Russell Dermont Garrett

■ Russell “Rusty” Dermont Garrett, 65

■ Tucson, Arizona

■ Tuesday, April 7, 2020

● LIFE STORY

○ Date of birth:

■ January 5, 1955

○ Place of birth:

■ Ashland, Missouri

○ Parents:

■ Dermont & Claudine Garrett

○ Sibling:

■ Joan Garrett Burmont (Tom)

○ Marriage(s):

■ Married to Mary Cobell Garrett on March 21, 2003 in Maui, Hawaii

○ Employment:

■ Commercial real estate investor with his wife Mary and partner Bob Gigino,

○ Charity and noteworthy accomplishments.

■ Arizona Bowl

■ Boys and Girls Club

■ INFR

■ El Rio Health Center

■ Pima Community College Nursing Program

■ University of Arizona Academic Learning Center

■ Endowment Fund for the University of Arizona

■ De La Salle Blackfeet School in Browning, MT.

■ Pikuni Youth Rodeo on the Blackfeet Reservation

■ University of Nevada Rodeo Club

■ Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Awards

■ National Senior Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame with wife Mary

■ His hobbies included: Spending time with family, boating, collecting cars and athletic memorabilia, rodeo, horse-back riding, hunting, lapidary, traveling with his wife Mary, and attending events.

● FAMILY

○ Survived by:

■ Spouse

○ Mary L Garrett; Tucson, AZ and Browning, MT

■ Children:

○ Stepchildren: Monti Pavatea Gilham (Graig), Marty Pavatea, and Mona Longbrake (Delbert)

■ Grandchildren

○ Haley Pavatea-Brown, Andrew Brown, Gavin and Grady Gilham, Ann’D Butcher

○ Great-grandson Sage Russell Omeasoo

○ Predeceased By: (Parents) Dermont & Claudine Garrett, (Grandsons) Jake and KC Longbrake

■ Others: Jesse Carrilo and many extended family and friends.

■ Pets:

○ Bella Mia and Amber Jo

○ Predeceased By: Viva and Jazz

● MEMORIAL

● Thursday April 9, 2020

○ Viewing at 4:00PM-6:00PM: (10 people at a time, funeral home staff will regulate)

○ Funeral Services at 6:00 PM

● Funeraria del Angel | 7 E University Blvd | Tucson, Arizona 85705

Russell “Rusty” Garrett will be missed immensely. Please remember him as the kind, generous, whole-hearted person he was.

“When a man gives his wife a life she never had, and a wife gives her husband a life he never had” ~and they lived happily ever after~ Rusty and Mary Garrett…..