<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi<BR>
I just received my dad's certificate. It holds a bit of a puzzle and I hope someone out there can help. My dad died in 1967 in Portland. I was informed that he died in the VA hospital where he had been patient most of my life. He had been severely wounded on Normandy in WWII, and drank and had TB. He and mama were divorced before I was 3. Anyway...about a month ago I located a living cousin, and she told me that my dad had died alone in a "flop house" in the Burnside area of Portland. Now I lived in Portland as a kid and I know where she meant. I felt so sad about all this...so called the Portland police, medical examiner etc to see if it was true. If for no other reason that I want the truth....the whole truth....even if I don't like it. The death cert. came to day and it says he died at White House Nursing Home then in the address area it says 1212 SW4th . I would like to know if anyone could find a Portland directory from 1967 and see if the nursing home matches the address....or are they different? This cousin has unsettled me...I believe her personality is one to provoke an emotion and then step back and watch people play with it....if so..this was mean.....but if it is the truth...then I want to research and document it correctly for my kids and my dad's grandchildren. <BR>
Thankyou for reading this.....and for maybe finding an answer or two......<BR>
Joy Tomseth Franklin<BR>
Chelsea Michigan</FONT></HTML>