Neither rain nor snow nor hail nor hail could prevent this letter from being delivered — even if it took 80 years.
A letter written in 1943 to Louis and Lavena George of DeKalb, Illinois, was lost in the mail for decades — until a conscientious local postal worker made it his mission to ensure that it was finally delivered.
The unnamed hero of the post office tracks down the only two surviving embers of the George family — their two daughters — and gets the letter into their hands.
“Messages from the past, seeming to come out of nowhere,” George’s second daughter, Jeannette, told WIFR-TV News. That’s pretty unusual. Everyone said, ‘My God!’ You know? Shocked.”
The letter was first sent to a surviving daughter, Grace Salazar, who recently moved to Oregon and later shared it with her sister, the outlet said.
Their parents, who married in 1932, are dead – but the letter offers a glimpse into their lives.
Better late than never! A letter sent in 1943 finally reached a family from DeKalb, Illinois, 80 years later. WIFR A letter sent to Louis and Lavena George in 1943 offering condolences on the recent loss of their daughter. WIFR DeKalb postal officials believe the letter was not delivered because the address did not have a house number. WIFR
It was written by the couple’s cousin who was mourning the loss of another daughter, Evelyn, who had Cystic Fibrosis.
“I got emotional about it,” Jeannette told WIFR. “I mean, losing a child is always horrible. It just put me in touch with the grief of my parents and the loss of my family before I was born.
“As I get older, I appreciate my extended family more and more, especially my nieces and nephews,” he added. “I just have more of a sense of continuity in life, family.”
An anonymous post office worker tracked down two surviving members of George’s family to deliver it to them. WIFR George’s second daughter Jeannette said the letter left her “emotional.” WIFR
DeKalb postal officials believe the delayed delivery was caused by the fact that the address the letter was sent to did not include the house number for the house on South Sixth Street.
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