"What a life....what a wonderful life...109 years of life...it's hard to comprehend, yet it's fun to imagine what it must have been like for Myrtle Harriet Johanna Weston.
She passed away Friday, February 1st, peacefully surrounded by her family in a nursing home in Aitkin, MN. Four days later, she was laid to rest next to her husband and children at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Palisade, MN. Ironically, she died exactly 32 years after her husband.
More...KSTP.com - Minnesota Loses a Treasure (February 7):
She passed away Friday, February 1st, peacefully surrounded by her family in a nursing home in Aitkin, MN. Four days later, she was laid to rest next to her husband and children at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Palisade, MN. Ironically, she died exactly 32 years after her husband.
At the time of her death, Myrtle was the oldest Gold Star mother in the country.
She lost a son in Iwo Jima, one week before the end of World War II. As tragic
as that was, she was lucky...she had five sons fighting in the war at the time
and a sixth son about to join, but he was held back when his brother was killed.
Now, her great-grandchildren are in the military.. two of whom are expecting to
serve in Iraq."
More...KSTP.com - Minnesota Loses a Treasure (February 7):
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