The August flood hit fast and furious, dumping heavy rain across Omaha, while damaging hundreds of homes. Ashlee Denny said her house was hit hard. “We had to try to figure out how to fix everything,” she said. Denny said she and her fiancé went out of town, celebrating their recent engagement. But while they were away, their new starter home had some serious damage. “We had only been here about 11 months when it happened,” Denny said. “And came home and the foundation was just completely washed away.” The basement full of mud, the wall completely blown out and many of their belongings headed to the trash. “We had to hire someone to fix the foundation,” Denny said.Her fiancé, Luke Mclaughlin said it wasn’t a quick fix. “Took a while just because there’s so many foundation companies backed up. I mean, it took probably two and a half months just to get that done,” he said. When they finally found someone to fix the mess, they were in for a surprise. “One of the workers was like, we found an urn and I was like, there’s no way. I thought they were just kidding,” Denny said. Uncovering an old vase filled with ashes just a few feet below their deck. “The ashes are probably just right beneath me right now,” Mclaughlin said. Along with the urn, they found even more items, showing just how much history their home holds. “Medicine bottles from like the 1930s there was a license plate from 1948,” Denny saidThe house itself was originally built in 1912, so Denny said they felt it was the urn’s final resting place. “We did decide to put it back in the ground where the foundation is, so we just figured that’s probably the best place for it,” Denny said. Leaving it buried beneath the house, honoring their home’s past while looking forward to the future.
The August flood hit fast and furious, dumping heavy rain across Omaha, while damaging hundreds of homes.
Ashlee Denny said her house was hit hard. “We had to try to figure out how to fix everything,” she said.
Denny said she and her fiancé went out of town, celebrating their recent engagement. But while they were away, their new starter home had some serious damage.
“We had only been here about 11 months when it happened,” Denny said. “And came home and the foundation was just completely washed away.”
The basement full of mud, the wall completely blown out and many of their belongings headed to the trash.
“We had to hire someone to fix the foundation,” Denny said.
Her fiancé, Luke Mclaughlin said it wasn’t a quick fix.
“Took a while just because there’s so many foundation companies backed up. I mean, it took probably two and a half months just to get that done,” he said.
When they finally found someone to fix the mess, they were in for a surprise.
“One of the workers was like, we found an urn and I was like, there’s no way. I thought they were just kidding,” Denny said.
Uncovering an old vase filled with ashes just a few feet below their deck.
“The ashes are probably just right beneath me right now,” Mclaughlin said.
Along with the urn, they found even more items, showing just how much history their home holds.
“Medicine bottles from like the 1930s there was a license plate from 1948,” Denny said
The house itself was originally built in 1912, so Denny said they felt it was the urn’s final resting place.
“We did decide to put it back in the ground where the foundation is, so we just figured that’s probably the best place for it,” Denny said.
Leaving it buried beneath the house, honoring their home’s past while looking forward to the future.