Lorraine Conley was born in January of 1920, six months before women were granted the right to vote, in Tomahawk, Wis. Now, after celebrating her 100th birthday, she reflects on her century-long life and the history she has been a part of.
Her father George Conley served in the U.S. Army as a machine gunner during WWI and married her mother Ruth Riebly in 1919.
As an only child growing up on a farm, Lorraine spent much of her early years as her father’s hunting and fishing buddy. She knew hunting and fishing weren’t typically “girls’ activities,” especially at the time, but her family never limited her, setting the expectation that she could do whatever she put her mind to. That mindset is likely what led her to military service.
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