Wartime Washington  1945-1946

Just thirteen days before she arrived, on a Sunday afternoon we received a telephone call from Dorothy's sister Jerry saying that her father was ill, that he had suffered a fainting spell and the doctor had ordered him to bed. We promised to come up after church to see him. We went to church that evening in the Arlington Ward, held in a rented hall over at Arlington Village. About half way through the service the person conducting stopped the meeting and announced that I was wanted on the phone, that it was very urgent. I went to the phone and Jerry was calling again to say that her father was very bad and to come at once. I got Dorothy and we went up to her mother's apartment as fast as we could. We did not arrive soon enough as Willard A. Israelson had passed away just before we arrived, from a cerebral hemorrhage. All was confusion when we entered the apartment. Other than Wilbur Fookes, Jerry's boy friend (now her husband), I was the only man present and so the doctor took me out in the hall and explained what had happened and suggested that I call an undertaker.

Dorothy's father had suffered from little seizures over a period of several years. That Sunday morning he had suffered a seizure and lost consciousness for about ten minutes while he was reading the Sunday paper. Dorothy's mother became alarmed and called the doctor who ordered him to bed. He protested, saying that he felt fine. It was at this point that Jerry had called us. He seemed to feel good the rest of the day and the doctor left. About 6 p.m. he had another attack and they immediately called the doctor again. The doctor was powerless to do anything for him, though, and he passed away about 6:45 that evening, December 30, 1945.

As soon as I had called the undertaker, I went over to the chapel about a block from the Apartment, located at 16th and Columbia road, to tell the Bishop and ask him to come over. Bishop Clark and Brother Edgar Brossard was also there and came over to the apartment. The undertaker came shortly after we returned and I had to make all of the arrangements with them. I called Dorothy's brother Willard and told him. He said that he would come on the plane the next day. The following day I went with Dorothy's mother, Dorothy, and Jerry, over to the undertakers to select a casket. By the following day when Willard arrive, everything was taken care of and Brother Israelson was in a "slumber room" at the mortuary so that we could go see him.

The funeral was held the following day and Dorothy's mother and Willard left immediately for Ogden where he was buried. They held a second service in Ogden before he was buried. The funeral in Washington was a very good one and lots of wonderful tributes were paid to Brother Israelson. I was surprised when my boss, Charlie Bucy, came to the funeral.

CAPITAL REVIEW CLUB 1945-46 PROGRAM

Dorothy's involvement in the Capital Review Club since 1933 with the three-year break in California continued to this last year in Washington.


YEAR (FILE ) SUBJECT
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1946 (90671) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program Cover
1946 (90672) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program
1946 (90673) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program
1946 (90674) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program - Members
1946 (90675) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program - Members
1946 (90676) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program - Members
1946 (90677) Capital Review Club 1945-46 Program - Members

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