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WAWA â âI want to be just like her when I grow up.â
Thatâs what Wawa resident Johanna Rowe said to herself a few years ago when she saw the almost 80-year-old Shirley Mills jogging along a local trail. Mills, an active Wawa historian, never let her age slow her down very much. So those who knew her were shocked to hear of Millsâs recent cancer death.
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She was 83.
Millsâs great enthusiasm for life and tremendous energy inspired her to embrace many passions. Besides being an historian, writer, outdoor enthusiast, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother she loved to share her stories. As a district correspondent for the Sault Star, she often had that opportunity.
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WAWA â âI want to be just like her when I grow up.â
Thatâs what Wawa resident Johanna Rowe said to herself a few years ago when she saw the almost 80-year-old Shirley Mills jogging along a local trail. Mills, an active Wawa historian, never let her age slow her down very much. So those who knew her were shocked to hear of Millsâs recent cancer death.
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She was 83.
Millsâs great enthusiasm for life and tremendous energy inspired her to embrace many passions. Besides being an historian, writer, outdoor enthusiast, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother she loved to share her stories. As a district correspondent for the Sault Star, she often had that opportunity.
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