In the book, "Growing Up" by Russell Baker, what kind of relationship did he have with his father?

Benny is Russell's father. He is a drinker, a habit that his wife Lucy hates but which she cannot break him of. Benny impregnates Lucy before they're married, and against his matriarchal mother's wishes, he marries her. Benny is diabetic, but he has no treatment for his disease. He dies of his diabetes at a young age, leaving Lucy with three small children.