FOX13:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Dorothy Schmidt Cole, recognized last year as the oldest living U.S. Marine, has died at age 107.
Beth Kluttz, Cole’s only child, confirmed Friday that her mother died of a heart attack at Kluttz’s home in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on Jan. 7.
The Charlotte Observer reports Cole enlisted as one of the earliest female Marine reservists following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She had left her Ohio home to head to Pittsburgh, where she hoped to volunteer for the Navy, but because she was only 4 feet, 11 inches tall, she was deemed too short to meet Navy standards. more
h/t Doc.
God bless her. Hope it was a good run.
RIP and Thank You.
Blessed by not seeing where we have ended up, thanks to the democrats.
Probably died of a broken heart!
RIP
Semper Fi Ma’m. RIP
Semper Fi mamm. Eternal rest grant Her oh Lord.
RIP. BAM
“Tis nay the size of the dawg in the fight; tis the size if the fight in the dawg!”
4’11”. Gong ho!
she has made her last deployment… her next duty station is permanent… she will find the quarters pleasing… the companionship refreshing… carry on Marine….. SEMPER FI
Blessings.