Correction The first paragraph is suppose to read that information is wanted on MILDRED not Milder. Sorry about the typo. ---------- > From: willow1 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Mildred Kirkpatrick > Date: Monday, November 03, 1997 1:07 PM > > I am looking for anyone with information on Milder Kirkpatrick born > November 10, 1915. and died October 1982. Her last known residence was > Pullman, Michigan. > > This is very important to someone very dear to me. Let me start with a > story. In 1952 a family in WI. was torn apart. There was a very nasty > divorce and the 7 children were separated from each other. They were > placed in separate foster homes. The 3 girls in one and the 4 boys in > another. This was the last time these children saw their father. Then > mother remarried a she came back to WI to claim her children. The children > were back together, but they were moved to Chicago, IL. Their last names > were changed. Mom made it very difficult for the father to find his > children and very difficult for him to be in the state of WI. So he also > had to change his name. Forty-two years later the oldest son found his > father, but to our dismay he had been dead for 2 and half years. He never > got to see his father. All they have now is pictures and stories. The > story of their father and a lady named Mildred Kirkpatrick. It seems that > their father assumed her name. To our knowledge they were never married. > They tried to farm some land in WI. but found the old problem of the ex > wife had the police on their tail. So they moved to Pullman MI. We have > found the case worker that handled things for Mildred and was told she was > taken back to Missouri by her sister. We thought she was still alive when > she went to Missouri but we could have been mistaken. > > The reason we would like to find out about this lady is to just fill in > some of the gaps in the history of a long lost father. The stories are all > the children have. If anyone has any knowledge of Mildred Kirkpatrick > please contact me. > > Donna