Rhonda K. Russell-Graham

Rhonda K. Russell-Graham, age 60, resident of Shelby, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Mansfield Ohio Health after a brief illness.

Born March 18, 1955 in Nelsonville, OH to Kenneth Eugene and Marie Ann (Mulpas) Russell, she was a 27 year resident of Westerville recently moving to Shelby. 

Rhonda was a graduate of Otterbein College, receiving her Bachelors degree in Nursing. She had worked with the Columbus City School system as a nurse and also worked as an IV therapy nurse. In Westerville she was a member of the Genoa Baptist Church and is currently a member of Shelby First Church God. 

Rhonda enjoyed sewing, reading, traveling, taking cruises in the Caribbean, cooking and most of all spending time with her family and friends.

Rhonda is survived by her husband of 11 years, Michael L. Graham of Shelby; two sons, Adam C. (Christine) Cullimore of Sugar Grove, Ohio; Joshua K. Russell-Seitz of Westerville, Ohio; two step-daughters, Olivia S. (Mark Richard) Roberts of Shelby, Ohio; Abigail Michelle (Jason Allen) Hubbard of Shelby, Ohio; three grandchildren Lexy, Ace and Trisha Cullimore of Sugar Grove, Ohio; step-grandchildren Brandon and Kristin Roberts of Shelby, Ohio, Bryce  and Sarah  Hubbard of Shelby, Ohio; one sister Deborah (John A.) Koons of Millfield, Ohio; two nieces Tara Sayre, and Beth Six of Millfield, Ohio; one uncle Lawrence Russell of Chauncey, Ohio and sister- friend Janet Reiss of Westerville, OH. and canine companion, Scooter.                                                                                                                   
In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by her maternal grandparents, Charles and Eveth (Sawyer) Mulpas, and paternal grandparents, Otto R. and Florence (Crosser) Russell. 

Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday November 24, 2015 at the First Church of God in Shelby. Pastor George Johnston of the First Church of God and Pastor Frank Carl of the Genoa Baptist Church in Westerville will officiate.Private interment will be held in Oakland Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call at the Barkdull Funeral Home & Crematory in Shelby Monday  November 23, 2015 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM.

Memorial contributions may be made to Genoa Baptist Church-Stow Center Missions at 7562 Lewis Center Rd, Westerville, OH 43082, or First Church of God Missions Fund at 3616 State Route 39, Shelby, OH 44875.

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