Sorry for your loss. I didn't know him but I can tell he loved life and family. It's just as the bible book of  Ecclesiastes 2:24 says, "There is nothing better for a man then to eat and drink and find enjoyment in his hard work. This too I have realized is from the hand of the true God."
God promises more at Psalms 37:9-11, 29 www.jw.org