs. Black,   include four children: Brenda, Robin, Jamie and Cheryl; his mother, Esther Morgan of Reliance; two sisters: Mrs. Evert Fletcher, Reliance, and Mrs. Ann Cordry, Farmington, NM, and a brother, Richard, St. Clair Shores, Mich.

He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Robert, who died in World War II.

Reprinted from the Chamberlain Register, April 7, 1974