To Die in Your Own Home ....

A group of good hearted people in Camden County allowed a 95 year old man the chance to go home and die in his own country. Evalds Ciekurs had been a resident at Innova Health & Rehab as a ward of the state. His doctor noticed that he said "Riga" often realized it was a city in Latvia. More detective work connected Ciekurs with a daughter he had not seen in decades. Employees and friends worked together to have him released to his daughter and paid for his plane ticket home. He spent his final year in his hometown and died recently. It was a group random act of kindness. Kudos to all involved.

Read details here in a column, "For lost Latvian's friends, sad ending is a happy one," by Monica Yant Kinney in the April 9th Inquirer.