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joyed having her. Dad was buried in the family plot in the Salt Lake
Cemetery. Dad was a wonderful husband and father and the debt I owe
him for his help, kindness and love are beyond my ability to express.
I had the strangest feeling for several days after Dad died. Noth-
ing before or since has been like it. Have you ever “sensed” someone
else in the room where you are, yet you had not yet heard or seen them?
I seemed to sense Dad’s presence. At one point I even walked outside
the house and into the backyard wondering if I would feel anything dif-
ferent there. I shall never know, of course, but I think my Dad’s spirit
was present. We had loved and respected one another so much. It would
have been typical of him for his spirit to want to say goodbye to me be-
fore it became part of the heavenly world.
Soon our workweek was reduced to 44 hours – we had Satur-
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seemed almost like a vacation!
Major Kautz had been succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Petrie.
Harry had been assistant director of personnel for the County of Los
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for. In the spring of 1946 I was given the Award for Meritorious Civilian
Service. The Army equated this to the military non-combat award called
the Legion of Merit.
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Presidio of San Francisco. Most civilian employees above the clerical
level elected to move to San Francisco. Housing, of course, was terribly
short due to the lack of construction all through the war. We felt very
lucky for having retained ownership of our little house in Berkeley. We
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Not long after we moved, June and Willard Ellis bought a house
a few blocks away. Jean and June developed a good friendship. Jean
got a kick out of the fact that June could improvise at almost anytime.
We had sold our car before leaving Salt Lake so we now had none. June
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errand with little notice. Indeed, June would stop by the grocery store
about 20 minutes before dinnertime, pick up her groceries and have

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