Russell Howard Trommer

Russell Howard Trommer was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from High School in 1941. During High School he met his future wife, Helen L. Witherow and they married in 1943. As World War II started Russell joined the United States Navy in May of 1944 and was stationed aboard the USS Halsey Powell (DD 686) and served in the Pacific during this time of the war. During 1945, his destroyer the USS Halsey Powell, was hit by a Kamikaze in the back of the ship during a battle in the Philippine Sea, then the crippled destroyer made it’s way to the Ulithi Atoll for repairs. Russell was given an Honorable Discharge at the end of the war from the Navy in 1946 and returned back to his wife in Ohio.

Russell and his family moved to Wellington, Ohio, where he worked as a machinist and as a volunteer fire fighter in that community. Russell and his family later moved to Mt Clemens, Michigan, then to Lexington Kentucky and started working for IBM. During this time in Kentucky, Russell was a very active private pilot, machinist, wood worker and gardener. After Russell retired from IBM, he and Helen moved around Kentucky and finally to Texas so he and his wife could be closer to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Russell’s family wishes to acknowledge the support and care given by his granddaughter, Michele Wieckowski during the last years of his life and the Hospice Austin staff.

Russell Howard Trommer was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Ethel Trommer of Akron, Ohio; and brothers, Charles and Herbert, and sister Eleanor Harrison all of Akron, Ohio; great grandson, Noah of Cedar Park, Texas; and daughter in-law, Sherry of Georgetown, Texas.

He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Helen of Round Rock, Texas; son, Gary and daughter in-law, Sherry of St Croix VI; granddaughter, Michele and husband, Steve Wieckowski of Leander, Texas; grandson, Jeff and wife, Gloria of Taylor, Texas; son, Rick of Georgetown, TX; grandson, Andy and wife, Angela of Ft Worth, Texas; grandson, Griffin and wife, Lauren of Royse City, TX; brother, Norman of North Carolina; brother, William of Ohio; sister, Barbara Rotunda of Ohio; numerous cousins and other relatives and six great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.

A “Celebration of Life” will be held on Monday, December 5, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Wyoming Springs AL and Memory Care, 7230 Wyoming Springs Drive, Round Rock, Texas.

Arrangements under the direction of Cook-Walden Davis Funeral Home, 2900 Williams Drive, Georgetown, Texas 78628 (512)863-2564.