Retired art teacher and animal lover David Robert Wetzell left a surprise fortune to benefit the homeless animals of Champaign County Illinois. Always an animal lover, Mr. Wetzell told a few trusted confidants of his plan to fund a no-kill shelter in his community. I’m not certain, but I believe his friends and loved ones were probably shocked to learn of the wealth he had accumulated to accomplish the task!
Seventeen Washington State community colleges will share in the $10 million estate amassed by Surprise Millionaire, Eva Gordon. Raised on an apple orchard in Eugene Oregon during the Great Depression, Mrs. Gordon knew what it was like to do without. That’s why, when she later got a job as a trading assistant at an investment firm in Seattle, she learned all she could about investing and wealth accumulation.
She squirreled away every extra dollar she could to invest in blue-chip stocks that would pay her handsome dividends in the years to come. And pay off they did. Thanks to her early hard work, thriftiness and smart investing Mrs. Gordon was able to live her later years in comfort and leave quite a bit for some deserving institutions as well.
I happened across an article recently regarding “Secrets Of Your Millionaire Neighbor” and decided to have a look. I was pleased to see that I agreed with almost all of the “secrets” they revealed. The phenomenon of the “Surprise Millionaire” seems to be working its way into the public discourse which I couldn’t be more happy about!
A quiet Mississippian who lived an ordinary life has left a wonderful gift to a struggling school district. His family states that he was just a simple man who wanted to help kids. I believe he was an extraordinary individual with a vision!
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