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     Russell Walter Cardinal was born on 17 February 1928 at Brighton, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was photographed with Solomon H. Lawrence and Mary Sophia Graham, his grandparents, at Hanover, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1928.⁴ Russell Walter Cardinal was photographed with Walter Francis Cardinal and Alta Florence Wood at Hanover, Massachusetts, in the Spring of 1928. Drafting/drawing tools that originally belonged to George Herbert Cardinal were handed down to his nephew Russell Walter Cardinal.³ When Russell Walter Cardinal applied for his Social Security Number on 24 May 1943, Russell was employed by The Mohican Market at Harvard Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.¹ He and Mary Louise Cardinal attended Mary's Senior Prom together. She graduated young, and her father Louis would not allow her to date, so she went with her cousin instead. Russell Walter Cardinal married Mary Margaret Cloherty on 23 August 1945 at St. Anthony's Church, Holton Street, Allston, Massachusetts. He was 17. She was 17.^3,5,6 Russell Walter Cardinal registered for the military service draft on 19 February 1946 while living at Allston, Massachusetts, and was described as ruddy complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, 5'' 9 1/2", 140 pounds.⁷ He was struck by a falling beam at a construction site and suffered multiple injuries, including the loss of his right foot on 4 November 1952.⁸ He and Mary Margaret Cloherty purchased 73 Dexter Ave, Watertown, Massachusetts, in November 1954. They resided there starting in March 1955. Russell Walter Cardinal was the Godfather of Debra Joanne Cardinal who was born on 24 December 1957 at Boston, Massachusetts.⁹ Russell Walter Cardinal was a mechanical engineer.³ He had a heart attack on 30 December 1964.¹⁰ He was hospitalized from 30 December 1964 to 14 February 1965 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts. He had a second heart attack on 10 January 1965 while in the hospital.¹⁰ He and Mary Margaret Cloherty moved to 98 Barnard Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts, on 22 November 1968 with Peter Russell Cardinal, Paul Edward Cardinal, Walter Francis Cardinal and Kevin Patrick Cardinal. Russell Walter Cardinal and Mary Margaret Cloherty sold 73 Dexter Ave, Watertown, Massachusetts, on 30 May 1969. They moved out in December 1968. Russell Walter Cardinal died on 14 December 1977 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts, at age 49.^10,11,12,3 He was buried on 17 December 1977 in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts^🌏.^10,13,14
     From Mary (Cloherty) Cardinal: "I met Russ in school. He was in school with me until 9th grade, when he went to Boston Technical High School and I went to Brighton High. He was our paper boy. My mother loved him. He was what you would call today a nerd--he always did his homework, always stood up straight. Alta didn't like my religion, and she tried to send Dad to Graceland College in Missouri to get him away from me. Alta had a nice Protestant girl picked out for him."⁸
     Alta evidently didn't see the similarities between how her father treated her when she married Walter, and how she treated Mary when she married her Russ.¹⁵
     Russell Cardinal was the author's father. The complications from his accident in 1952 led to a series of heart attacks in 1964, and eventually, to his death in 1977.¹⁵

     Peter Russell Cardinal was born on 13 April 1946 at Boston Lying-In Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He appeared on the census of 1950 at 34 Ridgemont Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in the household of Walter Francis Cardinal and Alta Florence Wood with William R. Cardinal, Russell Walter Cardinal, Mary Margaret Cloherty, Arthur Edward Cardinal, George Francis Cardinal, Paul Edward Cardinal and Walter Francis Cardinal.³ Peter Russell Cardinal received First Holy Communion in May 1954. He was confirmed in May 1960 at St. Theresa's Church, Watertown, Massachusetts. He went to Camp Sachem, a Boy Scout facility on Gregg Lake in Antrim New Hampshire, various times during his Scout years.⁴ He was the Godfather of Kevin Patrick Cardinal who was born on 14 February 1964 at Brighton, Massachusetts.¹ Peter Russell Cardinal moved with Russell Walter Cardinal and Mary Margaret Cloherty to 98 Barnard Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts, on 22 November 1968. Peter Russell Cardinal married Maria Buccelli on 18 August 1974 at Somerville, Massachusetts. He was 28.⁴ Peter Russell Cardinal and Maria Buccelli were divorced. Peter Russell Cardinal was a postal worker.^1,4 He married Barbara Dunn on 10 November 1989. He was 43.⁵ Peter Russell Cardinal and Barbara Dunn were divorced. Peter Russell Cardinal died on 6 August 2010 at at home, Brockton, Massachusetts, at age 64.⁴ He was buried in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts.⁶ The cause of death was lung cancer.⁴

     Obituary from The Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 8 August 2010: