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of a good man and family guy.
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-The Talley Family
 January 2007

From Craig Talley

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This entry was posted on 1/18/2007 7:12 PM and is filed under uncategorized.

Dear Family and Friends of my Father, J. Russell Talley
I know I could write volumes about Mr. Russ Talley, and I will in due time.
I loved him dearly as did my whole family out here in Chicago. 
He was not an average man by any standards.
One of his proudest achievements was serving the people of the Pacific Northwest as probably the best HVAC service technician ever for Washington Natural Gas, now known as Puget Sound Energy.
He would welcome comments from co-workers and others and this would be the place to pay last respects and condolences.

He was a strong independant man, passionate about many things, dedicated to his work, loving his grand children, sons and their families. He was proud of his family from the southwest and loved them dearly keeping me informed of events and of their achievments as often as possible.

Near the end, follwing his disability I spent a month with him in July 04, getting him settled at home and in managing his affairs after a long hospital stay following kidney and heart failure. When he returned home He spoke of many things to me in private about our heritage, his hopes for the family, he shared his anguish over things that grieved him and dreams for his retirement and family. We spoke fondly of times past, shared our pride in each other and respect for each other as Talley men. He formally charged me to speak for him even after death and made it known in writing over many days of careful considerations what was most imortant to him as the patriarch of our family.

Much of who I am is a fathers dream for his boy in becoming a man and I will do my best to pass on the best and leave the rest to the past with forgiveness and prayers for other family members who still suffer. Many of the traditions he started with myself as a child and young man have been passed on to my own children.


My Dad will be laid to rest in Salt Lake City UTAH with arrangements to be made by his dear sister Norma.
Please use this web log in lieu of visitation to comment or leave last regards for this wonderful man.
I and my wife Renee Talley are at your service and will do our best to serve him in passing and hope to bring our familys together to celebrate his life and renew family ties by any means.


Russ Talley is now in heaven with his Lord no longer in pain and disability, His life will not be forgotten.

We miss you Dad,
Loving children, Craig, Renee, and grandchildren Timothy, Autumn, and Kaela Talley

847-603-8503 
20705 W Miller Rd. Antioch Illinois 60002 
E-mail  mail@russtalley.info
my website  www.craigtalley.com
memorial web site and repository of family pictures and eulogies (in progress) www.russtalley.info

 

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    • 2/12/2007 11:06 PM Ed Byrne wrote:
      My name is Ed Byrne, Russ's cousin. Even though I have not see Russ since the mid 70's when he lived here in Denver, I have many fond memories of him while we were both young. We would see Russ at Ruth and Ken's cabin in Granby in the summers. Other times our family would travel to Salt Lake City to visit.
      Being 4 years younger than Russ I always looked at him as someone to emulate. He was always so poised and sure of himself. Then when he worked for Sun, he seemed to know everything.
      I'm saddened to hear of his passing, but I will always have my own fond memories of him.
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    • 2/18/2007 4:14 PM Gene Bynne wrote:
      Russ was my first cousin. His mother, Rita and my mother Ethel Byrne were sisters. My first memory of Russ was when we visited Rita and Talley in Salt Lake City, probably in the mid-1950s. Russ was 4 years older than I was but at the time, he seemed a lot older and wiser. He was certainly someone who I admired and looked up to. One of the things that impressed me the most was his ability to work with his hands and create things. He had several model airplanes that he had made out of balsa wood and he had equiped with gasoline engines. He also liked to dabble in electronics and had things that I did not even begin to understand or appreciate. I recall that Russ had his own workshop in the family home. It was in the basement of their house and at one time had been the old coal bin before it was converted to Russ's shop. Russ was a good mentor to me and took the time to help me learn about the things that he liked to do. He was a kind and sharing person and a very special person to me.

      Later on, my brother Ed and I would spend part of our summer staying with our Aunt Ruth and Uncle Ken at their cabin on Lake Granby, CO. My older cousins - Richard and Raymond Hintze and Russ would usually be there for part of the time. It was always a great time being around all of these great people and these will be some of my fondest memories of my youth.
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