May God bless you and your...
RIP Mrs. Russell. I saw a picture online of you and your son Kurt, very evident how much you were loved.
Loren Lisboa
November 23, 2025 | Other


Portland, Oregon
Jan 4, 1928 – May 17, 2021
Louise 'Lulu' RussellJan. 4, 1928 - May 17, 2021 Louise Crone Russell, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., passed away May 17, 2021 at home at the grand age of 93. She was born Jan. 4, 1928 in Allentown, Pa., to Helen and Stanley Crone. From the age of 6 months old Louise was raised by her beloved...
Read MoreRIP Mrs. Russell. I saw a picture online of you and your son Kurt, very evident how much you were loved.
Loren Lisboa
November 23, 2025 | Other
What a great story with Bing and your children. I absolutely love your story about how you and Bing brought baseball back to life in Portland. I bought a Maverick baseball jersey with Bings number 4 in tribute to you. Tim Zetterwall, Renton, WA
Tim Zetterwall
December 30, 2023 | Other
Lou was one of a kind. To know her was to love her
Linda Gomez
February 15, 2023 | Friend
RIP
William McAndrews
September 19, 2022 | Other
We miss you Mommy- Lulu-- Happy Cinco De Mayo
Jody & Tiger
May 02, 2022
Jill, Kurt, Jody, Jami, Mac and Chap, thanks so much for sending this to The Oregonian. What a lady you had! I'll always cherish deciphering her long, interesting letters and our long phone conversations as we kept touch from afar. She loved you all so much. I'll share my most touching memory with you. After i retired from The Oregonian a screenwriter friend talked me into doing a "screenplay" about the Mavs. i had no idea what i was doing, wrote it way too long, but it said wanted i wanted...
Nick Bertram
December 19, 2021
What a beautiful testimony to a women who loved her family and provided so many wonderful memories that each one can carry with them forever! It is evident that this family was very much alive together participating in all the adventures they had. I did not have the opportunity to meet Lu Lu Russell but she leaves a grand legacy as does her husband Bing. I live in Portland, Oregon and many recall the days when Bing owned The Portland Mavericks. And many remember that one of their son's,...
Patty Frahler and Bob Bentley
December 19, 2021 | Other