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By Pat Peterson Reporter
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Published: Tue, March 04, 2008 - 5:38 pm
Pat Peterson
Dorothea Read will be missed by her family.
"I'd like to die myself," says John Read, Dorothea's son. "She was a great person, she'd sacrifice anything for her kids or grand-kids."
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