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Tuesday, February 08, 2000     Page: 5A

February 6, 2000 Helen (Ralick) Russin, 89, of Plains Township, died Sunday
at Meadows Manor in Dallas. Born Nov. 20, 1910, in Scranton, she was a
daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Arendt) Ralick. She attended Scranton
public schools and was a graduate of Lackawanna Business College. Before
retiring, she was the administrative secretary for the Federated Russian
Orthodox Clubs. She was a member of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral,
Wilkes-Barre; the cathedral a cappella choir; the Mozart Club; the Wyoming
Valley Oratorio Society; the Wyoming Valley Hospital Auxiliary; and the Quota
Club. She was a volunteer at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, the first
president and a charter member of the Maffett Street School PTA, and past
president of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 283 Auxiliary, Kingston. She was
preceded in death by her husband, Harry S.; brother, John Ralick; and sisters,
Lydia Swinteck and Alice Kellett. Surviving are her daughters, Joan R. Cross,
New Castle; Barbara R. Musnuff, Kingston; and Helen R. Morris, Stanton, N.J.;
son, attorney Basil G. Russin, Kingston; 12 grandchildren, four
great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m.
Wednesday from the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home, Inc., Plains Township, with
Requiem services at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral.
Archpriest Joseph Martin will officiate. Interment will be in the Eastern
Orthodox Lawn of Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. today. A Parastas service will be at 8 this evening. Memorial
donations may be made to Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral.