Photo By: Jason HortonA devastating loss
Ida Hill holds what is left of her daughter's new bicylce, which she recently got for her birthday. The bike, a long with the house and everything in it, was lost in an Oct. 5 fire.
GERVAIS — Ida Hill and her husband, Ignacio, had dreamed of buying their own home for years. They’d finally found a mortgage broker willing to work with them and, after months of inspections and repairs, were scheduled to close this month.