[OT] Finding old relative in the US

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Hi all,

I really should not be doing this right now, I have much better

things to do, but then I suddenly felt like making a try... And

thought some of you might be able to help.

You see, I have an old great aunt (my dad's aunt) who was the last of

our family to go to the US, probably late 60's or early 70's. She has

been coming up here for visits regularly since then. At some point

she became a widow and some years later re-married to a wonderful,

sweet man who was a bit younger than her, I think (to be honest way

nicer than her, to describe it, my dad just called her " the old bag "

on the phone, he-he)... Probably around 1993 or something like that,

she came her for the last time. She was then 86 yrs old, had started

to be quite forgetful and loved her red wine. I can tell you, we got

more than one good laugh!!! Later I learned that her husband had died.

An aunt and uncle of mine kept contact with her all along. But

suddenly she just disappeared. They have tried to find her, but no

success. Her husband had a son, but she never had any kids. Since she

had been starting to get forgetful etc. already the last we saw her,

we think she may be in an institution, if she is still alive.

As we talked about it while I visited my dad recently, I thought

maybe a web search could lead to something? I had nothing but her

name to start with, as well as her hubby's name. I could not believe

my eyes when I actually found a person who can be her, only she had a

middle initial that none of us recognize. But she might have had a

name she never used in daily life, so all of us don't know about it

or have forgot. The person I found is: Esther L. Fosse, CA, born

1907. The name, the state and the birth year does match. It is only

the " L. " that is unknown. So it might be her. To get the address etc.

I think I will have to enter a credit card number to get it. It is

probably not that much.

But before I do it, it may be an idea to try to check her name a bit

better. It would be fun to surprise my aunt and uncle who have been

trying to find her. So I won't call them to ask them about things

just yet. I was thinking that maybe if I could find an obituary for

her husband, that it would include her full name... But without

knowing her exact address, or at least county, it is not easy. I have

not found any page where I can search obituaries for the whole state

on name without knowing the exact year he passed away. Do any of you

know? His name was Alf Fosse.

The page where I found the lady that may be her, was

https://www.peopledata.com/query1_yahoo.php

There's no doubt that my dad and others too would like to know at

least if she is alive or dead. If we e.g. could find her at an

institution, we could at least ask them to notify us when she passes

away. She might be in a state now where she is not able to

communicate with anybody. If she was that, I would think that she

would have contacted my aunt. I think it is really odd too that his

son, who I think is a reverend somewhere in Utah (Salt Lake City?

That is where they used to live before they moved to California), did

not notify the relatives here in Norway who he must have known that

they kept in contact with, after all they regularly travelled to stay

with my aunt and uncle here...

Thanks!

PS! I still have to pack etc. and leave for out of town tomorrow

morning, so I won't be able to reply to mail until Sunday evening at

the earliest...

Aase Marit