Friday, March 5, 2010

The Secret Millionaire

Apparently there is an old lady whom recently passed away at the age of 100 something.  She was adopted at age 12 and lived through the Great Depression with her new family whom of which thought her to live a frugal life.  She went to college at Lake Forrest and enjoyed her time there very much and later worked as a secretary for Abbott Labs.  She bought 3 Abbott shares at $20 each and lived her life all by herself.  She never married, never had kids, and stayed at the little cottage that she purchased until she died.  She was a nobody and nobody knew her existence until she passed away and those 3 shares of hers turned into $7 million by today.   All of which she generously donated to Lake Forest college to assist in students wanting to go study abroad and even her little cottage which would be used to house scholarship students.  Now, no one will forget who that little old lady was.


Love is grand!

"Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age."
William Feather

No comments: