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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jill Keech / The Bulletin
December 14, 2008
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Eighty-six-year-old Joan Meier is living out her final days in her den, cocooned in a hospital bed overlooking the patio. Beyond the window is a pot with a bunch of tired-looking gold flowers.
They are fading, just as she is.
While her spirit and faith are strong,....
