Russel William Fried, Sr.

So sorry to about Russel. I was just thinking about him and Billy the other day. I remember Boris valley very well and mowing lawn and drinking ice cold Dr Pepper at grandpa Bills farm with Russel and Billy.It was at grandpa Bills farm house in the 60s that I remember him burning coal for heat and watching gun smoke and the Lucy show. Grandpa Bill and Russel had the same laugh that I will never forget. The good ole days. Russel was always very nice to me. Godspeed my friend. Randy and Lauri Kindschy Nelson Wi

We sure enjoyed Rusty. He always had a smile and a story to tell. He used to camp at our campground, Kamp Kegonsa.

In addition to the many endearing and wonderful things Grandpa Russel did to make our lives better (such as moving my mom and brothers and me in a UHaul away from the desolate Iron Range in Northern MN to Madison WI where there would be opportunities for us), I will always remember the summer Grandpa brought over a couple of hundred cans of beets for us to (eat? and) store in our basement due to the Midwest drought and expectations that food prices would rise dramatically.... Good ole Grandpa would sometimes demonstrate that in fact he did grow up during the Great Depression and had sound ideas about how to beat the commodity pricing system. If only his "treat" had been cans of mandarin oranges rather than beets we might have reacted more excitedly to his truck full of "goodies." Grandpa always offered words of wisdom and encouragement and was there for me when I needed someone to celebrate my high school graduation with, a ride across town for a college interview, or someone to call the power company when I was alone in our apartment part of the summer. We will sure miss you Grandpa and all the love you brought to our lives, not to mention your good advice like, "Eat a grapefruit a day. Its the best thing for you!" Love, Anna

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