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On July 20, 1910, William Aberhart Sr. died in an accident at a pharmacy owned by his son ( William Jr .' s brother ) Charles.

Prohibition was in effect, but pharmacists were permitted to provide alcohol for " medicinal purposes ".

Charles kept a bottle of whiskey for William Sr. to drink whenever he was in the store.

One day a clerk rearranged the bottles, and the illiterate William Sr. took a swallow of carbolic acid ; he died within minutes.

William Jr., by now in Calgary, did not make the trip east to his father's funeral.

Louisa Aberhart died February 20, 1910, outliving William Aberhart Jr. by less than a year.