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Great-grandma aches over family memories lost in house fire
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS Amid the blackened rubble, Judy Lane seeks a tiny pearl.
The pearl dots the engagement ring her husband Tom gave her almost a half-century ago. As of Monday, it was among many memories that vanished when fire Saturday destroyed their home of nearly 40 years.
“We’ve lost everything,” says Lane, 74. “There’s nothing left.”
To be sure, she is grateful that everyone in the house escaped with their lives. Yet she aches from a profound sense of loss, not only of the home where she raised seven children and hosted scores of family gatherings, but also of decades’ worth of family memories.