A mystery solved just in time for Valentine’s Day.
FOX 17 first told you Monday about a 70-year-old love letter that a Grand Rapids man found in a secondhand toolbox.
Valentine’s Day mystery solved: FOX 17 connects with family of 70-year-old love letter recipient
Many people reached out trying to help us get the letter into the right hands, and we were able to do that Wednesday after hearing from a relative who says she knows the woman the letter was addressed to.
We met Abby Cribbs at Johnson Park in Grand Rapids – it’s a place Cpl. Irvin G. Fleming mentioned in his letter to Mary Lee Cribbs, Abby’s family member.
FOX 17 “Mary Lee was technically my great aunt,” Abby told FOX 17. “So, she was one of seven, and my grandpa was her older brother.”
However, Abby never got to meet her great aunt. Mary passed away in 2004 at the age of 73.
“Mary was a spitfire, according to my grandpa,” Abby shared. “She had a lot of love for life and a lot of love for people. She was beautiful. Every family member that I spoke to about her said that she was gorgeous.”