Grampa has a stroke when the family stops and joins with the Wilsons in Chapter 13. Sairy Wilson helps care for Grampa and Granma while they are suffering, thus the Joads and Wilson become like a family. While the Joads know that they should go into town and have Grampa buried properly, they also know that it will cost $40 just to have him buried, which is a lot of money for them. Instead, they decide to bury Grampa right near where they are camped on the side of the road along Route 66. They decide to leave a note with the body, in case someone happens to dig up his bones and think he may have been murdered. The family asks Preacher Casy to say a few words so the process feels more like a funeral than just a sad end to Grampa's life.
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