A Sept. ’08 note from Russ Schanely’s daughter to Maribeth Amrhein Graham ’55 …
Dear Mrs.Graham, …
My name is Laurie Schanely Hanchuruck and my dad was Russell Schanely. I just received (forwarded) your recent letter to dad, and I am sad to inform you that dad passed on July 23rd. He had been fairly healthy (and his usual cranky) up until the past few months. He had told friends of his at the end of last year, that he wanted to live to be 80 (which he was in January) but didn’t expect to live until August (very creepy) … he had been caring for mom – who has dementia. (We had planned to move her in with us, in CT, after he passed but unfortunately, we were unable to keep her safe and she is happily being cared for in an Alzheimer’s Assisted Living Facility.) Maribeth (sister) graduated from Wittenberg College in OH and started a PhD program at Yale, but then decided to go to the U of Pa. and study veterinary medicine. She is a veterinarian, living in Australia (about two hours outside of Melbourne). She has two sons – Tom – who will be 18 shortly and is in trade school studying welding, and Chris who just turned 14. (She had a daughter, Susan, who sadly passed away at six weeks of age – she would be 16). She was here for a month following dad’s passing and has just returned to Australia.
I graduated from Ohio Northern U. and am a pharmacist with the Veterans Admin. (My husband graduated from law school at ONU). Our oldest daughter, Katie, is 21 and a senior (honor student) in Library Science at Kutztown Univ. in PA (where mom got her BS and MS in library science). Katie just rode her bike from Providence RI to San Francisco building houses for Habitat for Humanity. Our son, Timothy Russell, is 19 and is a freshman at Franklin Pierce Univ. in NH – he will be a criminal justice major – but is mostly there to play lacrosse. Our youngest, Molly, 14, just started her freshman year in high school – she has danced for the last 11 years (she also sings) – and she is a goalie on the girl’s lacrosse team. Dad was very proud of all of them! I’m sure dad would have been thrilled to hear from you … he spoke of his OWU friends often – and that is our sad update.
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