Russell Veale of Manchester, N.H., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the age of 92, surrounded by family and the loving staff at River Woods Manchester.

Russ was born was born March 26, 1933, in Marblehead, Mass. to Granville and Annabel (Hart) Veale. He grew up with his sister Shirley and was a 3-sport star athlete at Marblehead High School in football, hockey and baseball, captaining the hockey team in 1951. He was a two-sport college athlete (football and lacrosse) at Dean Junior College, earning an associate’s degree in business administration in 1953. He spent the next two years in the Army during the Korean War. After being honorably discharged, he began a 30-year career at the Bank of Boston and then spent 10 years working for Continental Airlines before retiring in 1996.

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