Parents of fallen soldier confused when they see green grass on son’s grave, then they spot an elderly man with a hose – QuickStory

Jake Reissig, 86, had recently lost his wife and was at the cemetery to leave her some flowers when he saw a young woman in tears. Jake went over to comfort her and the woman turned out to be Joseph’s sister. She told Jake about her brother, and Jake got an idea. “He thought, ‘How could I not better honor him than by watering his grass also?’” Roger Reissig, Jake’s son, said.

After Jake left the cemetery, he promised himself that he’d do something for Joseph. Every day when Jake visited his wife’s grave, he watered her grave to keep it looking beautiful and alive – and he did the same for Joseph. When Joseph’s parents, Rachel and Raymond, visited their son’s grave, they couldn’t understand why Joseph’s grave was so green. But when they learned who was behind the grass on top of their son’s grave, they were overcome with emotions.

Rachel burst into tears when she saw Jake, and then when he offered her the hose to water her son’s grave she couldn’t contain herself. “She just stood there crying,” Roger said. “I think it was therapeutic for her.” The Villasenor family was astounded that someone was kind enough to take care of their son’s grave, but Roger said his father wasn’t a stranger to Joseph because every day he would talk to him.