a lost photograph showing a woman killed by the tornado that leveled an illinois village last week was found 35 miles away after being carried there by the storm the image   showing geraldine schultz, 67, was blown from the home where she died in fairdale, illinois, to the town of harvard, 35 miles away it showed her alongside her husband clem schultz, 84, and was taken around 1980 to feature in a church directory lost and found: a 1980 photograph, left, showing geraldine schultz with her husband clem, was returned to the family after being found 35 miles away mrs schultz, pictured right more recently, died aged 67 when a tornado struck her home in fairdale, illinois, last week  storm: a tornado obliterated the schultz family home, and caused a collapse which killed geraldine schultz and also injured her husband, clem  going the distance:  harvard resident alyssa murray found the photograph in the wake of the powerful storm, which also killed another fairdale woman in her 60s using a facebook group set up to reunite owners and their property, murray posted a picture of the photograph, which eventually led to it being claimed the photograph provided some comfort to the family, who were left with the arduous task of clearing up the wreckage of their home, one of around 20 wiped out by the fierce winds clem schultz was in the house with his wife when the tornado struck   but survived because he had gone upstairs to fetch a lantern destruction: this aerial photograph shows the trail of chaos left by the tornado, which cut a path straight through the small down of fairdale  reunion: widower clem schultz was miraculously reunited with his dog missy after she was spotted wandering  speaking to the chicago tribune, he said the couple thought the tornado would not hit fairdale, so was most concerned with getting a source of light in case the electricity cut out when the winds struck he felt the house collapse underneath him   and by the time he made it out, his wife had been killed he said: 'i felt the house shudder and move and i got buried in rubble when it was all over, i dug myself out and saw people walking in the streets and i heard propane hissing from the tanks' schultz said he checked his wife's pulse after finding her body, but knew she was dead he also lost his dog, missy, in the tornado but she was spotted by an electrical worker driving through the countryside and was returned to the family debris: this restaurant sign was found near harvard, illinois   some 50 miles from its home in rochelle  wrecked: pictured above are the remains of the grubsteaker's restaurant in rochelle, where the sign originated  other items posted online have made it even farther afield a family photograph traveled 70 miles   and over the state line   to wind up in racine, wisconsin a fairdale town sign made it 28 miles to land between the towns of belvidere and harvard, while a sign from the grubsteakers family restaurant in rochelle was carried around 50 miles to a field near harvard the restaurant was badly hit in the storm, and customers sheltering in its basement were trapped for almost an hour when debris collapsed on top of the basement entrance
1980 84 alyssa murray 35 miles fairdale 67 tornado racine wisconsin geraldine schultz 70 miles illinois last week harvard
geraldine schultz, 67, was killed last week by vortex in town of fairdale  destructive tornado also picked up 1980 photo of her with husband, 84  photograph was carried 35 miles to harvard, illinois, where it was found  found by alyssa murray, who posted online and was able to return it  the tornado carried some items further   one family photograph was found 70 miles away in racine, wisconsin 