Find Peggy Martinez

Find Peggy Martinez
(Sorry for that last post, it went to the wrong place.)

Well, for those of you anxiously awaiting an update, we did find Peggy in a San Antonio nursing home facility when one of the administrators there went through the Red Cross database. Her story ended in April when she passed away suddenly in Picayune, Missisippi. All of the blog members travelled to Picayune and then to St. Bernard Parish for her funeral and burial.

ericzundel

Our latest adventures have included a new Canoe that we
got from Indian River Canoe at Mulch Masters on Jimmy Carter Blvd. We've only been down the Chattahoochee once, but it was very nice.
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Marcia contacted Red Cross Family Line

From Marcia (twilson2@acm.org):

I've also contacted the Red Cross Family line to get her name put on
there and to put myself as a contact person. We found out today that
Mabel and Jerry Rathey were taken to Austin Texas by Coast Guard
helicopter - - I'll try and find some numbers out in the morning - or if
anyone else has ideas of who to contact there in Austin that might would
help.

Phone Numbers to Call

From Eric. If anyone has called these numbers, post a comment with results. I will try calling. -Amy


http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?ID=145&Detail=5148

I went looking for nursing homes and found this page.
It is the state of louisiana emergency info:

NOTE: Because of the volume of calls that come in, please continue to
try these phone numbers if you get a busy signal.

*
To find missing loved ones call 1-866-GET-INFO (438-4636) or
1-877-LOVED 1S (568-3317)
*
Louisiana State Hotline for Human & Social Services -
1-888-LAHELPU (524-3578)

Other missing persons requests filled out

From Bonnie:

We filled out:
Red Cross
www.nokr.org
www.satern.org
Louisiana Hospital Association (registered)
Texas Hospital Association (sent an e-mail)

MSNBC Database

I just entered Peggy into the msnbc reconnect database. I doubt it's going to be of much use given her condition, but there was no entry for her in the "looking for" list so I entered her in.

main site (links to looking for/safe)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9159961/

looking for list:
http://msnbc.msn.com/apps/connect/search.aspx?n=A&i=1/

Coast Guard Case File

I entered a US Coast Guard missing/stranded persons request on behalf of Bonnie at about 10:30 am on Sunday, 9/4. Here's the summary I emailed everyone. Use the case ID and the web link below to update their database if we learn anything new. The other information not shown below was her basic info (may have been other details I forgot since I filled out the form):

Peggy Martinez
last known location: St. Rita's, Route 2, St. Bernard, 70085
77 years old
height: 4' 10"
weight: 93 lbs
eye color brown
hair color: gray
female
health: poor

http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do

Case ID: 7QnJMESdN7Yz

comments
evacuated by Coast Guard boat from St. Rita's on Monday 8/29, husband, James (Jimmy) Martinez stayed behind; Captain of boat was given her name on a scrap of paper; Peggy had no ID on her person.

Phone numbers of her other family members:
James Martinez (grandson Jimmy): 503-851-1375
Marc Martinez (son): 503-361-7623
Bonnie Jacoby (sister/requester): 404-512-3345

distinguishing features (example was scars, tattoes, mom & I didn't know of anything useful)
hair almost to shoulders (was pulled back);

medical info:
Alzheimer's, Adult Onset Diabetes, does not walk, limited speech, draws legs up to chest, mild hemophilia (bruises easily)

"carepathways.com"

I ordered a nursing home inspector report from 'carepatheways.com'. It did not have any useful information, other than to say it was a better than average facility based on the things they measured. As of 9/29/04 there were 85 residents (out of 100 beds). I have the printout if you want to look it over..

Trying to find owners of St. Rita's

Date:	Sun, 4 Sep 2005 08:30:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"Eric Ayers" Add to Address Book
Subject:	Corporate Contact for St. Rita's in St. Bernard Parish
To:	hssmail@dhh.la.gov
CC:	"Amy Ayers"

Hello,

First of all, I hope that you and your family are well.  We live in
Atlanta but have relatives in the area affected by the Hurricane and
are trying to do what we can to help.

I am trying to find out if there is a corporate contact for the
owner of St. Rita's nursing home in St. Bernard Parish.  Searches for
the owner of the nursing home have only turned up the fact that it is a
for-profit corporation, but not a multi-home owning entity.  I have the
address and phone number of the facility itself, but to our knowledge,
it is under water at the moment.  We hear by word of mouth that the
owners are the Mangano family.

We have a relative (Peggy Martinez) who was evacuated from St. Rita's,
reputedly by a coast guard boat.  We have contacted the Red Cross, but
would like to let the St. Rita's administrators have our contact
information, as Peggy would be unable to communicate her name and
medical information (I understand that she is a diabetic).  Her
husband, Jimmy Martinez, did evacuate safely.  As far as we know, he is
currently still in South Louisiana trying to find her.  We are in touch
with him occasionally.

Regards,
Eric & Amy Ayers  (678) 966 xxxx
on behalf of Bonnie Jacoby (sister of Peggy) (770) 640 xxxx