Volunteer Finds a Name in a Donated Coat: The Sarah Casey Secret
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Volunteer Finds a Name in a Donated Coat: The Sarah Casey Secret
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A hospital bracelet with the faded name "SARA CASY" and a March 3, 1941 birthdate sat forgotten in a thrift-store coat pocket for eleven months before a volunteer noticed it; the birthday matched the long-hidden birthdate in a local family and led to a secret spanning surgery, silence, and five decades. How did a plastic wristband reconnect two sisters separated by omission and time, and what did it reveal about the family no one knew?
In this episode, we follow how a donated navy blue winter coat and a volunteer's shoebox set a chain of quiet discovery in motion, and how retired school secretary April Olson spent weeks piecing together a hidden sibling story that began with a childhood heart surgery. What was kept, who kept it, and why did it stay secret for so long?
Person: Marta Pell
Person: April Olson
Date: March 3, 1941
Location: Weller County General; Harwick Thrift Annex; Delphos, Ohio; Brenford, Ohio; Muskegon County, Michigan
Event: Hospital bracelet found in October 1997; discovery pursued in September 1998
- The bracelet was found tucked inside the pocket of a donated navy blue winter coat in October 1997.
- The bracelet read "SARA CASY," DOB March 3, 1941, Room 14, Weller County General.
- The shoebox holding the bracelet sat on a shelf for eleven months with nobody claiming it.
- Sarah Anne Prentiss (later Sarah Casey) was born March 3, 1941 and underwent corrective heart surgery in 1955.
- Helen Olson listed Sarah as next of kin on a hospital form as recently as 1963 yet never told her children about her sister.
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