Indiana town honors longtime gravedigger
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Allen McCloskey has been the town gravedigger in Galveston, Indiana, since 1952, and his kindness is legendary. Steve Hartman has his story in "On the Road."
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I live 5 doors down from Allen. I've had the privilege of knowing him (and his wife, she is missed terribly) for more than 25 years. I have never seen him have a "bad day". He's a genuinely great guy that I'm honored to have as a friend.
How blessed must you be to have a friend and neighbor like Allen! Please tell him his story is so inspiring, and I wish I knew him to. What kind soul!
That's the funny thing about being fortunate. It's not like you won at the slot machine, it took a while before you realized you had a good neighbor. And a while longer to realize how good that neighbor really was. And then years of those good experiences pile onto each other until you've got one of the most precious things in your life.
We should all be so fortunate, and patient, as you.
Bless him & his family, we need more people like this in the world. I rather meet this guy than a celebrity.
“What was your hardest one?”
“My wife.”
You can just feel it, his eyes, so much pain, and yet so much love
What a generous soul. He actually hasn’t found enough. He hasn’t found enough friends. You can never have too many of those!
"I figured shed want me to do it." Got me. Wow!
Thank you, Mr. Hartman, for sharing this beautiful story. I will view it many many times. And thank you Alan for figuring out where enough is at. A lesson for all of us.
Great man with a heart of gold
Mr. McCloskey exemplifies what a man of service is and should be. Thank you, Sir, for the beautiful gift you are and for the dedicated service you gave and continue to give to your community.
My mother was from Indiana. She always said, “When the Midwest goes, the country will far apart.”
Your mom was a wise person.
Amazing story and even better now that we can all enjoy Alan! Thank you Steve as always!
If I ever go to Galveston Indiana I’ll go and visit this wonderful, kind gentleman! Very inspiring man.
Thank you from NC. The world needs more people like you, sir.
I could not love this man, this town, these people and this story MORE!
Love this story
This guy just made my heart happy.
When he answered the hardest grave to dig was his own wife, I wish I could have hugged him.
Nothing but heartfelt crying 😭
Another beautiful story!
I respect that man. God bless him!
This is a good story about a great man. Digging grave ain't just sitting on a backhoe. I dug a few in Warren County Ohio, I was down at work and needing some help getting by raising my son. Food stamps came with community service back in 1992. So I worked for the county. It was a good experience, and I met a lot of good men.
Thank you for making these videos. I’ve had a heck of a week and I desperately needed to see some good in the world.
He's one in a hundred billion. God bless him.
What a wonderful beautiful awesome man....I can see why he is so well loved and respected ❤❤❤❤❤
I hope Allen is still in Gavelston making people smile. His story made me smile in az and wish I had met this man and hope to be admired by my peers as he is with his
We need more people like Allen
🥰👍Thank you to this good man
Lots of love God bless you Allen ❤️
Good man 😊 Go Strong 💪🙏
When is Steve Hartman getting his academy award for this series
This was an uplifting story. Sorry it wasn't aired so.more people could see that goodness and kindness still exists. Thanks for sharing. ❤❤
Great story, I wish the world had more Allen M. I am also glad to hear some good news on the news. I wish him the best.
Good to see the news promote a positive story, great guy that’s America 🇺🇸
Thank You Mr. Allen.. we love you! ❤
THEIR ARE PHOTOS OF THIS WONDERFUL MAN - STANDING NEXT TO HIS WIFE ON THEIR DAY - IN 1966 - AS SHE STANDS AND SMILES AT THE CAMERA - HE STOOD THERE LOOKING AT HER SO LOVINGLY - NOT AT THE CAMERA - AND ANOTHER PIC SHOWS THEM STANDING TOGETHER IN 2015 - AND AS SHE AGAIN SMILES AT THE CAMERA - HE AGAIN IS THERE STARRING SO LOVINGLY AT HER. I WANT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP - A MAN WHO STILL LOOKS AT ME - AFTER 50 YEARS - THE WAY HE DID ON OUR WEDDING DAY ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL HE IS - I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A BIG HUG AND SAY THANK YOU FOR JUST “BEING” 🥰
Have fun in retirement and go fishing! Catch the Big One! You are One of a Kind❤
Retirement?
LOL this kind never retires. His kind is the quiet foundation of civilization. All these great people doing great big things... but who keeps those things going? His kind.
Awesome guy.
Jeez this is like something out of It's A Wonderful Life..in 2023 who whudda thunk😌
I think Alan might be the cutest old mate ive ever seen 🥰🥰🥰
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I once lived in Galveston - Texas.
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Steve!! It's GALVESTON..........not Gal veston! There's even an American song about Galveston!! Love the show btw Always good material.
You're correct about the pronunciation of the one in Texas, but not this one. There are all sorts of local pronunciations in our country.
Do the people there actually pronounce it as Gal-vest-in instead of Galv-esten?
Gal-vest-in
Yep. Lot of different local pronunciations in the US
I live in a place named Corinth, just like Greece but pronounced differently. Like , Car-enth. Small towns have some peculiar names
Gravediggers got their skill from the crow.
You know what? I am starting to believe that name Allen means Heart of gold, I swear I do the same thing he does... I don't believe in looking for an award or anything. Especially if im helping a friend
Indiana- the chip and seal roads state 🤣
Is that spelled different than Galveston, Texas? No.
Spelled the same, just different pronunciation
I remember pronouncing correctly a town in Idaho when I went through many years ago. Dubois. Doo-'bwah.
Right?
Only I got instantly corrected by everyone I met: it's 'Doo-boyce.
I learned to love local cultures 😊
Good job Allen...
Morbidly Wholesome!