Moorestown resident Russell Stewart Peck, 52, passed away on May 18. He was born in Camden in 1965 and moved from Haddonfield to Moorestown in 1968.
Russell was a graduate of Moorestown High School, class of 1983. In his years at MHS, he was on the soccer and track teams. He spent five summers in Maine at Flying Moose Lodge. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington and Lee University in Lexington VA in 1987, where he was a member of The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Russell came back to Linden, his family home.
At the advice of his father, Russell pursued and secured positions with business equipment firms in a sales and sales training capacity. It was at this time, he became a member of The Union League of Philadelphia. Soon thereafter, Russell met the love of his life, Erin Lee Foley, at The Jug Handle Inn. The two bought a house in Moorestown and were married in 1994.
Russell entered a training program in 1994 with Smith Barney, pursuing a career as a financial advisor in his late father’s profession. The couple was blessed with four sons in the following five years — Austin Stewart Peck, Collins Reed Peck, Liam George Peck and Aidan Lee Peck.
Russell spent a great deal of his time coaching and attending various community sports teams and events of his boys as well as caring for his ailing mother.
After the turmoil on Wall Street in 2008 and 2009, Russell moved his practice from Smith Barney to Stifel Nicolaus and then to Wells Fargo Advisors until the time of his passing.
Russell is survived by his bride and their four sons. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, May 30 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown, 101 Bridgeboro Rd. Interment will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Contributions to Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, 19111–2497 or the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, 19104
Condolences may be left at www.lewisfuneralhomemoorestown.com.
