Sept. 26, 1944-Sept. 10, 2017
Bob will be a greatly missed Son, Brother, Husband, Father and friend. He left Wyoming for his new heavenly home on Sept. 10, 2017, after succumbing to a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob was born Sept. 26, 1944, in Utica, N.Y., to Willard and Betty Russell.
Bob was passionate in his love of many things but importantly his family, especially his wife Mary and then anything with a motor that ran fast. Building and racing motorcycles, snowmobiles and cars professionally at a young age in upstate New York and wherever else the sport would take him. Mechanical projects and hobbies remained a large part of his life building, tuning and riding anything he might acquire for a “deal.” Many cars,…
