94-year-old loren kruger, a retired farmer who had seen his share of sadness, having lost his first wife, second, lost his only child, a teenaged son to cancer but long before he passed away last year, loren gained a reputation. >> very frugal. >> watched his penny. >> very frugal. he was very careful with his money. >> apparently so. for as he humbly lived out his days in this white frame house on main street, loren quietly amassed a fortune. >> we held on to it for awhile. >> reporter: the first $20,000 check was followed by two more, $100,000 each. >> said my god, look at this! look at this! >> reporter: up to then, the seniors had been getting by on what the county gave their center, $600 a year. >> all together what did we get?