text: A lost photograph showing a woman killed by the tornado that leveled an Illinois village last week was found 35 miles away after being carried there by the storm. The image - showing Geraldine Schultz, 67, was blown from the home where she died in Fairdale, Illinois, to the town of Harvard, 35 miles away. It showed her alongside her husband Clem Schultz, 84, and was taken around 1980 to feature in a church directory. Lost and found: A 1980 photograph, left, showing Geraldine Schultz with her husband Clem, was returned to the family after being found 35 miles away. Mrs Schultz, pictured right more recently, died aged 67 when a tornado struck her home in Fairdale, Illinois, last week . Storm: A tornado obliterated the Schultz family home, and caused a collapse which killed Geraldine Schultz and also injured her husband, Clem . Going the distance: . Harvard resident Alyssa Murray found the photograph in the wake of the powerful storm, which also killed another Fairdale woman in her 60s. Using a Facebook group set up to reunite owners and their property, Murray posted a picture of the photograph, which eventually led to it being claimed. The photograph provided some comfort to the family, who were left with the arduous task of clearing up the wreckage of their home, one of around 20 wiped out by the fierce winds. Clem Schultz was in the house with his wife when the tornado struck - but survived because he had gone upstairs to fetch a lantern. Destruction: This aerial photograph shows the trail of chaos left by the tornado, which cut a path straight through the small down of Fairdale . Reunion: Widower Clem Schultz was miraculously reunited with his dog Missy after she was spotted wandering . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, he said the couple thought the tornado would not hit Fairdale, so was most concerned with getting a source of light in case the electricity cut out. When the winds struck he felt the house collapse underneath him - and by the time he made it out, his wife had been killed. He said: 'I felt the house shudder and move and I got buried in rubble. When it was all over, I dug myself out and saw people walking in the streets and I heard propane hissing from the tanks.' Schultz said he checked his wife's pulse after finding her body, but knew she was dead. He also lost his dog, Missy, in the tornado. But she was spotted by an electrical worker driving through the countryside and was returned to the family. Debris: This restaurant sign was found near Harvard, Illinois - some 50 miles from its home in Rochelle . Wrecked: Pictured above are the remains of the Grubsteaker's restaurant in Rochelle, where the sign originated . Other items posted online have made it even farther afield. A family photograph traveled 70 miles - and over the state line - to wind up in Racine, Wisconsin. A Fairdale town sign made it 28 miles to land between the towns of Belvidere and Harvard, while a sign from the Grubsteakers family restaurant in Rochelle was carried around 50 miles to a field near Harvard. The restaurant was badly hit in the storm, and customers sheltering in its basement were trapped for almost an hour when debris collapsed on top of the basement entrance.
target: Geraldine Schultz, 67, was killed last week by vortex in town of Fairdale .
  Destructive tornado also picked up 1980 photo of her with husband, 84 .
  Photograph was carried 35 miles to Harvard, Illinois, where it was found .
  Found by Alyssa Murray, who posted online and was able to return it .
  The Tornado carried some items further - one family photograph was found 70 miles away in Racine, Wisconsin .