Grant had just finished building a cozy little home in Lehi for his wife, Virginia, and their four young boys. It was a labor of love he undertook in the evenings and on weekends. His days were spent working at Geneva Steel, the post-war employer that fed many Utah Valley families headed by returned soldiers. One autumn day, Grant felt ill at work and went to the infirmary. Virginia was notified; her husband had been taken to the hospital. Grant had polio. Grant was in the hospital for months. In February, Virginia, and another wife of a polio patient organized a Valentine’s party for the polio ward. The Salt Lake…