Russ has 2 daughters in the area--one in town and one in Denver--and at least 2 brothers in town. No animals.
I'll probably go rattle the door knob on his hangar later today just to make sure it's secure. Plenty of time to sort things out later. I might go drive by his house too just to make sure it's taken care of. I feel certain the family will have already taken care of things, but I'm 3 minutes away so it won't hurt to just drive by to make sure. I don't want to interfere.
I've known Russ as part of the flying community since the mid-1990's and probably 10 years prior to that because my brother and I went to school with his daughters. My brother 'dated' his oldest daughter briefly, before either one of them were even old enough to drive.
The Kamtz name is fairly well known in town. Russ was a custom home builder for many years and then migrated into cabinet making. He grew the cabinet business into a significant enterprise. His oldest daughter and her husband now run the business.
He was very active in hotrodding before his involvement in homebuilt airplanes. He carried much of the 'rodder mindset into building airplanes--always coming up with new innovations.
It's a sad day in Loveland today.