Dr. Wallace RussellDr. Wallace O. Russell, age 92, was born on May 23rd, 1924 to Earnest D. and Fern (DeGroot) Russell, and passed away on February 13, 2017. Wallace was born in Paola, KS. The family moved to Bolivar in 1938 where he graduated from Bolivar High School in 1942. He was preceded in death by his wife Leattie, his daughter Pamela, his brother Donald Russell, and his parents.Wallace is survived by eleven nieces and nephews and their families. John & Judi Russell, Patricia & Bryan Breckenridge, Susan & Doug Brashears, William & Nedra Fox, and Patricia & Eddie Neal, Debra Fantauzzi, Thomas & Judi Ball, Stephanie & Mick McIntyre, Sheila & Bill Wear Jr., J Richard & Renee Ball, Shawnna & Scott Furnish. And special caregiver Kathy Mauck. Visitation will be on hour prior to service from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Butler Funeral Home, in Bolivar. Funeral Services for Wallace will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Butler Funeral Home in Bolivar, Missouri, with Rev. Bill Wear officiating. Burial will follow services in the Greenwood Cemetery, with John Russell, Bryan Breckenridge, Doug Brashears, Thomas Ball, William Fox, Mick McIntyre, Eddie Neal, J Richard Ball, Scott Furnish serving as casket bearers, and Gerald Stephens, Donald Babb, Eugene Hutchinson serving as honorary casket bearers. Thank you to the staff of Integrity Home Care, Maplewood Care Center, Jeff & Kim Payne and Bobbie Nash for their love and special care of Wallace.Memorial contributions may be made to the Pamela S. Russell Memorial Fund Drury University Institutional Advancement Office, 900 N Benton Ave, Springfield, MO 65802