I am the niece of once missing man, Russell Pensyl. Russell has been found, he had been an unidentified body in Toronto since May 1993. I want to thank the person responsible for connecting the information posted here by his sister to the OPP Missing and Unidentified Persons page on that website to help us finally know his fate and have this closure. Thank you, to J.D.

Russell was 35 years old at the time of his death on May 15, 1993. He was preceded in death by his loving mother, Dana Pensyl, his father Russell 'Red' Pensyl, and a brother, John C. Pensyl. Brother of surviving siblings Louise, Sue, Cindy and Elwood.

Rusty, as he was called, loved to hunt and fish. He was never without friends and was loved by all who knew him and his family.

I, as well as my family, will remember a good-hearted man, though plagued with mental health problems that made life a struggle for him. We will remember his mischievous laugh, a laugh that made everyone in the room laugh, too, regardless of whether or not they got the joke. We, his nieces and nephews, will remember his tickle tortures and 'lick treatments'. Most of all, we will remember the man he was despite his mental health problems.

While he is loved and missed, our family is at peace knowing now that he has not suffered all these years both physically and mentally, as he had in life. We know he is at peace now.

Edited 1 time by sidhfaerie Mar 3 08 10:18 AM.