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Show CHAPTER THREE: HIS FINAL ACT On the 27th of April, 1942, John K became ill enough to take to his bed at home. His heart doctor-Viko', of the Intermountain Clinic, made a few trips from Salt Lake to Mt. Pleasant to give John K his personal attention. But John K grew consistently worse for two more weeks, and on Monday, 11th of May, 1942, he passed away at eleven A.M. Even though Virginia and the girls were grieved to see him suffer as he did in those weeks, they were still quite unprepared for his death, and the void it created in their own lives. And perhaps Bill walked in shock more than anyone realized when John K was no longer there, for seldom had a day passed without John K talking over plans with Bill for the next day, or week, or month-either via telephone or in person That had been the established pattern of the years since 19.27 when Bill came to Mt. Pleasant to work with John K, The pattern had been broken only when Bill was away on sales trips or longer stays at the sheds. And even then John K drove out 257 |