What this will of Jeannine Vromant has to do with the name of a bus stop in Dieppe, France, results from her fabulous and unusual story.
Jeannine Vromant
Mademoiselle Vromant lived in Dieppe. She was single, never married, had no siblings or children. As a property manager, she always had a good income, but lived rather frugally throughout her life. Over the years she had saved a small fortune of around 280,000 euros. But in the event of her death there were no heirs. So, at the age of 80, she decided to go to a notary to take care of her will matters.
The lucky chosen one in this case was Francis Bécu. As a property manager, Jeannine Vromant had repeatedly worked closely with Bécu's father's law firm.
How to employ a notary well
Francis Bécu viewed Vromant's will as “not a gift,” as he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung in an interview. When Mademoiselle came to his office and entrusted him with the execution of her will in the event of her death, she had the necessary documents with her. “Documents” in the form of handwritten notes, numerous notes, closely written sheets of paper in small print. Inside was a list of around 200 people that Vromant had met in her life. And they all had one thing in common: they had been nice to the lady. In different forms, in different ways.
Bécu saw a horrendous task ahead of him. The people were only described; the list contained few or incomplete names. “The man who brings the shopping”, “Michelle from the doctor’s office”, “the cashier at the supermarket” and all the others had to be found. A hard research job that would keep him busy for a long time. He tried to change Vromant's mind and donate her estate to charities or foundations. But her decision was clear: she wanted to say thank you to these nice people in the form of an inheritance.
So after Vromant's death in 2008, Bécu went looking for all those people.
What made things even more difficult was that they had to be found in at least three places: Tourcoing, Arras and Dieppe. Finally, he sent a collective letter to all heirs, whereupon 120 of them responded within six weeks. However, the inheritance could only be paid out once all those entitled to inherit had been found. They were ultimately able to look forward to around 1,200 euros.
Oh wait, there was still the bus stop!
Jeannine Vromant had health problems and was not able to walk well. She also didn't have a driver's license, so she often took the bus. Dieppe's bus drivers already knew her and always let her off at her front door, even though there is no bus stop here. A nice gesture to make her life a little easier.
A few years before her death, she had asked Benoît Rigaud, the director of Stradibus, for the names of all the bus drivers. Because they too were considered in her will.
As a thank you and as a reminder, a bus stop on Avenue Gambetta in Dieppe was named Jeannine Vromant, said Emmanuel Peterfalvi on the NDR Talk Show.
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So being nice is definitely worth it. And who knows, maybe the next person you face will be your personal karma. 😉
Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung , Stuttgarter Nachrichten
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