Nice sunny day. Cold. Lyla and I went to Pharmhouse and then to see Merrill. Merrill died just before noon today. Lyla and I was with him. Jim got there fast as he was in the city. Vern and June got to apartment about 2 PM. Rev. Dora here. She knows Vern and June. She kept picking on Jim. We went to Theresa at 5 P to finish up final details. I called Sherrie Nash to tell her about Merrill. She called Rev. Dora. Hope and others. Lyla called Philadelphia folks and Elgin and Carmi. I called Merrill’s nieces and nephews. Robert and Cheryl Congdon called. I gave workers at Genesis a 2-pound box of Whitman’s chocolates.