What a celebration there must have been when Russ Fabré (63) joined his heavenly family on July 9th, 2018. We celebrate with him knowing he can BREATHE again after many years of struggling with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Anita and his children, Rena (Mike Beck) and Aaron (Amie Huckleberry) will miss his fun loving, exuberant personality. His three grandchildren Sophia, Kenneth and Grayson will miss his endless (corny) joke telling. Our large extended family gatherings will be a little less humorous without his stories, jokes and limitless comedic entertainment. He loved spending quality time with his abundant in-laws and out-laws. His parents, Ted Fabré, Sr. and Alicia (Sanchez) McDowell, two brothers Ted Fabré Jr. and Damon Fabré and many Boys Town brothers preceded him in death and were there to greet him at heaven's door. He left behind his brother, Scott Fabré (Sue Moore); sister, Ruth Fabré Fotch (John Fotch); stepfather, Jerry McDowell and stepsister, Summer McDowell. Russ graduated from Boys Town High School (Boys Town, NE) in 1973. It was at Boys Town where he found his love of music and touring with the Boys Town Concert Choir. After graduation, Russ moved to Washington, where he attended Eastern Washington University. It was at Eastern where he met his wife Anita and later married in 1977. After years of working for SafetyKleen Corp., Russ received his Hazmat degree from Columbia Basin Community College in 1997. He went on to work at Hanford, specializing in groundwater clean-up, and then as the Curator of the B-Reactor tour program. He retired in 2015 and was able to spend his time traveling around the U.S. He was proud of the fact that he had been to 49 states and 5 countries. All are welcome to join us celebrating Russ's life Funeral Mass will be held at St. Galls in Colton, WA Saturday, July 14th, 2018 Funeral Service at 11 a.m. Internment at St. Galls Cemetery Luncheon/ reception following Russ loved fun t- shirts and weird quotes, so please wear your funniest shirts to remember him by (church appropriate). If you would like to honor him, memorials can be made to the Boys Town National Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, where he was a past board member BTNAA Scholarship Fund P.O. #2 Boys Town, NE 68010