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Woody Bowersock died in November of 2010 at the age of 97. Swimming was his favorite pastime. He had grown up in Milwaukee and was leery of the water as a child, but finally learned to swim when he...
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Elaine (Hochuli - Fincham) Valdez was born and grew up in Staten Island, N.Y. She learned her pre-swimming skills from her dad, but took formal lessons at the age of six and eventually started...
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Herbert Howe died on June 29, 2010 at the age of 98. See his obituary written by Fort Atkinson.
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Bonnie Kotzbach died June 8, 2010 at the age of 66 due to complications related to a heart attack that occurred after 20 laps of 30 in a 1500 swim on Sunday June 6th at the Mission Viejo Long Course Meters Meet.
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Arthur C. Smith III was born in 1939 in Philadelphia and grew up in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia. He learned to swim at the age of three at a country club pool. Looking back on his early...
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"Hello", says Doris Prokopi, "I am 72 years young." Doris was born in Cologne Germany, but has been living in Florida for the past 52 years. "So you could say that I'm a Floridian," Doris said....
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Joan Campbell
Joan Campbell was awarded a Florida LMSC Service Award on February 13, 2010 at the "Ninth Annual Florida LMSC Social and Awards Banquet" for her years as Florida's Senior Games Liaison...
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