Russell S Hibbs

Russell S. Hibbs, age 99

Beloved husband for 54 years to Euthymia "Themis" (nee Douvaletas), Loving father of Anna Maria, Solange, and Katherine. Dearest grandfather of Adrian, Elsa, and Grant and great-grandfather of Alba and Camille.

Russell served the country for 65 years. At age 19 he was commissioned in the US Marine Corps. Shortly after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki he was a member of the Allied Occupation forces in Nagasaki. During nine-year Marine Corps career, he served in Korea during the war, took part in Operation Sandstone and nuclear tests in the Pacific, served aboard aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, attended Naval Russian language school, and served with the Office of Naval Intelligence in Germany. He attended a State Department Program in Beirut. After resigning from the Marine Corps he completed a Master’s degree from the Georgetown Institute of Languages. He joined the Foreign Service and through the State Department was assigned to Africa, Europe, and Latin America. He met Themis in Belgium and they were married in Brussels 1971.

On retirement from the government, Russell served as a consultant for the Airforce and Marine Corps. Subsequently consulting for the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency over a twenty year period, he traveled to over thirty countries to assess and ensure the physical protection of nuclear material the United States provided to foreign countries for peaceful use.

In 2011, at the age of 85, he retired and he and Themis moved to Cleveland to be closer to family. He died in his home surrounded by his family on July 31, 2025.

Family and friends may call for Memorial Visitation at THE FIORITTO FUNERAL HOME, 5236 MAYFIELD ROAD, LYNDHURST (EAST OF RICHMOND ROAD) 5-7 PM FRIDAY.

Donations in Russell’s honor may be made to: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital:

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