Living with Legends

Friends of Joan Russell are invited to attend a memorial service in her honor on Sunday,  January 4, 2009.  The service will be held at:

Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel
353 Second Ave., (between 20^th & 21^st St.)
Greet Family 11:00 – 12:00
Memorial Service at Noon.  Remembrances welcome.

The Chelsea Hotel community was saddened to learn of Ms. Russell's passing.   Joan Silverman Russell was a resident of the Chelsea Hotel for over 38 years.  Joan was an author and classical scholar and was a retired City University professor.  She was preceded in death by her husband,  painter Alfred Russell, who died in 2007.