Couple married 47 years is finally back home, thanks to strong will and help from volunteers

by Sheila Stroup, Columnist, The Times-Picayune

Sunday June 28, 2009, 5:00 AM

For five weeks, St. Bernard Project volunteers worked in shifts, starting at 7 a.m. and finishing at 9 p.m. They put up Sheetrock, leveled floors, painted, installed closet doors, did everything that needed doing. And while they worked, they got to know the Wiltzes.

When Kenneth Wiltz cut the yellow ribbon that spanned the front door of his house in Gentilly Monday afternoon, he beamed at the crowd gathered on the lawn to celebrate with him and his wife.