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A lifelong friend of an 85-year-old McDonald's employee is helping him out after he lost his wife at the restaurant he's worked at for 40 years. 
  
 Wendall Gill's smiling face has greeted customers for decades at the Richmond Road McDonald's. 
  
 "Hi, How are you?" he asked one customer Wednesday. It's a greeting he has said thousands of times at the restaurant. 
  
 Gill usually brings life to customers' faces, but two months ago, tragedy struck while at work when his wife Della decided to visit him for lunch. It would be their last meal together, as she went to the bathroom and never came out, dying of an aneurysm. 
  
 "When he walked up I could tell he was just destroyed, and he said "I lost my wife," Todd Oldfield said. 
  
 Oldfield wanted to help his friend out, so he set up an online fundraiser for Gill, who still cares for two adult special needs grandsons. 
  
 "He had a lot of expenses that he was dealing with, especially being that he can't work full-time now because he's got his two sweet boys to take care of," Oldfield said, "I wanted to pay off his van so he'd be able to drive his boys around." 
  
 In 10 days the fundraiser collected $68,000. The money will go toward paying off Wendall's vehicles and other outstanding debt. 
  
 "I feel good, happy that people think that much of me to pay off my bills and stuff," Gill said. 
  
 Wendall put some of those donations to use Wednesday afternoon, as he made that final payment on his Jeep. 
  
