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Wedding dress returned 32 years after mix-up

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WILLOWICK, Ohio An Ohio woman has been reunited with her wedding dress 32 years after a dry cleaner mix-up.

Ame Bartlebaug­h says she went looking for her mother’s wedding dress at her grandmothe­r’s house in Willowick on Feb. 4. The 25-yearold is getting married in December 2019.

Bartlebaug­h opened the box expecting a simple, sleeveless dress. She instead found a lacy, tiered dress. The wrong dress had been in her grandmothe­r’s attic since it left a nowdefunct dry cleaner in 1985.

Bartlebaug­h posted about the mix-up on Facebook, and 24 hours later she got a response.

Michelle Havrilla received her dress Monday for the first time since her own wedding in 1985. She says she’s still in shock.

Bartlebaug­h says she is hopeful social media will help her find her mom’s dress.

 ?? PHIL MASTURZO/AKRON BEACON JOURNAL VIA AP ?? Ame Bartlebaug­h holds a 1980 photo of her mother in her wedding dress in Willowick, Ohio. Bartlebaug­h posted pictures on Facebook of a lacy wedding dress, a veil and a hoop skirt with an explanatio­n of a 1985 mix-up with the nowdefunct, dry cleaner who...
PHIL MASTURZO/AKRON BEACON JOURNAL VIA AP Ame Bartlebaug­h holds a 1980 photo of her mother in her wedding dress in Willowick, Ohio. Bartlebaug­h posted pictures on Facebook of a lacy wedding dress, a veil and a hoop skirt with an explanatio­n of a 1985 mix-up with the nowdefunct, dry cleaner who...

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