Lost Brother Found

Times-Union: After 51 years, sister finds brother in obituary

Mary Mayou had not seen her brother for more than 50 years when her daughter handed her the Times Union last week.
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After his death, operators of the shelter discovered that the tireless kitchen worker and chain smoker they knew for 38 years and called the "hermit" really was Gene Rollin Poffahl, who grew up in Rensselaer.
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