Sarah Wiedrich Suffers a Loss

Often people suffer misfortune because of natural events, house fires or political events but Sarah suffered hers at the hand of her son-in-law. After her husband died Sarah had difficulty meeting financial obligations. After all she was a woman born in 1868 and she is now almost 80-yrs-old. Her large house went up for sheriff’s sale and she may have harbored some hope when her son-in-law, Neal bought the house. But while Neal would allow her to continue to live in the house she bedroom would be a small room under the stairs. Any of her treasures and family heirlooms would have to fit in her bedroom. Neal then proceeded to take everything else to the town dump. Years later he would regret doing this because he said he could have received lots of money for those antiques. Never mind that he threw out portraits of her ancestors that were over 100 years old. In the small pallor she had her chair where she would be squeezed between the front door and the wall. Even in death Sarah would suffer the loss of her heritage when her granddaughter would throw out letters written to her from mother Matilda. The granddaughter would say she didn’t know any Matilda.

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