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Pictured is Dorothy Schmidt Cole, a Warren native and World War II veteran. Cole died Jan. 7 at the age of 107.
WARREN, Pa. Dorothy Schmidt Cole, of North Carolina, a Warren native, died Thursday, Jan. 7, at the age of 107.
She entered the Marine Corps during World War II, and, on her 107th birthday, Cole was recognized by the U.S. Marine Corps as the oldest living Marine – bringing her some nationwide fame.
She was born on Sept. 19, 1913, in Warren.
She grew up in Warren County and graduated from Warren High School in 1932, carrying the nicknames “Smitty” and “Dort.”
David Starbuck, a local archaeologist, historian and professor who devoted his life to unearthing the regionâs history, died Sunday following a monthslong battle with pancreatic cancer.
Starbuck was best known locally for leading numerous archaeological digs over the decades at Fort William Henry and Battleground Park in Lake George and Rogers Island in Fort Edward.
His work helped reveal the historical roots of the region, where key battles of the French and Indian War and War of 1812 played out.
He died at Glens Falls Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer since last summer.
On Wednesday, those close to Starbuck remembered him as a larger-than-life figure who touched countless lives and cared deeply about his work and those in the community.
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Listener Anne Skove points out there are a lot of cities and counties in Ohio that share a name. You ve got Hamilton County, which doesn t have Hamilton the city in it. There s Montgomery County, but there s a Montgomery here (in Hamilton County). Warren is way off on the other side of the state, and there s a Warren County, but they re nowhere near each other.
Her theory: famous people get things named after them. Washington State and Washington D.C. are nowhere near each other either, but you know, Washington. Famous, she says.
It s not a bad theory. Steve Lucht is curator at Dayton History. Pretty much all the major cities in Ohio are not named after places. They re named after people.