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Merrill’s first female Mayor leaves a legacy
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Merrill’s first female Mayor, Patricia “Patsy” Anne Kirby Woller (1942-2021), passed away last week Tuesday, Jan. 12, after a lengthy illness, leaving a legacy. That legacy extends far beyond her political accomplishments and the many historical firsts she achieved in her life here in the community she loved so much. Still, all of those accomplishments and firsts are significant and put Patsy into the Merrill Women In History Hall of Fame, and they are worth mentioning here. Her Hall of Fame citation reads, in part:
“Since her election to the City Council in 1986, Patsy has garnered quite an array of political ‘firsts’: ....

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