{"id":38069,"date":"2017-08-02T05:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=38069"},"modified":"2017-08-02T05:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:40:51","slug":"woman-reunited-with-her-mothers-lost-wedding-dress-found-in-attic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/relationships\/woman-reunited-with-her-mothers-lost-wedding-dress-found-in-attic.html","title":{"rendered":"Woman reunited with her mother’s lost wedding dress found in attic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woman reunited with her mother’s lost wedding dress found in attic<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Woman reunited with her mother’s lost wedding dress found in attic:- Kim Peck of Rochester, New York, was reunited with her mother\u2019s lost wedding dress the day after the second anniversary of her mom\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all surreal,\u201d Peck, 43, told ABC News of having the vintage 1970 wedding gown back in her possession.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Hopkins found the dress in a water-damaged box labeled \u201cLinda\u2019s dress\u201d while cleaning out his attic in Throop, New York. His house is the childhood home where Peck grew up, but after her mother, Linda Hook, died, no one knew the dress was hiding in the attic full of clutter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopkins had purchased the home \u201cas-is\u201d from Peck\u2019s third husband, whom the children were not close with.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was ready to toss it, and then I picked it up and it was more solid than I thought,\u201d Hopkins, 48, recalled. \u201cLo and behold it was actually a wedding dress. What was really amazing was to find out this dress has been in storage since the early \u201870s and when I opened it up, it was still pristine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopkins took the gown to the town clerk, Kathy Malenick, to help him track down the owner. He doesn\u2019t have social media but figured Malenick, as the clerk of a very small town, \u201cknows a lot of people,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within an hour of her posting a photo of the gown to social media, Peck and Malenick were in touch. The bride\u2019s daughter commented on her photo with a vintage picture of her mom wearing the dress on her wedding day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, that is beautiful,\u2019\u201d Malenick said of the beautiful bride. \u201cIt\u2019s so well preserved. I was surprised it wasn\u2019t chewed up by mice or anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The two women met on Saturday, and the dress was returned its rightful owner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in disbelief,\u201d said Peck, who thinks finding the dress is definitely a sign from her mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

She normally visits her mother\u2019s grave on the anniversary of her death, July 25, which would have been the day before the women connected on Facebook, but she was busy bringing her son home from college orientation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have the opportunity to stop at the cemetery on Tuesday because I had to bring him home so I was sad and disappointed,\u201d she explained. \u201cI was upset, and then I got the message the day after.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was funny,\u201d Peck continued. \u201cBefore she died, she told me she was going to haunt me. She was always joking and pulling pranks. This is absolutely her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopkins is thrilled he was able to help return the sentimental dress the old-fashioned way, even if social media was the ultimate connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe got something back from her mother that she didn\u2019t think she\u2019d ever get,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the reward in itself actually.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/woman-reunited-mothers-lost-wedding-dress-found-attic\/story?id=48966359<\/span><\/p>\n

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