Haverhill \u2013 Floyd B. Fairbanks III, \u201cRuss\u201d 63, of Haverhill, passed away suddenly Thursday evening at his home. Born in Haverhill, he was the son of the late Roberta A. (Constantine) Fairbanks\/Wentworth and stepson of Robert H. \u201cBeanie\u201d Wentworth of Haverhill.<\/p>\n
Raised and educated in Haverhill Public Schools, he was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1977. Russ received an Associates Degree from Northern Essex Community College. Adding to his education, he earned several certifications in the IT industry. He was employed for many years as an IT consultant with Dell Inc., and most recently with Unisys Corporation, providing IT consulting services. Adding to his professional successes, he has also been recognized with\u00a0exemplary employee achievement awards for his advanced skills and services.<\/p>\n
Russ was an active community member in Haverhill, known to many as the \u201cBirdman\u201d as he would stroll around town with his beloved Yellow-naped amazon parrot on his shoulder. He had a kind soul, and an even more generous heart.\u00a0He enjoyed traveling to Brazil, and was a talented cook, often sharing his passion for gastronomy with others.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his stepfather, Robert H. \u201cBeanie\u201d Wentworth, of Haverhill, his sister, Pamela F. Weiner and her husband Robert, of Haverhill and Ft. Myers, FL, his brother, Scott D. Fairbanks and his wife, Sharon, of Tyngsborough, MA, step brothers, Robert H. Wentworth Jr. and his wife Tricia, of Raymond, NH, Adam Wentworth and his wife, Laura, of Haverhill, and step sister, Lynn Wentworth and her partner, Edward Wroble, of Sarasota, FL, his nephews, Samuel P. Weiner, of Boston, Connor P. Perkins, of Rochester, NH, Michael T. Perkins, of Pepperell, MA, and Joshua H. Fairbanks, of Tyngsborough, MA. He is also survived by his fianc\u00e9, Peterson Vale and his lifelong friend, Alfredo Gomez. He will be sadly missed by all friends and family who knew and loved him.<\/p>\n
Family and friends are respectfully invited to calling\u00a0hours on Thursday, June 23 from 4:00 PM until 6:30 PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home 486 Main\u00a0St. Haverhill. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 6:30 PM.\u00a0Memorial contributions may\u00a0be made in his name to the American Heart Association. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook\u00a0or\u00a0www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Haverhill \u2013 Floyd B. Fairbanks III, \u201cRuss\u201d 63, of Haverhill, passed away suddenly Thursday evening at his home. Born in Haverhill, he was the son of the late Roberta A. (Constantine) Fairbanks\/Wentworth and stepson of Robert H. \u201cBeanie\u201d Wentworth of Haverhill. Raised and educated in Haverhill Public Schools, he was a graduate of Haverhill High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}