Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, October 31, 1993 TAG: 9311010169
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT RUSSELL, HARRY PATRICK
RUSSELL, Harry Patrick, 64, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, October 29,
1993. He founded the New Yorker Delicatessen in 1958. In 1975 he was awarded
the key to the Star City by Mayor Roy L. Webber for his pioneering of the
Roanoke Valley's First Delicatessen at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the
Grand Opening in his new building. He was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic
Church and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He was an Air
Force Veteran of the Korean War and a longtime member of the Roanoke
Restaurant Association, the Virginia Restaurant Association, the Roanoke
Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Williamson Road Action Forum. Surviving
are his wife, Eileen Alouf Russell of Roanoke; one daughter, Elaine Marie
Russell of Roanoke; two sons, Dr. Harry Patrick Russell II and Michael Anthony
Russell; three sisters, Mrs. Kyle (Ruby) Hart, Mrs. Carlton (Peggy) Saul of
Roanoke and Mrs. Everette (Helen) Burdette of San Leandro, Calif. He is also
survived by Dr. and Mrs. Fred G. Alouf, Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Alouf, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles A. Ringler, Mrs. Rose Abdelnour, all of Roanoke; 12 nieces and
six nephews. A prayer service will be conducted at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel 7
p.m. Sunday. A Funeral Mass of the Resurrection has been changed from 11:15
a.m. Monday to 11 a.m. Monday at St. Andrew's Catholic Church. It will be
conducted by the Rev. Father Joseph Metzger and the Rev. Father Stephen Rule.
Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke
Chapel where the family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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