Vickie Lynn Russett, age 63 of Baldwin, Wisconsin, formerly from Renton, Washington and Woodville, Wisconsin passed away peacefully in her sleep November 15, 2025, at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota, due to complications from long term medical conditions.
Vickie was born June 9, 1962, to Sherman and Delores (Bengtson) Russett at the Baldwin Hospital, growing up in Woodville across from the school. She attended Baldwin-Woodville schools, graduating with the class of 1981. After high school she continued her education with studies in the medical testing profession, going on to a 42-year career with a single company, rising through their ranks. An accomplishment she was quite proud of.
Her volunteer services included 10 years as an EMT with Woodville Fire and Rescue along with being a certified CPR instructor.
Vickie was the sweetest, most wonderful person you could ever meet, loved by everyone who knew her. She in turn loved everyone she cared about.
She loved her home and family, including her two cats, Lena and Lainey, along with the ones that preceded them. She loved being in God’s nature, raising both indoor and outdoor plants and flowers, tending to her extensive plantings in and around her homes. She also loved animals in her yard, both wild and pets.
She loved ATV riding. In the dunes, on the beach at the ocean and in the mountains of Washington state.
She loved going on spontaneous road trips, traveling with her Aunt Bing, along with many other family members and friends. (Oh, the stories that she would tell of those adventures…)
Any and all family get-togethers were very important to her as well. Yearly family vacations to cabins up north at a lake, canoe trips, holiday parties, birthdays and the Syttende Mai.
She enjoyed photography, sharing pictures with her Facebook friends of her flowers, her “find the cats” challenges, pictures of special moments and her adventures.
She was an avid Green Bay Packers fan both in Wisconsin and in Washington as a member of the Northwest Packer Backers club.
Her many loves also included enjoying music, listening to recorded songs, attending concerts and going to karaoke at Luthers Table, her church home, near her home in Renton, WA
She was proceeded in death by her parents.
Carrying on her memory are her loving husband Chris Anderson. Her best friend and sister at heart Sandy Reed. Her brothers Duane (Ann) Russett, David “Spud” Russett, Dennis (Lori) Russett, God-daughter/niece Mary Ann Lynum, Sister- in-law Leona Colbeth, along with many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews, her cousins, and many, many wonderful friends.
Celebration of her life will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville, Wisconsin, with Visitation on Sunday, November 23, 2025, from 3 to 6 p.m. A memorial service will also be held at Zion on Monday, November 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. with visitation for one hour prior to the service. Lunch will follow the service in the fellowship hall.
Private family internment will be at a later date.
Honorary pall bearers include the members of the former Woodville Area Fire and Rescue Service.
The family prefers memorials go to Zion Lutheran Church or the Woodville Historical Society.
Keehr Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
