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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Russell Hyman, 39 years old, born on December 28, 1974, and passed away on September 26, 2014. We will remember him forever.
December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023
I miss you. I would give so much to hear you laugh or get a hug from you.
September 26, 2020
September 26, 2020
Still missing you. Still confused about your choice. Still loving you.
December 30, 2019
December 30, 2019
Every single day. Wish you were here.
November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018
Russel was my best friend and for many years. The Coleman Brothers will never be the same. I lost touch with you a few years back, and was shocked to learn of your passing. You were my friend. You were my brother. I only now just learned that you passed away when I tried to get back in touch with you. I will miss you Rus. Rest well and I'll see you when I get there.
September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018
Still miss you ... still confused by it all. Still love you like my own sons. Still remember you all the time. Still love you bunches.
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
I feel like Richard Dreyfuss' character in Stand by Me. Still spend a lot of time thinking about being boys on McHenry st.
September 26, 2015
September 26, 2015
Ruffles, you will ALWAYS be family to me. I love and miss you.
September 26, 2015
September 26, 2015
Still miss your goofy face, Fussell ...
September 26, 2015
September 26, 2015
Can't believe a year has already gone by. I miss being able to talk to you whenever I want and see your face. ♡
December 30, 2014
December 30, 2014
Love and miss you Ruffles
Thankful you were born.
December 28, 2014
December 28, 2014
Happy birthday Fussell ... whether you know it or not, you are missed and still loved by a lot of people.
October 6, 2014
October 6, 2014
Russell was my childhood best friend. We played, fought, ate, argued, joked and lived like brothers for 7 or 8 years. I can't imagine the cause of his pain, or just how lonely he must have felt. It has been many years since we last played together, but I hope that, at some point in his final days, he thought back and remembered the good times we had, as well as I do. Russell, I'll never forget you. Whenever I hear the term "best friend" I know that I will always think about the first best friend I ever had.
October 3, 2014
October 3, 2014
I really don't know where to start. ..the man almost blew my dad away for beating me ...was ... is and will always be my brother...and I will always hold my head up when I remember him
October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
I've been struggling with what to write here. Russell was one of the best friends I have ever had. He was always there for me regardless of what time of day or night I might text or call him. His shoulders were soaked in my tears one more than one occasion and I wish that things were different. I wish nothing more than he had reached out again or that I had pushed harder to try and get him to respond to my last few messages to him. I will forever have a hole in my heart that has his name on it. I wish I could hug him again and tell him that I am here for him. I will never forget the amazing friend that he was to me or the selflessness that he showed many people around him. Love ya Ruffles you will truly be missed
September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014
There are so many thing I still had to say. It's important in life to remember there's not always time. ♡ Always in my heart
September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014
So I have seen the many posts on Facebook from folks who consider Russell Hyman and brother and a friend. This shows me just how much he was loved and will be missed by so many people. I wish he could have seen all those posts beforehand.

I didn't know Russell as well as I would have liked. However, Russell had a very unique way of getting under your skin and finding his way to your heart. I am not sure who I feel sorrier for: those who Russell has left behind, or those he goes to meet.

Tony Ray, you're in luck, Russell is coming home with the beer; cigarettes too if you smoked! However, you're gonna have some competition with who is the grumpiest of you.

At this point, I am not sure how I will be able to walk when it comes my time to be judged. I have already promised my brother Drake that I am gonna break my foot off in his ass when I see him again. He too chose a permanent and irreversible path to a seemingly short-term problem. DAMNIT RUSSELL!!!!! It looks like your getting the other foot when I see you again!!

Be now at peace my brother! I have no doubt that your honor will weigh in your favor!! I truly hope you find your path; lit by the light of all the butane lighters you went through. And I hope you learn who to turn to in those times when that path is darkest. Know that we are always here for you...footless, but we are here!!

