Bill Grow, one of my heroes with the Institute. It was like the summer of 72 and was at the 5th City Academy. Did a workday and put in a cement wall. Lots of digging and pouring cement and blisters. That night I was on kitchen duty, washing dishes. The next morning my blisters were all red and running a fever. Went to the hospital- wow, you have a terrible infection and need that hand operated on today but, unfortunately, we are all full up and would not suggest you go to the Cook County Hospital. Went back to 5th City. Bill Grow was on internal care assignment. He was amazing: he knew a 5th City polish doctor and off we went. The doctor immediately operated like on his desk- slit open my hand and wrung all this green infection stuff. Bill saved my life and stayed with me for the next week making sure my hand survived. He was an amazing caretaker
Dick
Brad Grow emailed that his father, Bill Grow, died May 14. He said, "Dad passed away about six hours ago. It was quiet, peaceful and painless. We are beginning the process of developing memorial thoughts. He was very grateful that there was someone to receive their archives.”
Two weeks ago twenty boxes of Bill and Nan Grow's archives arrived at the ICA GreenRise. In one of the last acts of his life, Bill was determined that their family archives would be sent to the ICA to be added as needed to the Global Archives website. The boxes are waiting now to be sorted and scanned at the July 16-30 Archives Sojourn.
Peace,
Karen Snyder Troxel
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