life altering injuries that dashed the doctor as a career. the folks of russell collected money in a cigar box to help collect expenses something he never forgot. and when he announced he was running, i was born here, i left for a while, i was hurt and came back and i was helped and healed in this place by mytownmen my townsmen, and no failure has ever been so hurtful that this town could not ease the pain and no success has ever been so great that it exceeded the satisfaction of being a part of the people of russell, a citizen of kansas. and griff, once services do conclude in russell, then the senator s casket will be traveled here to topeka where they ll continue the memorial and then he again will be transferred to washington d.c. where he will be interred.