Grandmother creates family stories for her family

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Thu., Nov. 19, 2020

Delores Lorenz, center, holds letters written during the Vietnam war by her late husband, Jim, as her daughter, Rachel Lorenz Devlin (right) and her granddaughter, Allison Grefsrud, hold books that Delores had created for them at her home in Spokane on Oct. 29, 2020. Lorenz is nearing completion of her pandemic project, in which she has written about her life growing up and onward through raising a family, and will gift copies to her sons and Rachel as well as their children.

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Delores Lorenz, center, reads aloud to her daughter, Rachel Lorenz Devlin, right, and her granddaughter, Allison Grefsrud, the letters written during the Vietnam War by her late husband, Jim, at her home in Spokane on Oct. 29

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In the foreground, a photo of Delores Lorenz in North Dakota during her childhood in1937, as she reads aloud letters written during the Vietnam war by her late husband, Jim, to her daughter, Rachel Lorenz Devlin (right) and her granddaughter, Allison Grefsrud (left) at her home in Spokane on Oct. 29, 2020. Lorenz is nearing completion of her pandemic project, in which she has written about her life growing up and onward through raising a family, and will gift copies to her sons and Rachel as well as their children.

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Delores Lorenz, center, reads aloud letters written during the Vietnam war by her late husband, Jim, to her daughter, Rachel Lorenz Devlin (right) and her granddaughter, Allison Grefsrud, at her home in Spokane on Oct. 29, 2020. Lorenz is nearing completion of her pandemic project, in which she has written about her life growing up and onward through raising a family, and will gift copies to her sons and Rachel as well as their children.

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Delores Lorenz, center, reads aloud letters written during the Vietnam war by her late husband, Jim, while her daughter, Rachel Lorenz Devlin pats her hand (left) and her granddaughter, Allison Grefsrud, listens at her home in Spokane on Oct. 29, 2020. Lorenz is nearing completion of her pandemic project, in which she has written about her life growing up and onward through raising a family, and will gift copies to her sons and Rachel as well as their children.

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