Max Harrell

1925 - 2015

Harrell, Max; age 90; of Riverdale; passed away Friday, May 22, 2015; at Schnepps Senior Care and Rehab Center in St. Louis. He was born April 28, 1925, to Randall and Ruth (Wilson) Harrell, in Montcalm County. Three years of his early adolescence were spent at Mary Free Bed Hospital in Grand Rapids, suffering from a bone disease. He returned home at the age of 15 and attended Vestaburg High School. He married Leona Scramlin on November 13, 1945. Max worked as the custodian and a bus driver at Riverdale Elementary School for many years, and later for what was called the Gratiot County Sheriff’s Animal Control, otherwise known as Dog Warden. He enjoyed this job, as he met many people and loved to chat. He was an avid hunter and loved to fish. Max is survived by three children, Barbara (Bobbie) Moxam and her husband, Tom Wachnicki, Richard (Rhonda) Harrell, and Linda Harrell; grandsons, Kyle Moxam, Trevor (Lorelle) Moxam, Patrick (Erin) Harrell, Michael (Erica) Harrell, and Anthony Cabic; great grandchildren, Jacob and Mya Harrell, River and Leaf Moxam, Andy and Hilde Moxam; one brother, Melvin (Carolyn) Harrell; and two sisters, Rosemary Taylor and Sonja (Ralph) Sherman. Preceeding him in death, wife, Leona; daughter, Morene Cabic; and granddaughter, Terra Cabic; brother, Victor Harrell; and sisters, Marcelene Rose and Mickey Knowles. Cremation has taken place. Memorial Service will be held at the Lincoln Road United Methodist Church, Sunday May 31, 2015 at 2 p.m. with Mel Harrell and Jana Lynn Almeida, officiating. Memorials can be made to the Seville Twp. Library in Riverdale, Lumberjack Park, or Action for a Cleaner Township.