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Edna Reeves Reflects on Hard Farm Life and Loss of Mobility
Edna Reeves, a Crestview Nursing Home resident, reflects on her long farming life near Ottawa, recalling 60 years on a farm, raising three children, and making clothes from feed sacks. She spoke candidly about osteoporosis, independence lost to age, and the contrast between past farm life and today.
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