Thanks to all for your kind words of support. The funeral was nice, (Monday afternoon) and wife, myself and the other Texas families returned yesterday and last night. It was difficult, but I ended up doing the eulogy. Got thru it ok I guess.
Outside the usual sorrow, my brother has left a heck of a financial mess for his kids and widow clean up and sort thru. It now appears he was financially "all hat no cows"..Tremendous CC and other unsecured debt, as well as some secured debt no one knew about. Some (if not all) property and equities will have to be liquidated to satisfy creditors. I thought he was smarter than that.