I’m 79 too.
My birthday was December 24th. I really never thought I would live this long, but I am still enjoying life so hope I can stay around awhile longer.
I knew about Echo Lofthus passing away (Norma, her sister called me) but would never have known about Ole Solvedt if you wouldn’t have mentioned it, Jackie. I only met him once – at an all-class high school reunion probably 25 years ago. The family lived fairly close to us; it was ironic that both his mother and his father’s two parents both froze to death – not at the same time, of course. Those Minnesota winters can be wicked.
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