A young boy finally got the goodbye he's been missing from his dad, who died two years ago. Rowan Torrez and his mom, Julie Van Stone, were taken by surprise when a postcard showed up at their home in Littleton, Colorado, on Saturday, according to Kusa. The 10-year-old boy's father, Joseph Torrez, died in March 2013 at 41 from a rare brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Prior to his death, the Navy veteran attended MIT to get two master's degrees in 2007, which he pursued to support the son he always wished would be part of his life. "He adored [Rowan]," Van Stone told Kusa.
- 3/12/2015
- by Alexandra Zaslow, @alexandrazaslow
- PEOPLE.com
A young boy finally got the goodbye he's been missing from his dad, who died two years ago. Rowan Torrez and his mom, Julie Van Stone, were taken by surprise when a postcard showed up at their home in Littleton, Colorado, on Saturday, according to Kusa. The 10-year-old boy's father, Joseph Torrez, died in March 2013 at 41 from a rare brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Prior to his death, the Navy veteran attended MIT to get two master's degrees in 2007, which he pursued to support the son he always wished would be part of his life. "He adored [Rowan]," Van Stone told Kusa.
- 3/12/2015
- by Alexandra Zaslow, @alexandrazaslow
- PEOPLE.com
A whole new meaning to snail mail. Last Saturday, March 7, a 10-year-old boy from Colorado named Rowan Torrez received a final postcard from his late father, Joseph Torrez, two years after his death. According to Kusa, Rowan and his mom Julie Van Stone were surprised to find the postcard in the mail written by Joseph, who died at age 41 from a rare brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob in March 2013. Photos: Stars gone too soon Joseph, a Navy vet, attended MIT in Cambridge, Mass., to get [...]...
- 3/12/2015
- Us Weekly
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