Covid-19 survivor, 104, gets back to crosswords and crochet
When Grace contracted Covid-19 she told her granddaughter it was"water off a duck's back"
She's clearly made of strong stuff, which Crystal puts down to her grandmother's optimism and determination to maintain her daily stretching routine, as well as crossword solving. A glimpse into Grace's past reveals exactly how robust she has had to be over the years.
Not long after the birth of their second child, her husband Douglas left and eventually returned to his homeland, South Africa. She survived breast cancer in 1960, after insisting on having her breast removed. At the time, a mastectomy was quite a radical operation.
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