I Waited 96 Years!

Rita Brodeur, 99

Auburn, ME

 

"I've waited for this for years. I am accomplishing a dream"

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• Grew up in Rumford, ME, one of seven siblings

• Ran a Rumford restaurant

• Worked in a shoe factory

• Made bullets during World War II in Bridgeport, CT

• Back in Maine, sold Fuller Brush with husband

• FIve children, 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren

 

"I've waited for this for years. I am accomplishing a dream."