European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 19, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 21 car As a is a Ann Landers dear Abby today s crossword dear Ann Landers everybody in Irwin pa., is still talking about something that happened several weeks ago. My husband and i thought it was extraordinary but certainly not wrong or immoral. What do you think Ann a Man named George Swanson told his wife Caroline that his last wish was to be buried in his 1984 White Corvette. Everyone said it was the Best looking car in town. He bought several plots in the cemetery in anticipation of the event but he did not Tell the cemetery staff what he had in mind. Georges wife declared that he had lived a fabulous life arid she was deter mined to see to it that his last wish be fulfilled. Georges ashes were placed in the front seat. There was a Large bouquet of red roses on the Hood and Only 27,000 Miles on the odometer. The cemetery officials insisted that the burial be Pri vat. They were afraid that if it were an open service As most of them Are there would be a mob of gawking curiosity seekers and that hoards of Media would overrun the grounds. So when the Crane operators lowered the a a casket into the grave Only family and close friends were present. My husband and i thought the whole thing was terrific not everyone agreed. What do you think Ann r. And d. In Pittsburgh old photo album dear readers Lew weeks ago i published a letter from Ellen s. Of Lakeview Terrace a Calif., saying she had found an old photo album in a vast Mountain of junk that a previous tenant had left behind in an old victorian mansion near downtown los Angeles. The Alburn contained snapshots dating from the late �?T30s through the �?T50s. Some were of japanese american men wearing . Infantry uniforms Vintage 19421945, As Well As family members of several generations. The album apparently had belonged to a japanese Macri can family named Tsunekawa. Knowing that i would be interested in returning the album to the Tsunekawa family Ellen sent it to me asking if i could locate the family who were among the Many japanese americans who had been sent to an internment Camp in Poston Ariz., for the duration of world War ii a a a a. A it. V a among the letters i received was the following dear Abby a our parents were in Poston Ariz. A they were the Only Tsunekawa family in los Angeles. Both arc now dear Pitts i think its wonderful that mrs Swanson was Able to Grant George his last wish. Unusual yes. Bizarre maybe but its what he wanted and it did no to cause any a harm. V a George Swanson is not the first person who wanted to be buried in his car. Years ago i wrote about a Man in Muskogee okla., whose last wish was the same As Georges. That letter appeared on feb 25, 1974, and Here it i dear Ann Landers in a not on my deathbed but in a getting on in years and i realize i done to have too Many left. I beg of you not to think in a crazy or that in a putting you in. My question is real. I have a modest collection of antique automobiles a nothing great but a few of my favourites. The car i love Best is a 1937 Dodge. It holds so Many pleasant memories that whenever i look at that great automobile it lifts my heart and makes me feel Good All Over. What i want to know is this would it be possible for me to be buried in that 1937 Dodge Muskogee okla. Dear mus. ,. A \. If you want to be buried in your 1937 Dodge you a better inform your next of Kin a lawyer and a mortician. Also the cemetery people should be notified. Letters 1o Ann Landers should to addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chicago til. T>0611 -0562. A. A. C creators Syndicate. A a. A deceased. Dad died 20 years ago. A Mother died four years later. Thank you for wanting to locate us. Or. And mrs. Jimmy Tsunekawa Montebello Calif. This Tsunekawa family appeared to be the family to whom the album belongs. When 1 contacted them 1 Learned that they had received Telephone Calls from As far away As Hawaii and new zealand. Our conversation convinced me that they were indeed the family Ellen and i were seeking. Readers Here a the rest of the Story after the parents passed away one of the Tsunekawa Brothers cleaned out his parents Home. Not being a very Scenti mental person he discarded Many items other family members might have kept. He left some of the better things on the porch instructing the neighbors to help themselves to anything they wanted alter Many years this precious photo album is now Back in the hands of the Tsunekawa family a thanks to the sensitivity of Ellen s. Another Happy ending a letters for this column should to addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447. Mount Morris ill. 61054. A a a. A a. A c Universal press Syndicate. 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