Pay It Forward: 99-Year-Old Woman’s Mission to Help Children
Lillian Weber is on a mission. Every day she makes another dress for a small child she'll never meet. "I could probably make two a day, but I only make one," she says. The dresses are collected and...
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Sitting in a favorite chair in her farm house, Lillian Weber sets her sights on one specific goal. "I just love to sew," she says. "It just kinda fascinates me." For the past two years, she's sewn...
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QC woman makes 1,000th dress just before her 100th birthday
Reaching age 100 is a big milestone, but a Quad City woman who spends her time helping children across the world is hitting 1,000. For the last three-and-a-half years, Lillian Weber has been making...
View ArticleShe Turned 100 and It’s Not Her Only Milestone
Lillian Weber's story is a great one to tell. A few months ago we told you Lillian had a goal: she wanted to sew a thousand dresses before she turned 100 years old. She reached one goal weeks ago......
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Quad City Dressmaker Dies on Eve of 101st Birthday
BETTENDORF, Iowa — Lillian Weber, the Bettendorf woman who pledged to sew 1,000 dresses for a charitable organization that clothes African children, died on the eve of her 101st birthday. She was...
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