For those of you who like good news, we think youre going to love this. Earlier this week, Tribune reporter Bonnie Miller Rubin brought you the story of mysterious love letters written by a sailor during World War II arriving recently at a Little Village address almost 70 years after they were mailed. Today, she has a beautiful update. Relatives of Dorothy Bartos Carlberg say she is the intended recipient of the love letters and have stepped forward to claim the long-lost correspondence. She always loved a guy in a uniform - and still does, said her daughter, Sandy Jacobson, who lives in Champaign. Dorothy Bartos Carlberg is now 85, and lives in an assisted living facility in Whitewater, Wis. While her memory is sketchy today, asking about the letter-writer, Al Fragakis, brought the past sharply into focus. He was a really nice guy, she said, without a moment’s hesitation. Not fast … my dad was very strict, but he liked boys in the military. He thought they were decent.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000
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