Ron Russell

Uncle Ron

Sad, I felt surprised and profoundly sad because I had just received notification Uncle Ron died yesterday in Albania. Why was he in that odd little country, followed by wondering what happened to him were the first thoughts that entered my head accompanied by my sadness. Ron was Dad's younger brother and my favorite uncle. He traveled a lot and always brought back neat stuff as presents for our family but I loved his stories even more than the gifts; well except for that $100 chip from the casino in Monte Carlo he gave me with his promise to take me there on my twenty first birthday to wager it. He had kept that promise and I hit a bet on number one at the roulette table for three thousand five hundred dollars.