McGruder services

Services for Russell Eugene McGruder Jr., 53, Topeka, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Second Christian Church in Lawrence. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. McGruder died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka.

He was born Sept. 19, 1949, in Lawrence, the son of Russell Eugene and Susie (Patton) McGruder.

Mr. McGruder was a dispatcher for Shawnee County Emergency Services. He was a member of New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Topeka, where he played the organ.

Survivors include two daughters, Russona McGruder and Shirlrene McGruder, both of Lawrence, and five grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Russell McGruder Grandchildren’s Educational Fund, sent in care of the mortuary.