By then his Changhua-born son David, and wife Jean, had been back in Changhua for five years. The son was to spend 28 years in the town, furthering his father's good work at the hospital he had created.
在他去世前五年，他的兒子、在彰化出生的蘭大弼與其夫人高仁愛回到彰基服務，第二代蘭醫師也在彰化整整待了二十八個寒暑，承續、發揚父親草創彰基的「洗腳之愛」。