Grandpa, Milo Ross, was a builder nearly his entire adult life. Even into his 80s he was helping people remodel, reroof (and falling off those roofs and living), and more. Here is a story of Grandpa and Grandma getting involved for the construction of a new church in north Plain City. I am taking this from his own writing (I corrected spelling and edited for reading):

“Yes – I did pray many times on my knees asking for Heavenly Father’s hand –

“April 2002 Milo Ross

“May 10 2002

“President Dickamore – Farr West also – Watson President new church by Archie Hunt

“Start family news of events that did help build church in Plain City by making phone calls and asking if Dickamore President for Farr West – Plain City Stake if they would think and accept a chance to build church in different area of Plain City

“It was rumored around a new church was to be built in north Plain City area. So I called President Dickamore at the Stake Center in Plain City one Sunday, during church services, and asked if he would please let me show a building place for a new church. Not only as a church presence but because of the Abram Maw and wife [Monna] and Maw family always wanted to help support the church with a good high piece of ground that could be easily drain for parking, drainage and no drainage.

“I’ve done work building for the Maws and their wishes – some day maybe the Maws could donate something nice to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in honor of the greatness of the glory that the family of Maws had received from being members of the church and the many great blessings the Lord had shared with the large family of Maws.

“A few days later President Dickamore asked if I would show the ground and information of the offer.

“After Abram and his wife passed away Aline [Maw] Lord and husband, Gene Lord, talked about maybe some day the church would accept the ground set apart from the Maws Estate when divided among the family of Maws and grand children and the Maws wishes to keep one piece of ground clean and keep up good so maybe some one in the church would help the spirit and desire and also want and have the people in charge of our church to some day foresee a house of our Lord build on the ground, that if Maws have prayed and dedicated to church all their lives for a dream come true.

“So Milo Ross has helped the Maw family to keep up the Maws wishes and with the great help from President Dickamore and President Watson Milo’s wishes and a desire to fulfill a wish come true for the great Maw family and my great Archie Hunt and wife, their good works and keeping up the drive to encourage in some way that in our life altogether keep information going forward to keep the building spirit alive as long as we life.

“So from the Lords family and the Seager Velda [Maw] family and thanks to the man of God that did his praying from our Savior Jesus Christ our wishes and prayers through a man from Farr West.

“And his presidency made our dreams come true. Thanks Dickamore, we can all go forward now and start our family histories and tell the wold how not a railroad but a lovely church came into our Plain City by the words of a great man from Farr West. Dickamore and his counselors. Milo Ross. Yes, prayers do help our Lord.

Grandpa helped construct the replacement chapel in downtown Plain City dedicated in 1954. He felt some rejection and disappointment when that building was replaced. But his excitement over his part in the construction of this chapel was palpable, even though I doubt he lifted a hammer to help.