RUSSELL, Michael Noel 1987-2005
RUSSELL, HESS, NOEL, JASCHEN, OULMAN
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/10/2015 at 00:00:21
[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, June 15, 2005]
Michael Noel Russell, 17, of Ames, formerly of Waverly, died Sunday, June 12, 2005, from an accidental drowning incident at the West Peterson Park pits north of Ames.
He was born July 31, 1987, in Waterloo, son of Roland "Butch" Noel and Julie Hess Russell. He attended St. Pauls Parochial School in Waverly. Michael received his G.E.D. in Clarinda and was currently working at Burger King in Ames.
Survived by his mother of Ames; his father of Waverly, currently serving in the U.S. Army National Guard in Iraq; his adoptive father, William "Bill" Russell of Waterloo; two brothers, Tim Noel-Russell of Ames and Matthew Russell of Waterloo; a sister, Monica Russell of Waterloo; maternal grandparents, Duane and Rose Hess of Waverly; paternal grandparents, Vancil and Donna Noel of Waverly; and paternal great-grandmothers, Fern Noel and Rosetta Jaschen, both of Waverly.
Preceded in death by paternal great-grandfathers, Vancil Noel Sr. and Walter F. Jaschen; and maternal great-grandparents, Fred and Tina Hess and Denver and Kathleen Oulman.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to the Michael Noel-Russell memorial fund in care of F.& M. Bank, Ames.
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[Edited from Iowa State Daily, June 14, 2005]
Michael Noel-Russell, 17, of Ames, was swimming with his friends in Peterson Pits on Sunday. He and a friend were swimming by the deep-water buoys, trying to see if they could touch the bottom. When Russell did not surface, his friend dove under and brought him up by his arm, but could not hang on to him and he went under again.
Russ Belz, the dive coordinator on the scene Sunday, said the area where Russell was swimming is approximately 15-20 feet deep. He said the rescue team regularly trains in Peterson Pits and visibility only lasts up to four or five feet.
Russell's lower leg was entangled with the rope that anchors the deep-water buoy when the divers found him, Belz said.
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