Christine Mae Russell (nee Smith), age 90, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2024 in Westlake, Ohio.

Christine was born in West Virginia to Leonard and Harriet Smith and had an older brother Carl (dec). She moved to Akron, Ohio as a young woman and had many interesting jobs including teaching ballroom dancing at Arthur Murray and selling refuse service to a horse race track. Christine later lived in Kent and Twin Lakes, Ohio where she raised her four children Kim, Jennifer, Julie, and Matthew (dec). Her children were everything to her and she enjoyed cooking meals from scratch and celebrating birthdays and holidays with them. Christine adored her grandchildren Cara, Jacob, Ryan, Isabelle, Lilly, and Abby, and her great grandchildren Gabriella and Jade.

Christine was more of a city girl than country girl and enjoyed visiting New York City. She also loved music and poetry, and tending her roses on her patio in Chardon where she lived for almost 20 years.

A service and life celebration will be held Sunday December 29th at 1:00 pm at Pilgrim Church 202 S. Hambden St Chardon, Ohio.