If you’re of a certain age, you either are retiring, thinking about retiring or have friends and colleagues who are. Baby boomers, who have long dominated American culture, are aging out. The Sun recognized this demographic shift not along ago in a story celebrating the career arcs of four accomplished locals: Donna Woodward, Joy Tarbell, Janice Crawford and Brenda Leavitt.

It is not a total coincidence they were all women — in our country, women outlive men by about five years.

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Frank was a wonderful man and I considered him a great friend. He was old school and that's why I liked him so much. God Bless him.

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