Evansville Courier & Press | Bryon Rohrig
The envelope arrived at Glenda and Jim Ralph's Evansville home the day after Thanksgiving of 2009, mailed by a social worker at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis.
When Glenda opened it, a card fell out. Tucked inside was a photograph of a young man whose face she had never seen. But she had no doubt about to whom it belonged.
"My family and I hope your recovery is going well," the note began. "You are in our thoughts every day. It helped me to know that Timothy was able to help you and that part of him is still with us.
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Photo: MOLLY BARTELS / COURIER & PRESS Glenda Ralph closes the box where she keeps
her kidney donor information at her home in Evansville. Timothy Hasamear died in
an ATV accident in 2009. Ralph was on a waiting list for a kidney when
Timothy's, which was a good match for her, became available. She later met
Timothy's family
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