 Southland Christian Church on Richmond Road is hosting a Wendall Gill appreciation party Saturday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| This is a bit of a difficult story for me. I swear I cannot do this man justice, but, I want to try. This page is about a terrible loss. I learned of this and it just simply broke my heart. It's concerning one of the most gentle souls I have ever known and I just think people need to know this man's story and will want to help him as I do. I met Wendall in June, 1978 when I went to work for my first job; McDonald's on Richmond Road, in Lexington,Kentucky.Nearly my first day I met Wendall; the man that kept the lobby of the store clean. If ever you have been in this particular McDonald's I am sure you have seen him. Wendall is quiet, reserve, unobtrusive... and even meek. He goes about his work, taking care of the people. The coffee is poured; trash is removed. Wendall keeps this store as clean as any store around. I guarantee if Wendall is on duty, you will have a nice place to have your breakfast, lunch or dinner. Wendall was already roughly 45 when I met him more than 40 years ago. He was my co-worker.Today he is still there taking care of the people at age 85. I saw him recently when I stopped in for breakfast. I have always looked for him; all these years. When he walked over, It took a split second for me to see something was wrong, but just a split second. It was pretty obvious. He was sullen. He was empty. His eyes nearly tearing up. ￼"Wendall, how are you?" I asked. With two boys watching the conversation from a nearby table Wendall paused and told me he had lost his wife recently, suddenly. Boom!He had told me of his wife Della (age 83) many times in causal conversation. They were happily married for more than 68 years (almost unheard of today). Della was his swan; his soul. Wendall is devastated; lost; totally empty now. Nothing is left (but he still has to be strong). Della died just not long ago; late August, 2018. This is fresh. It just happened.The story gets worse though. It turns out that she and Wendall had run some errands early on of Wendall's few days off and they stopped by the McDonald's Wendall works in for an early meal and the poor, sweet lady went to the rest room, and had a stroke caused from a burst aneurysm while in there. Paramedics were called and they came. They ran her to the closest hospital, and she managed to live only a day or two; but never woke and died in late August. Think about this for a moment.This is the hardest part of the story to me. Wendall has to keep working right there in the store, walking past this restroom, cleaning it daily. This is what the man does. This memory of what happened in there will never leave him I fear. And, he cannot leave the store. He has no money. He has to keep going... he has to keep strong. He has to keep working. I cannot even imagine the torture.Even now, the story is going to even take another difficult turn.Wendall has two grandsons that he and Della adopted years ago; both of who are special needs people. Wendall is a father now in essence. I did not know them, but both of them were sitting right there in the store as Wendall was telling me the story. I saw them there but I had no idea they were related to Wendall.The oldest; John; is 33 years old. He has Autism. The youngest, Justin; a sweet kid appears to be 12, but in fact is 20 years old. He suffers from what is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. This is an illness brought on by being born to an alcoholic mother. ￼John Columbia (33) Justin Gill (20) Wendall Gill (85) and Todd (me) Della and Wendall were to basically parents again. They planned this out. Did all the legal work. They adopted these two boys who are "men" now. And now Wendall is charged with taking care of them on his own.... at 85, having just lost his wife of 68 years.Wendall has no money. With a small life insurance policy for Della, they scraped together barely enough to bury her. To add insult to injury, I have recently learned that they had plots they were paying for in a cemetery that I guess has been a part of some type of scam. She is buried there but the company that they were paying vanished with the money that was left for a headstone (more on that later).So I thought I would post the story on Facebook. Well, the comments and the ideas have been amazing. I am running with every good idea you can share with me. You have done so much. I am overwhelmed. LETS BLESS HIM IN A SMALL WAY. I THOUGHT; would it not be nice if we did something to show him (that despite this terrible tragedy;;despite all this heart ache; despite the fear of the unknown) that we love him and we want to serve HIM! I began this goal with one goal... but the support has been so overwhelming that I have decided to ask for some more help.(DONE!!!!!!) ------ FIRST, I would really love to see if we could raise enough money to pay off his van; the vehicle he uses with his boys. He owed $27,200 and I am pleased to say that he paid it off this past week due to YOUR generosity.(DONE!!!!!!) ------ SECOND, I would like to see if we could raise extra month to get Della a nice headstone. I have been told that one of his biggest woes is the fact tat he is not able to even mark where her grave is. No one knows where she is even buried. I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ONE MAN HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO PAY FOR THIS. We have a headstone marker picked out. Will have that ordered this coming week.(DONE!!!!!)------ THIRD, as I have told before, he has two cars on which he makes payments. He has since made arrangements to turn the more expensive car in to the bank. Della will not need a car to drive. He is still making payments both of them. He owed far more on it than that car is worth. Near as I can calculate, I think he is probably $13,000 upside down in that vehicle. I do not want him to worry about this money. My goal is to raise that money for him with this campaign. I am pleased to report that we have made plans to pick up that car at Park Community Credit Union in Lexington, and pay it off. I would like to add that the people at Park Community Credit Union have been amazing to work with. They even took $2,000 off the balance of the loan to help Wendall. When did you ever hear of a bank doing such a thing. I am so pleased about this. UPDATE: WE PAID OFF THIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY!!!!