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elleng

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2. VERY good run!

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 09:50 PM

Feb 2014

Congrats to her and your family.

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So my 107-YO Grandmother passed away today. [View all] Snarkoleptic Feb 2014 OP

She had a great life it sounds like. Kingofalldems Feb 2014 #1

VERY good run! elleng Feb 2014 #2

107! Wow.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #3

Thank you so much for sharing her story with us. warrior1 Feb 2014 #4

"always cheery and upbeat" panader0 Feb 2014 #5

just think of the changes during her lifetime. grasswire Feb 2014 #6

Thanks! She was a pretty cool lady. Snarkoleptic Feb 2014 #7

a toast to her MFM008 Feb 2014 #8

I'm sorry... Ron Obvious Feb 2014 #9

Wow, lucky lady. Bully for her for running such a long race. nt valerief Feb 2014 #10

Born in 1906 the same year as my mom's mom whistler162 Feb 2014 #11

My condolences, Snarkoleptic. polly7 Feb 2014 #12

She sounds like a fun lady - TBF Feb 2014 #13

She had quite a life, and a long life at that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #14

Sounds like a real pistol! annabanana Feb 2014 #15

She saw a lot, wow. oldandhappy Feb 2014 #16

Damn Straight a pretty good run. Philly Cowboy Feb 2014 #17

Eveready Bunny of a Nanna. You were so blessed! n/t Loudly Feb 2014 #18

She sounds like she was my kind of grandma. TxDemChem Feb 2014 #19

Excellent run. RIP 840high Feb 2014 #20

I'll always remember the farm stories... Snarkoleptic Feb 2014 #21

My grandmother celebrated her centennial earlier this month. opiate69 Feb 2014 #22

A pretty good run, indeed. 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #23

May she rest in peace. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #24

A great story about someone you will surely miss. we can do it Feb 2014 #25

A damn good run, I'd say. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #26

Congratulations for having had so wonderful a grandmother for so long. merrily Feb 2014 #27

Wow, good on her! Hope you inherited those good genes. polichick Feb 2014 #28

My grandmother died on her 86th birthday Jenoch Feb 2014 #29

Rest in peace..... AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #30

She saw it all happen, what a life! Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #31

I know you'll miss her terribly! What an awesome woman! Triana Feb 2014 #32

Good on her! A life well lived, it sounds like. MineralMan Feb 2014 #33

What a grand story of a life well lived. Thanks for sharing with us... Hekate Feb 2014 #34

That's quite amazing! pacalo Feb 2014 #35

a life well-lived noiretextatique Feb 2014 #36