{"id":1309915,"date":"2019-05-04T23:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/velma-patricia-russo-1928-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-05-04T23:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T05:00:01","slug":"velma-patricia-russo-1928-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/velma-patricia-russo-1928-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Velma Patricia Russo (1928 \u2013 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ObitRusso-gpi-050519.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ObitRusso-gpi-050519.jpg 433w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/ObitRusso-gpi-050519-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Velma Patricia Russo passed peacefully, family around her, April 28, 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Born Velma Davis in Rochester NY, she married and raised her family; semi-retired to Phoenix; then chose Glenwood Springs, close to daughter Michele and Chris Wurtsmith, granddaughters Natalie and Alex Terrell (now Phoenix), Jessica Wurtsmith, great-grandson Oliver Thompson. Also survived by son Ralph and Mellody Russo (RochesterNY), granddaughters Miranda Russo (Baltimore), Madeline Russo (Boston), daughter Mareva Russo and Brad Twoomey (TrinidadCA) and brother Frank and Reva Davis (West BloomfieldNY). Predeceased by husband Patrick Russo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Velma gave love to family and friends, through her intellect and art. Great listener, assertive when needed, she\u2019d attract people into her community. Her art blossomed continuously and we\u2019ll remember her enjoying a picnic and her delicious cooking. Her understanding of people and appreciation of nature guides us always.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">We thank her neighbors and Glenwood community for friendship and support, making these last years a joy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">To honor Velma, please step outside and marvel at our beautiful world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/obituaries-news\/velma-patricia-russo-1928-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velma Patricia Russo passed peacefully, family around her, April 28, 2019. Born Velma Davis in Rochester NY, she married and raised her family; semi-retired to Phoenix; then chose Glenwood Springs, close to daughter Michele and Chris Wurtsmith, granddaughters Natalie and Alex Terrell (now Phoenix), Jessica Wurtsmith, great-grandson Oliver Thompson. Also survived by son Ralph and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1309915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 13:00:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}