{"id":11106,"date":"2015-08-25T09:31:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=11106"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:17:06","slug":"spokeo-reunions-seeing-dad-one-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/spokeo-reunions-seeing-dad-one-last-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokeo Reunions: Seeing Dad One Last Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/KatherineMcCarthy.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11107 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/KatherineMcCarthy.jpg?resize=500%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SpokeoReunion_dad\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve said it multiple times before and we\u2019ll say it as often as we can. WE LOVE REUNIONS. We especially love reunions that Spokeo helps make happen, and we\u2019re drawn almost to tears when we know we help bring our users peace and closure. We recently heard from Spokeo User, Katherine, who shared her special story about finding her dad\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy siblings and I lost track of our father in 1986 due to a family argument. \u00a0We were all in our twenties at the time. He moved away and made it clear to us that he did not want anything to do with us any more.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last few years we started to wonder if he was still alive as he would be in his eighties. \u00a0After two years of searching on the internet and contacting family members of his, we finally found him on Spokeo. A family member had given us an old address which showed up on Spokeo and we linked it to a recent address on Spokeo which happened to be a nursing home in Oregon. I called the nursing home and had them get permission from my father to visit. He said yes, and my sister and I drove 400 miles to see him. \u00a0It was a very nice reunion with lots of apologies. Over the next week, arrangements were made for our brothers to fly in from all over the country to visit him. The family was completely reunited. He even called our mother to apologize to her. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, a few days after the last visit, the nursing home called to say that he had fallen and had been taken to a local hospital. \u00a0He died just a few days later. Thanks to Spokeo we all got to see Dad one last time. \u00a0I don&#8217;t like to use the word &#8220;closure&#8221; but it is the only one that fits in this situation. Thank you Spokeo. We now have closure.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though we\u2019d love to think of Katherine\u00a0and her siblings enjoying many years of new memories with their dad, we\u2019re encouraged knowing that\u00a0they got that chance to clear the air before it was too late. Thank you Katherine\u00a0for sharing your touching\u00a0story with us. We couldn\u2019t be more inspired to continue providing our users with the tools enabling them to research people and reunite!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve said it multiple times before and we\u2019ll say it as often as we can. WE LOVE REUNIONS. 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