JSolt1210
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any chance the "any" or "ang" are his initials?
You beat me to it! As soon as I saw that the letters and possible dollar amount were written on each page, I immediately thought of legal documents which are often initialed on each page, just to show acknowledgement and consent.
My concern is about our guys wallet and identification. This is an educated man who's reasonably well off. His wallet could have been left in a vehicle somewhere or he could have just left it at home. If he "loves sleepy cat" could he actually live close by in Meeker?
I know nothing about this area, but how feasible would it be to look through contemporary census records for someone with initials ANY or ANG?
I wanted to note that our guy is well spoken and educated. I've seen in a few different sites that he's accused of misspelling "memorial" as "memo-real" but he actually writes "much real" and not mem-oreal. The next word is also understandably thought to be "cremation" but it's actually "ceremony".
My wife said "Ceremony doesn't have an "A" in it and this word does. That "A" is actually a part of an "m" and of course the "Y" on the end means it can't be cremation.
I just wanted to commend you for all your work on this letter. Looking at the side-by-side pictures, it was like the text was coming alive, making our John Doe that much more human. Not wanting "services or much real ceremony... if I don't get saved" along with what @ericavon read upthread about the "bronze star on the .wall. . would you call her.and have it sent.to you because I .would . . want it to be . where ever. . . my ashe s are going" is just so heartbreaking to read.