(DONE!!!!!)------ FORTH, I would like to pay off Wendall's house. The man owes about $74,000 on his house so I have added that amount to his "wish list". I want to pay if off. He is 85. He needs to retire. He really needs to worry about the boys... and not does he have enough money to live off of in his McDonald's job. I want him to quit worrying and have some time to grieve. He is so sad. And, once he is gone, I want to know that these boys have a place to live. I also want to thank the man from the state that has stepped into to help the boys, to make sure they have all the services they are eligible for.I guess really my hope is for Wendall is this. He is 85.He really needs to retire. Tomorrow is promised for none of us. He really needs to spend time with his boys and just heal... and not worry about where they will get their next meal from. By accomplishing these three goals, we will be taking $1,200 a month off his bills (his two car payments). He only earns about $600 a month at McDonalds. So it is possible that his meager income will allow him to retire. Even if he chooses not to, at least he could. He should not be worrying right now about where is every dollar going to come from.That is my prayer. He is so hurt. If you drop by McDonald's, and see him there... say hello. Tell him how sorry you are for his loss, and how much you love him and how much you pray for his strength, and peace. GOD BLESS YOU ALL: WE ARE SUCCEEDING IN A HUGE WAY! This is all God; not Todd.... I was just a tool.YOU people are the ones making this a "God thing" to me. When I began this page, I set a conservative goal of $1,000 for the page. Then the Herald-Leader article came and the community responded in such a big way. I raised the goal to $2,500, then $5,000... and the money kept flowing in. I knew we needed to do more. I just did not dream it was possible. So, I up'd the goal to $27,200 to pay off the van. That was my first big hope. Wow. That was raised fully by Sunday, 10/7. I told the family I am not done. I want to get Wendall out of the other vehicle, and now, we week later we have done that. He is out of both vehicles (by this coming Wednesday), and you generous people have already allowed me to raise maybe another $60K to put towards Wendall's house. What a blessing you are. This poor man and his boys are going to be so blessed I think with another $15K we can pay off his house and he can rest and grieve and take care of the boys. God Bless! you ALL! ToddWENDALL RETIRED 3 WEEKS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!I spoke to him just today. It is wierd for him he says. He does not have so much to do. The boys go to day care 3 days a week now, and so during the time they are there (which is when he was working) he does not have his time so tied up. He can pause, slow down, take a breath.God is good.The story has been picked up by so many publications, television, and radio stations. Included is the Lexington-Herald, the Washington Post, Inside Edition, the Paducah Sun, WVLK, MSN, People Magazine Online, Tops in Lexington, and various news stations around the country. Donations have come in from all over the country including DC, NY, CO, CA, WI, KY (of Course), TN, and other locations.If you would like to read the story that the Herald-Leader ran on Wendall;click >>>>> Herald-Leader Article The Washington Post wrote an article as well. To view it;click >>>>> The Washington Post Article The Follow-up Kentucky.com on Wendall is Here;click >>>>> Kentucky.com Follow-up Article (10/17) WKYT News at 6PM Report on 10/17 can be viewed;click >>>>> WKYT News Report WKYT News Followup Article can be viewed;click >>>>> Follow-up Article WLEX News at 6PM Report on 10/17 can be viewed:click >>>>> WLEX Story Inside Edition did a nice story that was posted 10/22. This can be viewed;click >>>>> InsideEdition.com Story Pictures from the Wendall Gill Appreciation Party can be found on Tops in Lexington.Click >>>>> Tops In Lexington Herald-Leader Ran a Follow-up When Wendall Turned in His Notice.Click >>>>> Most Recent Herald Story ACCOUNTING FOR FUNDS$27,200 -- Van - Paid off. DONE$ 3,500 -- Headstone - DONE OUTSIDE of CAMPAIGN$13,000 -- Jeep - Paid off. DONE$74,000 -- House - Paid off. (75% there)$ 1,000 -- Wendall's Party & Other Necessary Expense-----------$115,200 Total Needed to Be RaisedCONTACT TODDTodd Oldfield859.533.5195 |||||
Tragedy struck Wendall Gill about two months ago when his wife of 68 years visited him for lunch at the Lexington, Ky., McDonald's he's worked at for some four decades. Della Gill went to the restroom, WKYT reports, where she had an aneurysm and later died. Gill, 85, was devastated, telling the Washington Post, "They say you get over things, but when I think of her, I start crying. I don't think I'll ever get over that." Now, Gill is the sole caregiver to his adult grandsons, both of whom have special needs. "I've got my hands full trying to work and take care of them, too, He tells the Lexington Herald-Leader. After Della Gill died, Wendall Gill was back working at the McDonald's. Michael Todd Oldfield, who met Gill in 1978 when he worked at the restaurant as a teen, walked in and asked how he was doing. "He began telling me this story, and he couldn't go 30 seconds without welling up," Oldfield tells the Post. "I was torn up" by Gill's story, he says, and decided to do something to ease Gill's burden. The result was a GoFundMe page headlined "Wendall Needs Us To Serve Him Now!" As of this writing, more than $76,000 has been raised. The money is intended to pay off Gill's two vehicles, as well as cover his mortgage and other bills. And now that his wife is gone, Gill will need to take time off of work to take his grandsons to doctor appointments. Of his older grandson, who is 33, Gill tells the Post, "He'll kind of cry a little every now and then and say, 'I miss granny.'" (A mystery donor gave $130K to pay for a boy's cancer treatment.)