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Obituary

Mary Russell Oleson, who considered herself a lifelong globetrotter, died of complications related to dementia on October 18 in Towson, MD. She was 87.

Mary was born on August 15, 1935, on the island of Shameen in Guangzhou, where her father, Robert Russell, worked for the First National City Bank of New York (now Citibank). For five years she lived there with him and her mother, Bertha (nee Sears), as well as in Singapore …

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Mary will be interred alongside John at the DACOR section of the St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Plans for a celebration of life are still being planned.

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Dear Family of Mary, 

Please forgive our belated expression of sympathy on Mary's death.  On behalf of the Woman's Club…

Dear Family of Mary, 

Please forgive our belated expression of sympathy on Mary's death.  On behalf…

Dear Family of Mary, 

Please forgive our belated expression of s…

Mary & John were both wonderful friends of my parents and I think of them as family.  It is a loss for us all, but what…
Mary & John were both wonderful friends of my parents and I think of them as family.  It is a loss …
Mary & John were both wonderful friends of my parents and I thin…

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August 15th, 1935
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Passed away

October 18th, 2022
Towson, Maryland

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