Russell Ottobine Lightfoot ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Granville Township, Mifflin, PA on January 1920. ²

Sheet 6A, Household 114, District 118
Granville Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Son..Russell O. Lightfoot..1..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ³

Sheet 3B, Household 54, Roll 2078, District 0008
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Son..Russell O. Lightfoot..11..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 17 August 2003.

⁴ Russell O. Lightfoot, 84, of 97 Old Route 22 Road, Lewistown, and formerly of Strodes Mills, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, at his residence.

Born Nov. 17, 1918, in Lewistown, he was a son of the late Stewart and Rhoda (Rheam) Lightfoot.

Surviving are: seven children, Beverly Grove, St. Petersburg, FL, Wanda Markel, Lewistown, Robert A. Lightfoot, Willow St., William J. Lightfoot, Lancaster, Sandra L. Clinger and Dennis E. Lightfoot, both of Lewistown, Steven W. Lightfoot, Millersburg, and their mother, Dorothy S. Kauffman Nichols; a sister, Arlene Confer, Michigan; a brother, Howard Lightfoot, Texas; 22 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.

He retired from Standard Steel with 35 years of service.

He served in the U.S. Army, a veteran of World War II.

He was a Baptist by Faith.

His funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hoenstine Funeral Home, Inc., 75 Logan St., Lewistown with Rev. Jacob T. Traxler officiating. Interment will be in Lind Memorial Cemetery.

Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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• He was buried on 20 August 2003 in the Lind Memorial Cemetery in Lewistown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #80019082
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Russell married Dorothy Sarah Kauffman, daughter of John Kauffman and Mary Messerman, on 26 June 1940 in Albin, VA.¹ (Dorothy Sarah Kauffman was born in 1924 ¹ and died in 2004.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 26 June 1940, in Albin, VA. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Russell Ottbine Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Jun 1940
Event Place: , Albin, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Marriage License Place: Frederick, Virginia
Father's Name: Stewart Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Roda May Ream
Spouse's Name: Dorothy Sarah Kaufman
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 16
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1924
Spouse's Father's Name: John Kaufman
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Messerman
Certificate Number: 26615

Citing this Record
"Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-DYXQ : 10 January 2019), Mary Messerman in entry for Russell Ottbine Lightfoot and Dorothy Sarah Kaufman, 26 Jun 1940; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Albin, Virginia, United States, certificate 26615, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
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