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TripperFan · 12-25-2007, 04:52 PM

This is too cool - I'd love to have the chance to do this! Sure ensures you're not forgotten at the Holidays!

Tue Dec 25, 11:17 AM ET

ASHLAND, Ore. - Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving — written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven."

The greeting read: "I asked Big Guy if I could sneak back and send some cards. At first he said no; but at my insistence he finally said, 'Oh well, what the heaven, go ahead but don't (tarry) there.' Wish I could tell you about things here but words cannot explain.

"Better get back as Big Guy said he stretched a point to let me in the first time, so I had better not press my luck. I'll probably be seeing you (some sooner than you think). Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Chet Fitch"

A friend for nearly 25 years, Debbie Hansen Bernard said, "All I could think was, 'You little stinker.'"

"It was amazing," she said. "Just so Chet, always wanting to get the last laugh."

The mailing was a joke Fitch worked on for two decades with his barber, Patty Dean, 57. She told the Ashland Daily Tidings this week that he kept updating the mailing list and giving her extra money when postal rates went up. This fall, she said, Fitch looked up to her from the chair.

"You must be getting tired of waiting to mail those cards," he told her. "I think you'll probably be able to mail them this year."

He died a week later.

tv star collector · 12-25-2007, 06:42 PM

What a touching story! Thanks for sharing that.

catlover79 · 12-25-2007, 06:55 PM

Very cool!!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 12-25-2007, 11:26 PM

aww haha, that's so cool

Max Whittaker · 12-25-2007, 11:31 PM

Better start making the arrangements....

AB · 12-26-2007, 05:26 PM

What an unusual idea!

Stormtracker TF · 12-26-2007, 07:30 PM

That is so awesome, I want to do something like that for when I'm dead.

coffield3 · 12-26-2007, 08:07 PM

I read about this a few hours ago, i thought what a great thing to do, that guy sounded real fun and even at the age of 88. What a top guy.

Janice · 12-26-2007, 08:18 PM

Wow, that's one of those stories that made me tear up and laugh at the same time. What a hot ticket.

TripperFan · 12-26-2007, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

Wow, that's one of those stories that made me tear up and laugh at the same time. What a hot ticket.

lol - it did me too. Wouldn't it be cool though. I don't think it would bother family members - if anything, possibly comfort them. You could write anything you've ever wanted to say to them - whether it's sentimental or just funny. I'd also love to be like his barber and be the person who's in on it all along too.

12-25-2007, 04:52 PM	#1
TripperFan In God's Arms Now Forum Star Join Date: Sep 14, 2003 Location: Heartbreak Ridge Posts: 12,086	Cards from heaven have dead man wishing friends a Merry Xmas This is too cool - I'd love to have the chance to do this! Sure ensures you're not forgotten at the Holidays! Tue Dec 25, 11:17 AM ET ASHLAND, Ore. - Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving — written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven." The greeting read: "I asked Big Guy if I could sneak back and send some cards. At first he said no; but at my insistence he finally said, 'Oh well, what the heaven, go ahead but don't (tarry) there.' Wish I could tell you about things here but words cannot explain. "Better get back as Big Guy said he stretched a point to let me in the first time, so I had better not press my luck. I'll probably be seeing you (some sooner than you think). Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Chet Fitch" A friend for nearly 25 years, Debbie Hansen Bernard said, "All I could think was, 'You little stinker.'" "It was amazing," she said. "Just so Chet, always wanting to get the last laugh." The mailing was a joke Fitch worked on for two decades with his barber, Patty Dean, 57. She told the Ashland Daily Tidings this week that he kept updating the mailing list and giving her extra money when postal rates went up. This fall, she said, Fitch looked up to her from the chair. "You must be getting tired of waiting to mail those cards," he told her. "I think you'll probably be able to mail them this year." He died a week later.
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12-25-2007, 06:55 PM	#3
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12-26-2007, 07:30 PM	#7
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12-26-2007, 08:07 PM	#8
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12-25-2007, 06:42 PM	#2
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Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Wow, that's one of those stories that made me tear up and laugh at the same time. What a hot ticket.