<prompt> Human: My mother-in-law found a check from 1987 in her basement, payable to my wife, worth over 3000. The check is from First Trust of St Paul, MN, which apparently does not exist any more. Is there any way to recover these funds?Also: The funds were not sent to Unclaimed Funds in our state or MN The Routing ID is now invalid It appears that this bank was absorbed by US Bank  <response>: No. Checks actually expire after six months 