Remember to save us a beer and a seat at the table...and don't let Tony give away all the steak!!
September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014
Russel was my daughter Heather's dearest friend during high school and beyond. I ALWAYS thought of my "Ruffles" as one of my "other Sons". I have not had the opportunity to speak with him for several years. When I heard the news, I was beyond devastated. Totally heartbroken. I will ALWAYS love my Ruffles. That is the name I always called him. A guardian angel on many levels. Kind, loving, funny, strong, protective, stood up for what was right. A giant hole in my heart right now. I have always thought of him as family. always will. May love, peace and healing light surround all that love and miss him.
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
Words can't describe how much you will be missed. I can only ask whoever is in charge to make certain that you have finally found peace.
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
Last month the world grieved when they learned of Robin Williams suicide. I was one of the millions of my generation who was saddned by his death. However Saturday night the ugly spectre of suicide hit far too close to home. I lost someone dear to my heart to suicide, Russell, my man, I have not talked to you in years but that doesn't mean the love in my heart for you ever diminished. Every time I came across a picture of you and I, or saw that old pistol that you and I spent months making work right, or any damned time I saw a throwing knife or ninja throwing star. I thought of you and smiled. I wish we had been closer, I wish I had stayed in touch, I wish I had been able to talk to you one more time. I love you, brother. I wish I had told you that last year, last month, or even last week! Fair winds and following seas, my friend
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
My greatest and most fondness of my brother Russ is the night he taught me how to play darts and being there for me when I was living there. I love and miss you brother
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
Words cannot describe the heaviness in my heart. My baby brother, gone. I miss you, I love you, and I pray you find peace at last
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
Russ, you are dearly missed, dearly loved. I'm still trying to process that you are gone.
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
I am at a loss for words to describe how much you will be missed. My only hope/wish is that you have found peace.

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December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023
I miss you. I would give so much to hear you laugh or get a hug from you.
September 26, 2020
September 26, 2020
Still missing you. Still confused about your choice. Still loving you.
December 30, 2019
December 30, 2019
Every single day. Wish you were here.
Recent stories

My Attack Badger

September 28, 2014

 There are so many stories and memories I have of Russ ... from the first time my son brought him home from high school with him all the way up to the last time I saw him just 2 weeks ago.

  He quickly became another one of my "adopted" sons and I treated him like he was one of my boys.  If he did something good he got praise ... if he pissed me off, he knew it.  I didn't cut him any slack when he tried to play stupid on me and quickly reminded him that I KNEW he wasn't stupid.  We had our ups and our downs, but what family doesn't?

  But Russ was always there, always looking out for me, and always ready to step in if he thought someone was going to get rough or wanted to start a fight.  If someone gave me the creeps ... he made them go away ... one way or the other.  He loved to send the new people in our TRF camp to wake me up in the morning ... and always had them scared half to death when he told them to s-l-o-w-l-y approach my tent with a lit cigarette and an open Dr Pepper before they scratched on the door ... then, when they heard a sound, unzip the bottom of the door only and pass in the cigarette and DP.  I think he called it making an offering to the Momma Dragon.
  
  And I remember the night he got so trashed at TRF that people had to go get him from the participant's showers to bring him back to camp.  You could hear him at the top of the hill, two rows over and all the way down the hill to his tent ... "Shhhh!  That's Momma Cammie's tent!  She's sleeping!"   It was so hard not to start laughing at him.  And then ... the tent spit him out the next morning ... almost literally.  Good memories!

  He loved to torment my dogs with the laser light.  He would run them up and down the tile hallway of the house we lived at in Spring, until they were so exhausted they could hardly move.  He called Boy Dog "his good kickin' dog" ... and the dog just loved it when Russ played with him.  If we had to go out of town, Russ always stayed home and took care of Baby Girl and Boy for us. 

He was a good guy and a good friend.  He will definitely be missed. 

A Small Act of Kindness

September 28, 2014

When I was working the Renaissance Festival through the SCA, I would often bring my young daughter with me. She was about 4 or 5 at the time. She suffered from reflux disease and had to have a special diet when it flared up. One night after it had rained all day I had managed to get my daughter to sleep (her reflux was causing hiccups and this would lead to vomiting) but I was freezing from being in wet clothing all day. 
Russell came and set in my tent to watch my daughter to make sure she would be okay while I went to take a shower to warm up. When I came back to my tent I sat at the door watching Russell slowly rub my daughter back to relieve pain the hiccups would cause. I sat there watching this man who always seemed to have the hard shell of a personailty do something so soft and gentle to make sure a child was taken care of. Russell later that night sat with me asking me every question he could about her condition, he wanted to make sure that if she was around him he knew what to look for and how to help her, even down to any side effects of her medicine. He always watched out for my daughter, I am so grateful that he was so kind to her. 

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