Bernice VFW Gifts Mobile Home To Veteran Who Lost House To Fire
The VFW in Bernice, on Grand Lake, said it s giving a mobile home to a 62-year-old veteran who lost everything last year in a fire. The commander said the only problem is, it’s going to be costly to move the home to Mounds, so they’re asking for help.
Keith Kastner is a disabled the United States Marine Corps veteran who was shocked when the VFW called to tell him they ve found him a new home. Kastner said his house was destroyed by a fire last January and he’s been picking up the pieces ever since.
Veteran Who Lost House to Fire Surprised with Place to Call Home
27 Jan 2021
U.S. Army veteran Teresa Birge lost her Oklahoma home of 40 years and everything she owned inside ten days before Christmas due to a fire.
“It was just like everything you ever had was gone in just a few hours,” Birge told KJRH.
As an Army veteran, Birge never felt hopeless until the fire consumed her home.
“I was about to give up on everything, a month ago, I didn’t know what I was gonna [do],” she said.
But things changed for the better when fellow veteran Robert Lint, who was working on a project for homeless veterans, heard of her plight.
Veteran who lost home in a fire surprised with new place to call home
New home for veteran who lost her house
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JAY, Okla. â Teresa Birge lost her home just ten days before Christmas. She watched everything she owned in her home of 40 years burn to the ground. It was just like everything you ever had was gone in just a few hours,â Birge said.
Being an Army veteran, Birge never had a time in life where she felt hopeless, until the tragedy struck. I was about to give up on everything, a month ago I didn t know what I was gonna [do], she said.