"In Their Words"
There isn't a way to thank my volunteer on the site since you had to disable the posting board, but my volunteer was so exceptionally helpful, that it warranted my sending an email to you (RAOGK).
I sent a request to Richard, Pawnee County, Kansas volunteer. My request was: Could he look up an obit for me and take a picture of a tombstone.
My great-grandfather's sister had died in the state hospital and was buried in the state hospital cemetery. Not only did Richard look up the obituary, he went to the state hospital cemetery and took several pictures for me. Since the graves are marked by numbers, not names, there was no way of telling which grave was hers.
After taking the pictures, he talked with a friend of his whom worked at the state hospital to find out who I needed to contact to determine which grave belonged to my relative. I then called the hospital, found out where my relative was buried. Armed with that data Richard then went back to the cemetery a _second_ time taking flowers and a laminated card, and took several more pictures for me.
He then offered to drive to a nearby county to look up additional information for me on this relative. He did all of this for free and despite my offers to pay him, wouldn't take any money. I'm still working on trying to get him to take some money, at least for gas and the flowers.
I've thanked him over and over again but as I said, I thought his help was so exceptional that I should at least let you (ROAGK) know.
Editor Note:
1) New area was recently created for "Kudos" aka Thank You's. Check this link:
Visit RAOGK Kudos!
2) We now ask requesters to pay for gas due to the extreme cost of it. Thank You.
Enjoy,
Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore
RAOGK Volunteer
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