Russell Roy Jim Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Russell Roy Jim (Valley, Washington), who passed away on April 7, 2018, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Russell Roy Jim to pay them a last tribute.
Our "Religions Leader, "Kiaux", Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-grandfather, Uncle, Brother and "Rain Maker" has passed on, with his spirit horse "Man", and is riding the hills of his home land in Dry Creek on the Yakama Reservation. He departed peacefully on Saturday 4-7-18 at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital, from complications of pneumonia and heart trouble. In June of 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree from Heritage University in Toppenish, WA. This degree recognized his world wide environmental and cultural expertise for the Yakama Nation, and all Indigenous peoples of Mother Earth. He leaves wife "Bobbie" of 45 years , and son Ki & grandson Korey at the family ranch in Medicine Valley. He also has son Ronnie J., daughters Jennifer, Leslie, Priscilla, Deborah, Jackie, Sandra, and stepdaughter Valori, whom he raised from age 2, along with her children and grandchildren as his own. Surviving sisters, Tillie Lallashute, Vickie Rasberry. Numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by father Kiutus, mother Rose, sisters Marie, Myrtle, Mayme, brothers Robert, Ralph and Kiutus, Jr., and grandson Charles. He is well known world wide for his lectures, speeches and work involving the Yakama Nation and all Indigenous peoples affiliated with the Center for World Council, and those "Yet Unborn" as he has repeated over and over and instilled in his family teachings. He was hand-picked and selected by the National Congress of American Indians to portray a Native American "Rain Maker" for the advertising agency of United Airlines. There is a scholarship fund in Dr. Kiaux, Russell Jim's name for Native American students attending Heritage University . Donations can be made to this scholarship.
