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50 years in the making, a wedding ring lost in the snow is returned on Valentine’s Day

Lisa Dent

English - February 15, 2021 17:15 - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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In 1973 on Chicago’s South Side, Karen Autenrieth noticed her wedding ring had come loose from her hand and landed in a nearby snowdrift, ultimately becoming lost. Flash forward to 2021, a Facebook posting for a different wedding ring found in the same area lead local historians with the Ridge Historical Society -Carol Flynn & […]

In 1973 on Chicago’s South Side, Karen Autenrieth noticed her wedding ring had come loose from her hand and landed in a nearby snowdrift, ultimately becoming lost. Flash forward to 2021, a Facebook posting for a different wedding ring found in the same area lead local historians with the Ridge Historical Society -Carol Flynn & Linda Lamberty- on a mission to reunite a lost ring with “RA to K.B. 4-16-66” inscribed inside with it’s rightful owner. Nearly 50 years later on Valentine’s Day, Robert Autenrieth slipped the once lost ring on his bride’s finger.

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Karen & Robert Autenrieth are reunited with their wedding ring in San Antonio after losing it in a Chicago snowdrift in 1972 (photo credit by Noah Brown, the couple’s grandson)

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