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Show loving, and even though he necessarily was away from home often, he seemed to make up for that lack by being more kind and lovable when home. If anything, he may have humored his daughters when they were small, for he instinctively knew that they were experiencing insecurities they may have found hard to understand in a motherless home, and in the many sorrows that befell the family. It was as though he tried to soften the blows by his tenderness and love. And his daughters adored him, as did their children in time. He was a loyal family man, both in his pioneer childhood and throughout his seventy years. 3 HIS FUNERAL On May 15th, (two months from the day of the party when John K became seventy years of age), his funeral was held in the new chapel he had shown such interest in building - (the account of which is told elsewhere in this history) while he served on the financial committee for raising funds to build the chapel. It had been dedicated in September of 1941. Bishop J, Seymour Jensen of the South Ward conducted the services, and President H.C. Jacobs offered the opening prayer. After a violin duet by Mrs. Roger (Katie) Hansen and Glendon Steiner, former Stake President Adolph Merz spoke about John K's sturdy parents whom he had known and who came from their native Scandinavia as L.D.S. converts, becoming pioneers, original pioneers of Mt. Pleasant. He spoke of his delight in reading in the newspapers about John K's many successes in his business. "But best of all was his love for his home, and family," he said. 261 |