Rosary finds its way back to one who lost it; In 1953 - when she was 6 years old - Dubuquer lost her mother's prized possession

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: January 27, 2004| Author: MARY NEVANS-PEDERSON | Copyright information

Six-year-old Lea Sullivan accidentally dropped her mother's favorite rosary between the walls of the family home in 1953.

Try as they might, her parents could not retrieve the gold and crystal rosary, and soon afterward the family moved to another house. Over time, the rosary was forgotten.

Two weeks ago, a worker help-ing to restore the old house found the rosary, dirty and tarnished, but none the worse for its five decades between the walls. It was returned to Sullivan, who car...

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