Edna Costner Russ

Edna Costner Russ, 91, of Hickory died Monday, January 4, 2016. She was born in Cleveland County on March 21, 1924 to the late Andrew Clifton Costner and Ola Mae Self Costner. She retired from Grace Hospital where she worked in the newborn nursery. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Russ was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Buren Russ; brothers, George and Archie Costner; sister, Willie Mae Carpenter.

She is survived by her daughters, Edna Irene Barlow of Morganton and Carrie Bernice Ondesko and her husband, Joe, of Hickory; grandchildren, Kevin Barlow, Shawn Barlow, Joseph Ondesko, Sherry Ondesko, Matoka Beard and husband, Robert, and Kenneth Ondesko and wife, Stephanie; great-grandchildren, John Barlow, Shawn Barlow Jr., Carolyn, Crystal, Katie, and Alex Ondesko, Caleb and Brian Vanderwesten, and Cariann and Andrew Beard; and a sister, Mary Helen Asherbraner of Hickory.

The family will receive friends from 1 – 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.  The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. in the Colonial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Dr. Larry Cline officiating. Burial will follow at Burke Memorial Park.  Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center is assisting the family with the arrangements.