Story originally published on Local 12 (Mapleton, N.D. — WDAY TV/CNN Newsource/WKRC in 2016). Myrtle Farrell, from Mapleton, North Dakota, was 106 years old and had made over 300 quilts in the three years prior to 2016. She grew up on a small farm in Cass County, where she had lived her entire life. She learned the importance of a good work ethic from her parents, and married her husband during the depression. Over the years, she babysat children for most of the town, and for decades, she had been known as the “Quilt Maker.” She was still quilting at the age of 106 with…
