MENDEL HOWARD RUSSELL SR. Mendel Howard Russell, Sr., 79, of Connersville, passed away Saturday evening, January 23, 2021, at Reid Health, Richmond. One of nine children of Elbert and Nellie Lingman Russell, Mendel was born in Connersville, on December 5, 1941, and graduated from Connersville High School with the class of 1959. Following graduation, Mendel …