J.Russell Hormell of 513 McKean Ave.;Charleroi;was dead on arrival Wednesday;Feb.1;1978;at 2 p.m.at Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. He was 85. Mr.Hormell was born Sept.1;1892 in Coal Center;a son of the late John Thomas and Anna Elizabeth Day Hormell. He was a member of the First Christian Church and VFW Post 167;both in Charleroi;World War I Barracks;and UTW Local 1666;Monessen. He was a veteran of World War I;having served in the U.S.Army;Company G.;319th Infantry. Mr.Hormell ws retired from Monessen Southwestern Railroad of the former Pittsburgh Steel Company;Monessen. Survivors include his wife;Mary Frank Hormell;two daughters;Mrs.James (Frances) Metz of Johnstown;Ohio;and Mrs.Blanche Cornwell of Columbus;Ohio;one step-daughter;Mrs.Daniel (Carson) Leezer of New Eagle;14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Schrock-Hogan Funeral Home;226 Fallowfield Ave.;Charleroi;from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. Services will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 1 p.m.with Dr.W.S.VanArsdale officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Schrock Hogan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.