David M. Russell, Jr.

??It is with great sadness that the family of David Mauritz Russell, Jr. announces his passing on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the age of 58 years after a lengthy battle with Huntington's Disease for which there is currently no cure.He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 33 years, Elizabeth and his children, David M. Russell III (April)  and Caitlin M. Russell (James), sister-in-law Cheryl Lynn Raley (Art), brother-in-law Walter A. Raley, Jr. (Gigi), mother-in-law, Linda A. Raley and nieces and nephews.He will be lovingly remembered by his mother, Margaret O. Ingram, his sister, Mary Ingram and brothers Spencer Ingram (Denise), Jerry Ingram (Paula), Bruce Ingram, Mark Ingram (Lonnie) and many nieces and nephews.  Dave was predeceased by his father David M. Russell, Sr., and Jerry Ingram and by his brother, Robert B. Russell.Dave graduated from Arundel High School and pursued a computer engineering degree at RETS Technical Training Center (the school is now known as TESST Technology Institute).  He worked for Perkin-Elmer, IBM and Concurrent Computer Corporation as a computer engineer.He was an avid sports fan of football, baseball, ice hockey, basketball and Nascar. He enjoyed listening to music, playing cards, golfing, camping, going to the beach and deejaying family events.Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities during their prime working years and has no cure. HD is known as the quintessential family disease because every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of carrying the faulty gene. Today, there are approximately 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease.In lieu of flowers, we kindly ask you to make a donation to one of the following organizations to aid in the hunt of finding a cure for this horrific disease.  Both of these organizations support research efforts to find a cure for Huntington's Disease.  The donation should be made in the memory of David M. Russell, Jr. Johns Hopkins Medicine Research Huntington's Disease Center  www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty_areas/huntingtons_disease/research/index.html or Huntington's Disease Society of America which helps support hospital research http://hdsa.org/