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Originally Posted By DJ

This is long and I truely appologise but the details are important.

First let me begin by giving you brief history about us. Our mother was married in the late 1950’s - 1960’s. She gave birth to five children and was in and out of an institution much of her time of marriage. Our father eventually had an affair and our mother's family had him arrested and he served time in prison for adultery. It was during this time our mother was once again institutionalized for her Schizophrenia and we were taken by Social Services. When our father was released from prison and tried to regain custody of us he was given two choices, either pay back to the state money owed for our care or he would go back to prison, or sign his parental rights away. The latter is what he did and we were adopted out through Catholic Social Services.

In the 1980’s both parents contacted us through this agency to see how we were, and after the eldest sibling, a sister I grew up with left home she regained contact with both our mother and our father putting us all into contact again to this day.

Our mother and her 2nd husband were very poor their whole life and both long-term clients of a catholic budgeting org. called Oshkosh Family Inc. through Social Services referral. Oshkosh family Inc. handled their disability and social security checks for them and their bills. When my mothers 2nd husband who was also mentally ill was fatally injured by the city police the head of that company a Finance and Budgeting and Guardianship Service took guardianship over him and their personal attorney sued the city in his behalf for a bit less than 1 million dollars which they won. (Was a very big and controversial case)
After he died in January 2000, Oshkosh Family Inc. still maintained my mother as their client and in May 31st, 2000 her husbands estate was settled and in early June 2000 a person from Osh. Fam. Inc., the banker from a local bank and his secretary, went to meet our mother. They wanted our mother's friend to leave but at my mothers insistence she was to remain. At this time our mother was told that they would be and I quote" investing her money for her future and would see to it that she did not just blow it away” my mother's friend and neighbor was a witness to this. In that month they then purchased a home for her.

This house looks as if it is maybe worth $46,000. The biggest question I have about the purchase of this home is not so much the condition of the home itself as to why the home was not supplied with the normal amenities and comforts that people use for day to day living. Why did she not have nice furniture, dishes, end tables, towels, cleaning supplies or even a washer and dryer up until her death? The house had no central air, broken front door lock, a bed mattress on the floor of the bedroom with no sheets, no TV or radio, not even a shower curtain or a plug for the tub, and the smoke alarm did not work, etc. We do have photos of this that were taken in May2001 before she died, and again in July 2001 after she passed away.

During this time her neighbor was her only transportation, confident, and care taker, and she noticed that suddenly a catholic church was receiving quite a few donations from our mother, and yet our mother was always told no by that Org.or the Banker over her money at the local bank when she requested money for herself, they told her it was invested for her future. They questioned every dime she asked for.

Sometime between June and September according to witness accounts Oshkosh Family Inc came to our mother about her will.
They apparently told her that she could only leave her money to a church or an organization, and apparently she was convinced of this and did what she was told. When she received the copy of the will she took it to her friend and neighbor to have her read it. Her friend told her it was not true she could leave her estate to who ever she chose. It was during this time our mother got angry and told her friend she wanted the money to go to her children not with the Org. and the Church and wanted to change her will. Being her money was being overseen by the Bank, and she did not have free access to her funds. The friend is a witness to this fact and my mother even contacted another Attorney concerning changing her will, but was told she needed a retainer to do so.

Moving forward, in November of 2000 my mother began getting sick, and by January the friend took her to a doctor because she was so ill. Social services were suppose to have nurses coming out to check on my mother but it appears that it was not adequate enough.

January 2001 they admitted my mother to Mercy Medical center quite ill with pneumonia and it was on Jan. 14th 2001 a petition was filed by the Winnebago County Dept of Humna Services to to find her incompetent. Oshkosh Family Inc. became the temporary guardian of her person and estate at this time. A hearing was set for March 2001 to make a final determination at that time. A physiological evaluation was done at Mercy Medical Center, 25 minutes long and while she was ill and on medication. The statements that the psychologist makes contradict each other and he states at the end that he can not answer an important question on the evaluation because he does not know the patient well enough. 25 minutes with an ill person would not make me think they were incompetent personally, I would have to have a more in-depth and personal history and evaluation to make that decision.

They released my mother from the hospital in Feb. 2001 and she returned home now with Oshkosh Family Inc. being her temporary legal guardian. They did not supply her with adequate nursing care; she still was being cared for by her neighbor, being driven by her to get groceries, medical care, etc. No additions were made to her home, but at some point they did spend close to $9000. on window shades for my mother but no curtains.

She used a bed-sheet to cover her window. She had barely any clothing when we were at the house in May. A jacket, a pair of boots, two pair of pants, a couple socks and underwear, and a jacket. I saw only a couple towels, a couple dishes. Not even a picture on her walls, except a calendar. In March 2001, Oshkosh family Inc. was granted permanent guardianship over my mother’s person and estate.

On May 11th, 2001 while the neighbor and friend went away for the weekend my mother collapsed in her home and was not found till later that Monday morning. She was near death and her leg had turned black from loss of circulation. She was rushed to mercy medical Center where they had to put her on life support and amputate her leg. It was at this time her children were finally contacted and made aware of what was happening to Lois, our mother.

When I contacted Oshkosh family Inc, and her guardian, I was told they had done so much for my mother. They stated to my sister that they had bought her a beautiful home with central air/heat, a new TV and she was very well taken care of.

I went to Wisconsin May 21st, 2001 so that I could be present for a hearing they had called after placing her into protective placement. It was at this time I saw her home and the items she possessed and taking pictures of what I saw. Where was this central air-conditioning he claimed she had?
The hearing itself was canceled and rescheduled for July 16th in which a final determination was going to be made as to where they were going to place our mother in a nursing home, or assisted living. I was angry that they decided to change the date after driving up there to be present to ensure she had a fair hearing. I took the rest of this time to find out what had been going on with my mother’s care
At Mercy Medical Center my mother she was doing very well and had made a miraculous recovery. When I went to visit her. During that visit I talked about many things one of them being what were her wishes for herself. She also wanted to go into assisted living or come live near one of her children.
She also told me that the Org. was a, and I quote” Son_of -A _*****” as was the church all they wanted was her money.

It was later I found out through her friend how she had left in her will money to her guardian, his secretary , and to the Church. This amazed me after seeing the conditions my mother was living in and what she had told me. Why would she leave these people money?

After I went back home I began to dig a bit deeper as to why had this happened to our mother. It was interesting how closely connected these groups all are.

The Church is a parish of the GB Dioses which Catholic Social Services is an Org. run by that diosies and the same group who adopted us out, and Oshkosh Family Inc, is an office of theirs which is connected to FSIC-CCCS, of North Eastern Wisconsin. Three men founded this group. You may want to read their web page, www.fisc-cccs.org. Here is a short statement from their own
( About us/history ) web page.



”After much anguish, prayer and discussion, as well as advice from Christian Financial Concepts, and the support of our spouses, we made a vow to God to offer our help to those who needed it and to believe that God would take care of us financially.
He did. He still is. Writing this reminds me of again of the enormity of the gifts He has given. He also has given us wisdom, and little things like "Grandma's Envelope System", which has helped us remain debt-free through all the temptations to do otherwise.
~Dennis Jansen

I truly feel this group took advantage of our mother and it is because of their neglect that she both lost her leg and died. An autopsy was not even performed when she died suddenly and unexpectedly. Her friend They found her dead in the bathroom at the rehab center. I am angry that my mother died with enough money to have lived out her life very comfortably in a nice home with nice things and good medical care and she did not and they are to recieve all her estate as well when this is not what she wanted? Something is wrong with this picture!