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Story last updated at 7:58 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Russell K. Griffith

July 14, 1936-Feb. 12, 2009

Russell K. Griffith, 72, died Feb. 12, 2009, at South Peninsula Hospital with his wife by his side after a long battle with cancer.

Russell K. Griffith

Dr. Griffith was born July 14, 1936, in Pittsburgh, Penn. He became a resident of Homer in 2000. Russell attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., Ohio Wesleyan University, and earned his Ph.D. in chemistry and physics from Akron University. He married in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in 1959. While in the U.S. Air Force he was stationed at Wright Patterson in Dayton, Ohio, and then continued his research in chemistry at Standard Oil of Ohio in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. He later moved to Bucks Harbor, Maine.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Griffith.

Per Russell's request, no formal services will be held.

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