Farmers Grant Jacob Vanderlaan His Dying Wish! A Tractor Parade!

Jacob Vanderlaan loves tractors, but he was too ill with cancerto visit the John Deere Factory in Moline, Il, so the farmers in the area organized a parade of tractors to pass by Jacobs room at his Mercer Settlement Road home.  According to the Telegraph-Journal : Wrapped in a fleece, farm-themed blanket, a stuffed cow on his lap, Jake shielded his eyes from the sun with a black cap in one hand, waving excitedly with the other at the familiar faces behind the wheels of the passing farm vehicles.

On Saturday...Jacob died of cancer. His last wish fulfilled. May he rest in peace!

Telegraph-Journal

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