Sorry to hear about the father in law. Mechanically, you can bolt up the turbo engine and transmission, but this isn't going to be plug and play on an electrical level.
Check out the "sticky" links (the ones with a Pin to the left of them) at the top of this Swaps/Conversions section:
Yanking the whole damn engine out!
www.rs25.com
Once you've read through most or all of them, no doubt you'll both have a better idea of what's involved. Then post any further questions you have.