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Marilyn (Thorbahn) Loeser is a writer/editor for the Postal Service. Marilyn has been a journalist for more than 30 years and is currently a freelance feature writer specializing in travel.

Indiana resident Holly Bennett-Wilhelm says she thought she was losing her mind when $3,700 in cash she had withdrawn from the bank was nowhere to be found. "I retraced my steps, and the last time I remembered having the money was when I left work to drop off company mail at the Sellersburg Post Office."

 

Afraid she deposited it — along with the mail — in a collection box, she contacted the USPS Consumer Affairs Office in Louisville to report the missing money. At about the same time, the Registered Mail department at the Louisville mail processing plant contacted Consumer Affairs to report an employee had turned in the same amount of cash the night before.

 

 

 

 

After returning the money to Holly Bennett-Willhelm, Consumer Affairs Manager Thomas Long escorted her to her car to make sure she got on her way safely. Photo by David Walton

 

 

 

 

"It happens occasionally. Customers drop bank envelopes filled with cash into collection boxes or mail slots by mistake," Dulworth said. "The largest amount of cash we've reunited with a customer is $12,000."

 

Bennett-Wilhelm, who plans to use the money to put towards a car for her 16-year-old stepson, said she is so relieved the money was found. "The Postal Service made my day. I thought that money was long gone.

 

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• It's wonderful to hear that honest people still exsist. Thanks for doing the right thing....
  Posted: August 25, 2009 1:10 PM
• I am fairly well-traveled and must say that every place I've lived in the USA, the postal service and it's employees have always done an outstanding job. Of course, when reporting the news, the "bad" will always be reported first. But the truth is, the majority of any agencies employees are honest...
  Posted: August 21, 2009 9:25 AM
• Amazing that the Postal Service would do a magnanimous gesture. Instead of 'stealing' the money, found the rightful owner. Myabe someone should pass this on to our illustrious president who derides the Postal Service. Come on 2010, can't wait vote, and then there's 2012....
  Posted: August 20, 2009 9:48 AM

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