P. Suppa is hoping to recover two quilts that were stolen in 2001 from her mother’s room in the Morris View Nursing Home in Morris Township, New Jersey. The nursing room denied having seen it, but it disappeared about two weeks after she was admitted. Her mother’s jewelry was also stolen. One quilt is a full-size fans quilt, made in 2000 using lavendars and seafoam blue. The seafoam blue is … Continue reading
Karen L. Camp is searching for a Pontiac Star quilt that belongs to her mother. The full size bed quilt was made by Karen’s grandmother. The quilt was last seen sometime around 2004. It became missing either at her mother’s home in Olive Branch, Mississippi or a nursing home in Ocala, Florida. The quilt is multicolored with a white background. If you’ve seen a quilt that fits this description, please … Continue reading
Katie Winchelle would like to recover a Pieced Teacups quilt that she made for her mother. It was a birthday gift for her 89th birthday. She kept it on her bed wherever she went, from home, to assisted living, to hospital, to the nursing home where she died. That’s when the quilt disappeared. The nursing home was notified the same day, but they could find no trace of it. It … Continue reading
In 2002 Maryann Rogers made a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for her mother, Viva Cap, using 1930’s reproduction fabrics. Her mother was living in a nursing home in Woodstock, Illinois when the quilt disappeared. It was reported missing in December 2002, but never found. This multicolor quilt is 72″ by 72″. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued and hand quilted. The quilt is marked, “to My Precious Mother,” and it is … Continue reading
On July 13, 2004 an F4 tornado hit Roanoke, Illinois. That was the last time Michele McCullough saw the flannel quilt she had made for her dad while he was in a nursing home. After he passed, she kept the quilt on a rocker on her enclosed front porch. This was the first quilt Michele had made. The 53″ by 65″ Trip Around the World quilt is made with eight … Continue reading
A quilt, Tea for Two — Me and You, made by M.J. Minor is missing from a nursing home. M.J. made the quilt for her mother, Ella Minor, who currently lives in Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Living Community in Lebanon, Ohio. The quilt was discovered missing in January 2002. The patients’ rooms were searched, but nothing was found. The 40″ by 52″ quilt has a handwritten label on the back with … Continue reading
Another quilt has been stolen from a nursing home. Patricia Louise Johnson is looking for a wedding ring quilt which was stolen from Florence Netzel’s nursing home room in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The quilt was last seen sometime around 1993 to 1995. This is a double (or twin) size wedding ring quilt made around 1930. It is made from various light to medium color cottons. It is machine pieced and … Continue reading
Dian Moore is searching for the garden quilt she had made for her dad, Ray Armstrong. He slept under this quilt for four years while he was in the P.A. Peterson Nursing Home in Rockford, Illinois. On February 15, 1999, the day her father died, the quilt disappeared off his bed. It is possible the quilt was sent to a laundry service in the Madison, Wisconsin area, but if it … Continue reading
