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          grandfather and assist him in any way that he could.  Petitioner            
          helped milk the cows in the mornings and evenings, and he brought           
          the cows back and forth to market.                                          
               When his health began to fail, Walker moved from his house             
          in town several miles away from his farm to live with                       
          petitioner's family; he remained there for approximately 6                  
          months.  (Susanna was herself too frail to care for her husband.)           
          During that time, petitioner helped his great-grandfather with              
          such mundane activities as eating, bathing, dressing, and getting           
          out of bed.  Petitioner also assisted his great-grandfather with            
          his medications and applied ointments to his aching joints.                 
          Although petitioner was not the only one who aided Walker during            
          this period, he provided the majority of caretaking when he was             
          not in school or working on the farm.  Marilyn did all of the               
          cooking and some of the laundering for Walker.                              
               Walker's health deteriorated to the point that he was                  
          admitted to a nursing home on February 5, 1976.  He was                     
          transferred to Spring View Hospital on March 28, 1976, where he             
          died on April 17, 1976, at the age of 83.                                   
               B.  Walker's Estate                                                    
               Walker died testate.  He left one-half of his personal                 
          property to Susanna and the other one-half to Jean.  He also left           
          an undivided one-half interest in his real property to Susanna              
          for her life, with remainder to Jean, and the other one-half                
          interest to Jean in fee simple absolute.  Jean was the executrix            




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