August 23, 2018 at 4:32 p.m.
Awestruck anonymously
FR woman received a quilt in honor of her son
Awestruck anonymously
She found it on her doorstep, an anonymous gift.
And it still brings tears to her eyes today.
Dixie Timmerman’s story starts last August when a U.S. military Osprey helicopter went down off the coast of Australia with 26 Marines aboard.
Twenty-three were rescued, but there was a period of time when little information was available, and the Fort Recovery woman feared for the worst.
Her son Kyle was serving with the U.S. Marines, and he was on a training mission in Australia.
“I didn’t know if he was on that helicopter,” Timmerman said this week.
He wasn’t, but the incident put his mother on edge.
She shared her fears with her old friend Rosie Bruns, and Rosie shared that conversation with her sister, Chris Meinerding.
That’s when Chris, who lives in Lakeview, Ohio, near Indiana Lake/Russell’s Point, went to work on “The Flag,” a 63-by-84-inch quilt now on display at Arts Place as part of Stitch N Chatter Quilt Club’s annual show.
“She did this for the families of the military and what they go through,” said Timmerman. “She wanted them to know there are people here who care about our military and support our military.”
And she wanted the message sent anonymously.
Timmerman took several weeks trying to figure out where the quilt had come from.
“I eventually went through all my family,” she said. “It was a lot of time and effort (to create). Who would spend that kind of time?”
Eventually, she mentioned it to her friend Rosie.
“She stuttered a little bit,” Timmerman recalled.
She knew she was close to an answer.
Andstill she was stunned.
“I did not know Chris,” she said. “I had met her one time at her father’s funeral calling.”
The quilt, which features a stylized flag motif, has a motto embroidered on one side: “Land of the free because of the brave.”
“Every time I look at that quilt I am awestruck,” said Timmerman. “She was inspired by the story. It still brings tears to my eyes to think about it.”
The quilt will be among dozens on display at Arts Place today until 5 p.m., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
As for Kyle, he’s still a Marine, currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan.
And it still brings tears to her eyes today.
Dixie Timmerman’s story starts last August when a U.S. military Osprey helicopter went down off the coast of Australia with 26 Marines aboard.
Twenty-three were rescued, but there was a period of time when little information was available, and the Fort Recovery woman feared for the worst.
Her son Kyle was serving with the U.S. Marines, and he was on a training mission in Australia.
“I didn’t know if he was on that helicopter,” Timmerman said this week.
He wasn’t, but the incident put his mother on edge.
She shared her fears with her old friend Rosie Bruns, and Rosie shared that conversation with her sister, Chris Meinerding.
That’s when Chris, who lives in Lakeview, Ohio, near Indiana Lake/Russell’s Point, went to work on “The Flag,” a 63-by-84-inch quilt now on display at Arts Place as part of Stitch N Chatter Quilt Club’s annual show.
“She did this for the families of the military and what they go through,” said Timmerman. “She wanted them to know there are people here who care about our military and support our military.”
And she wanted the message sent anonymously.
Timmerman took several weeks trying to figure out where the quilt had come from.
“I eventually went through all my family,” she said. “It was a lot of time and effort (to create). Who would spend that kind of time?”
Eventually, she mentioned it to her friend Rosie.
“She stuttered a little bit,” Timmerman recalled.
She knew she was close to an answer.
And
“I did not know Chris,” she said. “I had met her one time at her father’s funeral calling.”
The quilt, which features a stylized flag motif, has a motto embroidered on one side: “Land of the free because of the brave.”
“Every time I look at that quilt I am awestruck,” said Timmerman. “She was inspired by the story. It still brings tears to my eyes to think about it.”
The quilt will be among dozens on display at Arts Place today until 5 p.m., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
As for Kyle, he’s still a Marine, currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan.
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