A Facebook post I received this morning called for help:
FB friends, we need help!
We bought this cedar chest at an estate sale and found it had a hidden drawer
underneath. In it was a stack of letters, drawing of a house, marriage license and birth certificate. The letters
are addressed to Arlise Mord at Methodist Hospital in Sioux City and are from
1947. They are postmarked from Wausau, NE. There are also letters from Arlise
to Stanley W. Anderson in Sioux City. There are baccalaureate and commencement
notices from the School of Nursing, 1949. Arlise's birth certificate (Mar. 7,
1928) to Arthur Emanuel Mord and Esther Helen Larson (maiden name). He was a
farmer in Wausau. The wedding license is for Arlise and Stanley (am guessing
the letters were their courtship while she was in nursing school.) Everyone
loves a "happily ever after", so PLEASE SHARE THIS, we would love to
give it all back to their families!
Immediately after posting this I had time to do a quick Findagrave search. Arlise Anderson came up with a full obituary. Wow - wish my family were that easy!
Immediately after posting this I had time to do a quick Findagrave search. Arlise Anderson came up with a full obituary. Wow - wish my family were that easy!
Apparently solved a number of years ago (page copyright 2009): http://www.siouxlandnews.com/story/30039405/letters-from-the-past
ReplyDeleteInteresting how these things cycle around! I am a newbie to Facebook, so it is taking me time to get used to what is posted. I will be a little more vigilant next time :).
ReplyDeleteThe website may be copyright 2009, but the event and news report happened in 2015. Fortunately, not long after posting to facebook, the family was located and the items returned to them.
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