Doris and I would like to convery our condolences to our Malenfant cousins on the loss of your dad.  Uncle Russ was certainly a live wire.  There was no greater pleasure than kicking his butt at a game of cards.  As a kid, he would teach me a whole new vocabulary when you beat him.  I remember one yeat in Mexico I was beating him pretty good all week.  Father Gene was considering an exorcism to cleanse him lol.  We were playing crib in the gate at the airport and the plane was boarding.  He was trying to get me back and was winning but we had to go.  He gave me a few new names that day.  Almost had to hog-tie him and carry him onto the plane.  Anyway, he lived his life to the fullest and was always fun to be around.  Good on him.