Have you seen this missing sweater? The family that’s desperately trying to find it has done everything possible to track it down — tracing the cherished heirloom from Oregon to Ontario to a pop-up market in the small community of Meaford.
From there, the trail has gone cold.
Crafted in the 1950s, the letterman sweater belonged to an American high school teacher named Walter Skowhede, who passed away last summer. Only after he died did his loved ones realize his beloved article of clothing was gone — likely stolen, then sold online.
After tracing the sweater to its last known location, the family reached out to CollingwoodToday, hoping an article about their search would prompt locals to check their closets.
No luck yet.
“I’m pretty committed to figuring this out,” says William Farnbach, Skowhede’s grandson. “My grandfather is the kind of person we want to remember. This is a way for us to honour that memory.”
Joining us on tonight’s Closer Look to talk about the ongoing search is Jessica Owen, a reporter at CollingwoodToday who just so happens to have a pretty good track record of reuniting relatives with their family heirlooms.
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