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"It's proven really positive in other homes where residents have received 100 cards or more, and I think its nice for families to see how much of an interest we take into their special birthday ...
In 1944, a middle school girl gave her friend a card for her 14th birthday. When the girl’s birthday came around, the friend sent the same card back to her. “Neither one of us can remember who ...
The birthday card Pat DeReamer and Mary Kroger have been exchanging since 1944, shown in 2002. Photo / Courtesy of Don Kroger via The Washington Post “The joke is that neither one of us knows ...
When Bishop Michael Jarrell turns 75 in May, chances are he'll receive plenty of birthday cards. At the same time ... in the diocese is the shortage of priests and some pastors being overworked.
SAN FRANCISCO — Two best friends who met in the 1940s have exchanged the same birthday card every year for the last 80 years. Pat DeReamer, who just turned 95, and Mary Kroger, who is turning 95 ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Two best friends who met in the 1940s have exchanged the same birthday card every year for the last 80 years. Pat DeReamer, who just turned 95, and Mary Kroger, who is turning 95 in ...
Pettigrew wanted 100 cards in time for his 100th birthday on April 11. In just a matter of weeks, he received more than 1,700. At the most recent count, Gaston Pettigrew recieved over 1,700 cards ...
AND WE BECAME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. ON DREAMER’S 14TH BIRTHDAY, WHEATON GAVE HER A CARD, AND IT’S THE SAME CARD DELIVERED TO HER DOOR ON HER 95TH BIRTHDAY. BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CARD ...
Pat DeReamer just celebrated her 95th birthday, but what made this milestone even more special was the arrival of a card in the mail — a card that has been part of her life for over eight decades.
Pat DeReamer said the birthday tradition "just happened" Sometimes, a card can say it all, and two best friends who met during World War II have been exchanging the same one for 81 years.
A pair of lifelong best friends in Louisville, Kentucky have been exchanging the same birthday card for over 80 years, signing and dating it over and over again. “We never said, ‘We’re going ...