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195 - Alida Zegerius (The Village of Riverside Glen)
For this episode I interview Alida Zergerius, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Alida is the oldest guest I’ve had so far on this show, and will be 104 on her upcoming birthday this year. She attributes her long life, clear memory, and perseverance through difficult periods of history to her strong faith. She shares incredible stories today - her family living through German-occupied Holland during WWII, surviving off 1 litre of watery soup for her whole family, while pregnant, trying to trade her linens with farmers to supplement their diets with tulip bulbs and sugar beets when…
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