Extraordinary People of the Senior Kind ~ Jack

Jack was referred to me by his building's management. He had been acting out and they were concerned for his welfare. He used to sit on his balcony, look out across the man-made lake to the buildings on the other side and scream at them and brandish his fist. He insisted that his wife was having an affair with a younger man in one of those buildings. So, every night he would be screaming for her to return home.

In researching his situation and finding many many unpaid bills, I did discover the death certificate for his wife dated about 4 years previous to that time. As it unfolded, it was a love story for the ages and he was unable to cope with her loss.
Sadly, it was easier to believe she was having an affair than to come to the realization that he would never see her again.

Jack had moved to Florida from Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. He had left before the first wave of Russian emigres even heard of Brighton Beach. Jack had plenty of money, but earlier tax returns revealed that he was getting interest from CD's from Brooklyn based banks. But he had failed to report such income in the last 3 years.
(In case you're wondering this was way before the internet existed. You couldn't go online and find missing money like you can today.)

So, I packed Jack and his caregiver up and we all went on a trip to Brighton Beach.
I knew his old address. I knew which banks HAD had his money from his income tax returns and all three of us made the rounds. I reasoned that the banks would be closest to his home, or on the way to either a supermarket or the subway. In those days, bankers knew you by sight and Jack was greetly warmly in many banks. Well, I won't guarantee that I found it all, but I did find about 15 different CD's; each one worth $10,000. Don't forget this was real money in the late 1980's.

Jack also went along on one of the most memorable dates I ever had with my boyfriend (now hubby), as Jack's full set of false teeth popped right out into the Chicken Chow Mein. Jack smiled wanly and slipped them right back in. If you could have seen Bob's face, you'd still be laughing.

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