He thought she might not want to sell it, but she did in the end.Kumpula resided a short distance away and had a workshop on the edge of Cokato.
Upon seeing the crib at the Watts family’s garage sale, he wanted to purchase it even though it wasn’t for sale.“When he asked me if I was selling that, that he made benches, I hesitated,” Watts admitted.At that time, Kumpulas was not familiar with the story of that crib.“His wife was there looking through my garage sale — at some of the baby clothes — and asked how old my son was since I don’t use the crib anymore, and I told her that he had passed in July,” Watts explained.Kumpulas recognized the crib as belonging to the Watts family, so he returned it after making some changes.“I started crying instantly,” Watts said.
