Helena "Ma" Russelburg

August 8, 1929 ~ February 12, 2016
Helena "Ma" Russelburg, 86, of Wyanet died at 11:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Colonial HealthCare and Rehabilitation Centre in Princeton. Born Aug. 8. 1929, in Neponset Township, Bureau County, to Lewis and Martha (Brooks) Williams, she married Bernard R. Russelburg May 7, 1947, in Princeton. He died Feb. 6, 2011. Surviving are two sons, David Anthony Russelburg of Wyanet and Douglas A. (Kay) Russelburg of Tiskilwa; two daughters, Debra A. (John H.) Hansen of Wyanet and Delores A. Butler of Mendota; 15 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Burl (Evelyn) Williams of Texas and Athony Williams of Buda; five sisters, Millie Thumma of Neponset, Linda Gale of Princeton, Bernice (Darrell) Russelburg of Waverly, Ky., Sharon (Stan) Joliff of East Peoria and Maybeth Cade of Princeton; and many nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter-in-law, Lynn Russelburg; six brothers, James, Floyd, Dwayne and Keith Williams; two infant brothers, Eugene and Brook Williams; and one sister, Frances Monroe. She was a homemaker. She had been a cook for Prairie View Nursing Home in Princeton and a school bus driver for Wyanet. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Princeton with Chaplin TerryAnn Dumyahn officiating. Burial will be in Hopeland Cemetery, Buda. Cremation rites will be accorded and private family inurnment will be at a later date. Visitation will be form 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please direct to donor''s choice.
So sorry for the loss of Helena