Cleveland, OH - It was unusual Christmas letter, but the message hit home with both a Cleveland monument company and a family in Rocky River, who are joining forces to help provide a tombstone to make a Stark County boy's wish come true.

Milano Monuments is working with the Akers family, of Uniontown, to provide a grave marker for Cheryl Matthews, who drowned last spring.

Matthews' 10-year-old nephew, Evan, wrote a letter to his school Pastor about his desire to purchase a marker, since the family had been unable to afford a tombstone for Matthews' grave.

Channel 3 News featured Evan's letter on Dec. 20, and donations began arriving to help pay for the marker.

"There have been five monument companies or funeral homes in both the Cleveland and Columbus area that have contacted me, wanting to donate all or part of a monument," said Cindi Akers, Evan's mother. "The very first one to contact me was Milano Monuments in Cleveland."

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