Died young of a brain cancer. Jan kept the house mainly and sold Avon Products parttime. They lived and gardened in the same house almost 25 years. They even designed it themselves. Life in missouri was good for the two. They loved each other very much. Daughter, jessica, remembers how extraordinarily close her parents were, joined at the hip. My mother went shopping my dad took her. Talked on the phone several times a day. They really were for the age, huh . Yes. Personalities, gary was the fun outgoing one. He was a very jolly man, kind of like a santa claus. Jan, a little more reserved. It took a little bit more to get to know her. Once she warmed up to you, she was very alive. When gary retired as beloved assistant School Superintendent he suddenly had all the time in the world to visit Civil War Battlefields and scour flea market s and pour over antique catal catalogs. There was a lucrative sideline for memorabilia. He was big into buying gold and silver. His brother, larry terrel
Dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the collector. Reporter if your travels take you to the ozarks in southwestern missouri, that splendid lake country, you maybe have bass or trout fishing on the mind. Or perhaps youre heading to branson to catch a few of the stage shows. But there was no tour guide that would have directed you to this modest home in springfield, missouri, and thats a shame because it was an old curiosity shop well worth seeing. Floor to ceiling collectibles. Valuable stuff everywhere the eye landed. But still every object just so. Think neat hoarders. Anything from coins to arrowheads to he had probably 10,000 to 15,000 books. Hes big into gold and silver, gems. Bayonets from world war i and just, all kinds of stuff that he, you know, a leg cannon. Reporter but did these collectors who had such a knack for finding treasure have a less discerning eye when it came to sizing up people . Did that go towards explaining the dreadful toll in that house that evening . I said,
The collector. If your travels take you to the ozarks in southwestern morse, that splendid lake country you maybe have bass or trout fishing on the mind or perhaps heading to branson to catch a stage show but nothing would have directed you to this modest home in missouri. Thats a shame because it was an old curiosity shop well worth seeing. Floor to ceiling collectibles, valuable stuff everywhere the eila eilanded. Still, every object just so. Think neat orders. Anything from coins to arrowheads to he had probably 10 to 15,000 books. Hes big into gold and silver, gems. Bayonets from world war i and all kinds of stuff, a lead canon. Did these collectors who had such a snack for finding treasure have a less discerning eye when it came to sizing up people . Did that go towards explaining the dreadful toll in that house that evening. I said, hes off in some way. I dont know. He could be a psychopath or something. It scares me. On april 30th, 2014, did they pray to someone they believed co
Dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the collector. Reporter if your travels take you to the ozarks in southwestern missouri, that splendid lake country, you maybe have bass or trout fishing on the mind. Or perhaps youre heading to branson to catch a few of the stage shows. But there was no tour guide that would have directed you to this modest home in springfield, missouri, and thats a shame because it was an old curiosity shop well worth seeing. Floor to ceiling collectibles. Valuable stuff everywhere the eye landed. But still every object just so. Think neat hoarders. Anything from coins to arrowheads to he had probably 10,000 to 15,000 books. Hes big into gold and silver, gems. Bayonets from world war i and just, all kinds of stuff that he, you know, a leg cannon. Reporter but did these collectors who had such a knack for finding treasure have a less discerning eye when it came to sizing up people . Did that go towards explaining the dreadful toll in that house that evening . I said,
Dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with the collector. Reporter if your travels take you to the ozarks in southwestern missouri, that splendid lake country, you maybe have bass or trout fishing on the mind. Or perhaps youre heading to branson to catch a few of the stage shows. But there was no tour guide that would have directed you to this modest home in springfield, missouri, and thats a shame because it was an old curiosity shop well worth seeing. Floor to ceiling collectibles. Eye landed. But still every object just so. Think neat hoarders. Anything from coins to arrowheads to he had probably 10,000 to 15,000 books. Hes big into gold and silver, gems. Bayonets from world war i and just, all kinds of stuff that he, you know, a leg cannon. Reporter but did these collectors who had such a knack for finding treasure have a less discerning eye when it came to did that go towards explaining the dreadful toll in that house that evening . I said, hes off in some way. I dont know. He could be a