Lauren Allan Russell was born in Seattle Washington on June 11, 1946. He passed away on Friday May 15, 2020 in Snohomish Washington. He was the surviving twin at birth born to his mother who was also a twin. She was a single mother and raised him in Redmond Washington. He was an enrolled Snohomish tribal member and survived by his loving wife of fifty-four years, Margrete Russell, and 3 of their 4 children, Laurie Russell, Robert Russell, and Nancy Russell-Allen. Lauren was preceded in death by his mother Thelma Russell, and his son Michael Russell. Lauren’s survived by his 8 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. His deepest love in life was for his family and devoted wife—which was a gift to all who witnessed their special love. They met at Lake Hills Roller Rink in Bellevue, when she was fifteen and he was one year older. They were inseparable from the start and their love grew stronger every year as their family evolved.
Lauren loved Race Cars. His 68 Chevelle SS, was his second wife. He loved to build and rebuild the engine in that car, for years until he sold it in 2014. One of his nicknames was, “Car Parts” as well as “Car Guy”. He treated his hobby as a game and would order parts and hide them out in the garage and hope the UPS driver would deliver his precious packages before Marg got home from work. He had a thing for chrome and spent enough money on chrome/stainless steel, and mirrored parts to buy every one of us a new house and car!
He loved music, and was a favored customer at Silver Platters, and often did “Covert Operations” to buy any old or new music. He would have to hide his treasures, and he knew that if he waited just long enough and played it later, Marg wouldn’t even pay attention to it. He was a music trivia genius, and could recite the names of the songs, the lyrics, and specific details of every band member. And if you thought you knew trivia--he would correct you if you were wrong. He knew the year the song was released, titles to albums, and had a tremendous recall of certain life events as it related to music. Conversations on the phone would include mention of who he was listening to at the time, be it Tom Petty, Neil Young, Rush, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, John Mellencamp, Mick Jagger, Lynard Skynard, or Johnny & Edgar Winter.
Lauren loved tattoos!!!! His first tattoo was Betty Boop, then Holly the Hooker, which quickly led to Tweety Bird, Tom Petty, and of course “Rosie” and then Michael’s favorite band. He tried to talk his daughter Nancy into getting one, but she never caved!! Robert wasn’t interested in tattoos either. He was always a huge help whenever he lived nearby and was truly missed when he moved to the east coast. Lauren and Laurie got matching tattoos of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, and he absolutely loved the “Experience”. His life touched so many others and was a gift to us all…
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