Irma H. Russo, M.D., Worked at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Irma H. Russo, M.D., of Rydal, died June 25. She was 71.

Born in SanRafael, Mendoza, Argentina, she was the daughter of Maria Carmen Martinez de Alvarez and Jose Maria Alvarez. Irma studied medicine at the National University of Cuyo, in Mendoza, Argentina, where she met her husband and true collaborator, Jose. In 1971 they were invited to continue their research in the United States where they built what was to become a 50-plus year career directed at determining the causes of breast cancer and a true means of prevention. 

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In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughter, Patricia A. Russo; her son-in-law, Ronald W. Waite Jr.; and her sister, Alicia E. Alvarez; as well as several nieces and nephews. 

A funeral service will be held Monday, July 1 at 11 a.m. at Baron Rowland Funeral Home, 1059 Old York Road, Abington. Friends will be received from 10 a.m. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.