Mother’s wedding ring returned to daughter after parents died in plane crash 55 years ago

Locating the crash site brought some peace and closure to Wharton and her family.

But just this week, there was an unexpected call from a stranger who said that he had found her mother’s wedding ring.  Nick Buchanan, who is a logger, found the ring while hiking with a buddy in the plane crash site area. He had the ring for 20 years before tech-savvy family members helped him use Ancestry.com to locate the ring’s rightful owner.

Wharton now lives in New Jersey, but thanks to the determination and kindness of a stranger, she will have the wedding ring that her mother wore. Wharton calls it her “Christmas miracle.”