Ted,
My thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to you and your entire family. Memories are our greatest treasure of those we have known and lost. The best tribute is to honor them and I am sure that you will do your father proud.
Your fiends problems will work our in the end. Tell him to just keep his act normal and listen to his friends and lawyers who can see the whole picture far better than he can. Buy him a hunting license and taker him hunting if possible. Good hunting partners are hard to find.