HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A 78-year-old Hutchinson woman who planned to sell her beloved 1955 Ford Fairlane to pay back property taxes received a helping hand from a stranger who paid the bill for her.
Dorce Stapleton told The Hutchinson News (https://bit.ly/1iiuWco ) she was stunned Tuesday when a man showed up in her driveway offering to pay her back property taxes.
“He walked right up this rickety road and said he wanted to help me,” Stapleton said.
Stapleton’s predicament was described in the newspaper earlier. She said she was selling the old car to pay two and a half years of back property taxes.
After telling Stapleton of his plans, he went to the courthouse and paid the $2,100 in back taxes and returned with the receipts. Stapleton said the gift lifted a burden from her shoulders.
“It’s all paid clear up to the bell,” Stapleton said. “Can you believe this?”
The donor asked to remain anonymous and said he had a good life and just wanted to help. Then he left.
Other strangers also came to show their concern. Stapleton found a bouquet of roses and Gerber daisies on her porch without a card. Someone else gave her an envelope with money to pay her back taxes and told her to keep it when he learned the bill had been paid.
Stapleton plans to put the money toward her 2015 taxes. And buy a battery for the Ford.
“I didn’t use to cry, but I have been blubbering all morning,” Stapleton said. “What a blessing. Aren’t there good people in this world?”
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Information from: The Hutchinson (Kan.) News, https://www.hutchnews.com
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