Dead End in Norvelt Chapter 16 Summary

It seems Mrs. Dubicki has finally had her tea date with the Grim Reaper—she's dead.
Mrs. Dubicki shares a death date (July 4th), with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, giving Miss Volker something fun to talk about in her obit.
We learn that Norvelt had been originally based on the Jeffersonian principle of self-sufficiency, and that each family was given a plot of land that would feed them during rough times.