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Feb 5, 2009
"We were meant to give our lives away. Spend more time living your legacy instead of worrying about leaving it." --Lee J. Colan
A Farming Couple's Astonishing Legacy
Arlene and Willis Hatch lived simple lives on a farm near the tiny town of Alto, Michigan. They never had children of their own but saw their neighbors as family members, and after the Hatches were killed in an auto accident, their neighbors discovered how deep that feeling went. Their sudden death left the community heartbroken. Then a few weeks later, the letters started arriving. More than 70 neighbors got notice they had inherited money from Arlene and Ish -- and that the couple had accumulated a small fortune. The couple, who lived so frugally, had accumulated nearly $3 million and left most of it to their neighbors.
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