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Excerpts from the Chicago Tribune:
Russell Harper returned home to West Chicago after serving in the Pacific during WWII. His father, a respected battalion chief with the Chicago Fire Department, encouraged him to join firefighting. “You won’t get rich,†he told his son, “but it’s one of the most fulfilling jobs you can have.†Influenced by his dad and with all three of his brothers already firefighting in the area, Harper applied and joined the CFD in 1948. He started on the Near West Side before moving to the Northwest Side where he stayed until retiring in 1985 after 37 years.
At 94, Harper passed away in Glendale, Arizona, where he had relocated a year after retiring. His son, a retired police lieutenant from Hoffman Estates, remembered him saying, “I signed up for this.†Harper grew up on the West Side and attended Crane Tech High School. In 1952, he earned the Carter H. Harrison Award for bravery after rescuing a woman from a burning building on Kedzie Avenue in 1951. He collapsed afterward but recovered.
His brother Bill, a former West Chicago fire chief, recalled how dangerous the rescue was without modern breathing equipment. Smoke had badly affected Harper's lungs. Later in his career, Harper served as captain at Engine 83 on the North Side and at O’Hare Airport before retiring.
Survivors include his wife Elia, who he was married to for 73 years, their daughter Penelope Campana, six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Harper’s legacy as a dedicated firefighter and family man lives on through them.