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From Lou Hollander keystonecop1@verizon.net
RET. P.O. RICHARD GADDE
The Retirees Association also attempted to locate Richard
after our mail to him was returned by the Post Office as "Unknown."
We find it very sad to hear of Richard's conditon and for his wife,
Lee, also.
From Lou:
For the longest time I’ve been trying
to contact Richie and was unable. The only person I knew who was
close with Richie was Jerry Lyons. I called Jerry, thinking he was
still living in Florida, and was informed by Jerry that he no longer
lives in FL and is now living in Maryland. I told Jerry that I have
been calling Richie’s phone and it has been disconnected. He is also
on my email list and all his email came back undeliverable and I got
the Christmas card I sent him returned.
Jerry told me he would be going down to FL in a couple of weeks
and would stop by his house and see what’s going on. A few weeks
later Jerry got back to me and told me that Richie’s house was a
total mess with no one living in it. Jerry went to his next door and
a man told Jerry that the house has been abandoned for about 2
years, and that Richie was in very bad shape with dementia and that
Richie’s wife Lee and Richie went to live with her son.
Last night I got a call from his wife, but I wasn’t home. She
left her phone number with my wife. I called her back and she told
me that they lived with her son for 2 months and moved to an
assistant living residence. It cost $3,000.00 a month just for her
to stay with him. After a while she couldn’t afford to stay there.
She moved back to Tequesta FL only to find her home trashed, broken
into. The next-door neighbor, a woman who is a widow, has been
taking care of her giving her food every day. Richie’s wife told me
she has no insurance, she had Aetna Medicare Advantage which was
cancelled Dec 31, 2022. She did not know why it was cancelled. I
told her they can't just cancel your insurance. I told her to stay
on the phone and I was going to make a 3-way call with Aetna.
A long story short, the person I spoke with pulled up Lee's
information and told her she must transfer the call to another
person. It was late and that person was gone for the day. I left
Lee’s phone number, and that person will call her tomorrow.
I think because it was cancelled, she will have to re-apply and I
don’t think she’d be able to handle the paperwork. If you are
someone who lives near Tequesta and willing to help her with the
paper work, please contact me 727-207-4323.
If anyone wants to visit Richie he is in Gracious Age Assisted
Living, 1401 Magnolia Ave, Sandford FL 32771. | 
