Rita died in September, 2003 after a year-long battle against cancer. Sadly, Michael contracted Legionnaires’ disease while visiting Hungary and Romania to scatter Rita’s ashes in Hungary and died in February 2004.
The Fund has already provided specialist books for the new Kindergarten at School for the Deaf No. 2, Cluj-Napoca.
FUNDS - Rita & Michael’s Fund for Children
The Fund was established in memory of Rita and Michael von Castelberg Russ who were two of the first people to respond to the needs of Romanian children after the Revolution in December, 1989. In fact, Michael was in Timisoara, the town where important events occurred that triggered off the Revolution, distributing essential supplies within five weeks of the uprising. Together they made many trips to Romania, helping poor and orphaned children in towns and villages.
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Rita and Michael with their Romanian friend, Dr. Dan Fetcu (on the left), near the Russian/Ukraine border in the early 1990s. Photograph by John Heinrich
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Everyone who knew Rita and Michael von Castelberg Russ will remember their kindness, dedication and generosity and their love of the Romanian people.
COMMITTED TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION - The CSEF
