Randall “Russell” McMillan, Jr., a 50-year-old resident of Peoria, Illinois, died early Saturday, August 17, 2013, at his home.

Visitation will be held at 7 pm, Friday, August 23, 2013, at Payne Funeral Home of Galt. An inurnment of cremains will be held at a later date in the Galt West Cemetery.

Russell was born November 3, 1962 in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Grundy R-V High School in 1981. He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and Devry Institute in Kansas City.  He also worked on the family farm and was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps.

He settled in Champaign, Illinois and began a 30-year career as a master printer in the commercial printing business, there and in Peoria, Illinois.

Russell enjoyed cooking and grilling out, hunting, fishing, photography and visiting Columbia for MU football games. He is remembered as a loyal friend and for his love of animals.

Russell is survived by his father, Randall McMillan of Galt; his mother, Sharron Heathman and step-father Dawson of Lexington; son Travis Gibson, of Liberty, MO; daughter Molly McMillan of Roswell, NM; and a sister, Lori Bitter of San Francisco, CA; and two grandsons. He was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents, Ellen and John Jenkins of Lexington, MO, and Katherine and Clayton McMillan of Galt, MO.

The family requests memorials be made to Green Hills Animal Shelter in Trenton, Missouri.