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Postcard for girl arrives 48 years later
Davenport, Iowa, Feb 09: A postcard mailed to a 7-year-old girl in a hospital has arrived - almost 48 years after she died of an inoperable brain tumor.
Davenport, Iowa, Feb 09: A postcard mailed to a 7-year-old girl in a hospital has arrived — almost 48 years after she died of an inoperable brain tumor.
Marilyn DeVrieze said her niece, Sharon Kaye Thiele, treasured a special pair of red shoes and was even photographed for a newspaper story with the shoes when she spent about 3 months in Moline Public Hospital in 1956-57 before she died of the tumor.
People from across America mailed cards to the youngster when she was a patient at the hospital, DeVrieze of Rock Island, Ill., said.
"She got a lot of cards from all over," DeVrieze said.
One of those cards addressed to the eldest daughter of Vernon and Lois Thiele of Moline, Ill., mailed Nov. 6, 1956, from Portland, Ore., arrived Tuesday, nearly 48 years too late.
The card was discovered by Trinity Medical Center employees, and DeVrieze picked it up Wednesday when she learned it existed.
Marilyn was newly married to Frank DeVrieze and living in Rock Island when her niece fell ill.
"She was beautiful, and very smart," DeVrieze said.
People from across America mailed cards to the youngster when she was a patient at the hospital, DeVrieze of Rock Island, Ill., said.
"She got a lot of cards from all over," DeVrieze said.
One of those cards addressed to the eldest daughter of Vernon and Lois Thiele of Moline, Ill., mailed Nov. 6, 1956, from Portland, Ore., arrived Tuesday, nearly 48 years too late.
The card was discovered by Trinity Medical Center employees, and DeVrieze picked it up Wednesday when she learned it existed.
Marilyn was newly married to Frank DeVrieze and living in Rock Island when her niece fell ill.
"She was beautiful, and very smart," DeVrieze said.
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