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Brother Cornelius Russell
20 February 2910 – 27 October 2009

Received the Breath of Life

29 Februry 1920 —
Manhattan NY


Called to Accept the Marist
Brotherhood

26 July 1947— Poughkeepsie
NY
Professed final vows

1953 Poughkeepsie NY
Was Commended to God

27 October 2009

Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan NY


Mass of Resurrection

29 October 2009

Mount St Michael Chapel

Bronx NY


Interment

30 October 2009

Marist Cemetery

Esopus NY

Son of Joseph Russell and Genevieve Toner. His sisters Mary and Genevieve
predeceased him. They were faithful supporters of matters Marist.
1943-1945 Sergeant with weather section of US Army Air Force
1946-1948 Marist Novitiate, Poughkeepsie NY
1947-1950 Marist College Scholasticate, Poughkeepsie NY
1950
BA degree in history, Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY
1950-1953 Saint Helena HS, Bronx NY — teacher
1953-1958 Central Catholic HS, Wheeling WV — teacher


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1954 -1960 part time graduate student Columbia University, NYC
1960
MA degree from Columbia
1959-1961 Aquinas HS, Augusta, GA
1961-1993 Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY — teacher/Controller p.t.
1965
Professed vow of stability
1993-2000 Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY — retired
2000 - 2002 89th Avenue Community, Miami FL — retired
2002-2009 Cabrini Center, New York NY — retired

Reformatted 11 December 2011, but content remained the same.