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Mother, daughter reunited 31years after unmarried birthMIAMI lt;AP — Judith Rosensurrendered her infant daughterto a New York adoption agency in 1946. then fought guilt and sadness for 31 years Then on the day after Thanksgiving this year, long after she gave up her search in the fact' of official indifference and silence, came a voice on the telephone. “Mother!The daughter, too. had beensearching One week after the telephone call. Judith Rosen Leibowitz and tier daughter. Barbara Frey, clasped each other in joyous reunion at New York's La-Guardia Airport “We grabbed each other's hands and never let go We never will, says Mrs Frey, 31. who lives near Fort Lauderdale north of Miami The reunion was the result ofMrs Frey’s determined sixvear•» *search and the help of the Adoptees Liberty M o v e in e n tAssociation in Florida.The story began when Judith Rosen, frightened, 21 and unmarried, gave birth to a daughter in a New York hospital The father, she says, was a 42 year old widowed dentist who refused ma rriage The baby was named Rochelle.“1 saw her and fed her, says Mrs. Leibowitz She left the hospital without the infant, but says she does not remember signing pa pers relinquishing claim to the baby The young mother was trap \*h\ in anguish She went to the agency that handled the case “They told me. ‘You gave her up You gave her a new life. She is probably with wealthy people who can give her everything you can’t They practically threw me out, she recalls.She finally abandoned the ef•rfort She married, bore anotherBanksholdingmoneyST RAIL, Minn. (AR» Banks and other finanical institutions in Minnesota are holding an estimated $50 million in unclaimed money, says state Treasurer Jim Lord, the manwho w ants to collect that money•*The banks are holding unclaimed savings and checking accounts, uncashed dividend checks of stockholders in busi ness firms, wage checks, utility refunds and deposits, over payments to department stores, or uncashed money orders and travelers’ checks A new state law requires that institutions holding unclaimed property turn it over to the state:df#»r lt;u»v*»n vpnrc Pr*»vmnsJ\.daughter, remarried and settled in the Bronx “But all this time, she has never been out of my heart and mind,” Mrs Lei bowitz said of her daughter The daughter, meanwhile, had been named Barbara and was growing up in Connecticut, where her adoptive father was a businessman It was a com fortable life, but “somehow, I never thought I belonged In 1971, a divorcee living in Florida with two daughters ofher own, she began a search for her natural mother.By early 1975, Mrs. Frey hadW , W F »found out which adoption agency handled her case. She began a series of letters pleading for information.She says the brief responses from the agency always included a recommendation that she seek psychiatric counseling.Mrs Frey met ALMA s Florida coordinator, Rachel Rivers, in 1975 at the recommendation ofDonald Frey, who became her husband last June.The women worked together, a tedious process of chasing down birth certificates of mother and daughter, searching through the genealogy department of New York's public library, trying in vain to trace her grandparents.The break came when she learned her grandparents had divorced. A divorce record in Brooklyn gave the name of a witness.JUDITH ROSEN Leibowitz (I) and her daughter Barbara Frey of Margate near Fort Lauderdale, embrace in the daughter s home The mother and daughter recently were reunited at New Yorks LaGuardia Airport after a 31 -year separation. Mrs. Leibowitz says she gave up daughter for adoption soon after birth. Years later, both began a search tor each other. It ended the day afterThanksgiving. (AP Laserphoto)S(allt;‘ UMiins btJow normalft M V
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Tue, Dec 13, 1977
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