A patron of Grant Wood. ...To travel to Europe cost money and Wood could not alone afford it but thanks to his long-time patrons, John B. Turner and his son David Turner who owned the city’s mortuary business they had underwritten the trips for Wood to study art in Europe in 1920 and 1923-1924, and in return he gave them a number of his paintings. [https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/grant-wood-part-1-the-early-years-of-the-american-regionalist-painter/]