Sounds kinda like a mixed blessing to me. Yes he's gone, but at the same time no more distractions from him. Unless you're depending on him to renew crops or heal, I'd say good riddance.

Of course by now, my 1st village has been running for a couple of weeks with minimal checking/interferance by me, and the worst that's happened is a typhoon washed away all the food. My population dropped to 70 something but I tasked everyone to farm and before long all was well again.