Russell Atwood

Russ moved to Canon City with his family as a young boy. One of his favorite memories was living on the Mountaindale Ranch where he loved horseback riding, hiking and hunting in the hills around Beaver Creek. When Russ retired from Husky oil Co in Cheyenne, he and his wife Marian moved to CA where they owned an almond grove and raised beef cattle. He had many lifelong hobbies, to name a few: he prospected for gold in CA on family land. He used some of that gold in his jewelry making hobby. He was a baseball coach for his grandsons ball team. He was an avid chess player and competed at the state level. He was a collector of unusual chess sets. He was a life long coin collector and was proud of the fact he still had a coin given to him by his grandpa when he was a young boy. He spent many years of genealogy research, especially into our Cherokee heritage. After the death of his wife he moved to Mesa, AZ where he live several years. While living there he became involved in the church of Latter Day Saints and became an elder. Five years ago when his health started to fail he moved back to Canon City, CO to be near family. He resided at the Friendship house until 5 months ago when he moved to Hildebrand nursing home. Russ was the eldest of a family of 13.