Tim Botos: JACKSON TWP. — Marjorie Petry's heart, faith and principles forever will lie on her mostly pristine homestead — located between the Timken Research Center and three rows of self-storage rental units.
In life, she devoted herself to God.
In death, she wanted to spread the word, with a gift.
She was 95 years old and had spent a decade at St. Luke Lutheran nursing home. Dementia gnawed at the mind beneath her silver hair and behind her large eyeglass frames. When her time on earth ended July 13, she was ready. Petry spoke to a picture of Jesus on a wall adjacent to her bed.
"I'm ready … I'm ready," she said.
Many nursing home residents sell their houses at some point. Not Petry. During…
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