When Valerie McGinnis’ husband Mark unexpectedly died of a heart attack in January 2020 at age 60, she wasn’t sure what would happen to $15 Sewer & Drain, the business the well-known plumber and drain cleaner had started in 1986 in San Jose, California.That all changed when she met with grief-stricken employees the following Monday morning.“They were beside themselves,” McGinnis says. “When I saw the looks on the faces of all these grown men, that’s when I decided to keep going. I couldn’t just walk away from almost 20 families.”That decision set in motion an emotionally and physically exhausting journey
