Show dead gl GI Is s parents greet grave tending dutch girl NEW YORK A 20 year old dutch girl who for a year has been tending the grave of an american soldier she never knew arrived from holland for a three month visit with the soldier soldiers s parents gertrude gerry de faber of Ker brade holland was met at the dock at hoboken N J by her american parents mr and mrs alien allen W rucker of lexington mass she s our little girl said mrs rucker she adopted our only son alien allen s grave on memorial day 1946 and has bicycled 18 miles ev ery two weeks to decorate it since then she found our address on the back of the cross and wrote us about it we ve been trying to get her to visit us since last christmas |