Verna Oller was feisty and frugal to the very end of her 98 years — and the children of Long Beach, Wash., will forever be grateful.
Oller, who refused to even purchase showlaces or even cut her own hair. The former fish filleter amassed $4.5 million through savvy stock picks — she was a master investor. She went to the library and read Barons and the Wall Stree Journal. She donated all of her investment savings to her home town so it could build the swimming pool she never had as a kid, that was her main goal, along with scholarships and grants for local teachers.
From ABC News:
The sturdy old lady with no formal education amassed a not-so-small fortune: $4.5 million. It was up over $5 million before the recession. Before she died, she directed Guy Glenn to spend every cent of it, but not on her, on her home town.
“I think we could all learn a lot from her,” nursing home owner Andrea Nooman said in a segment aired on ABC News. “She was very simple but very kind and giving.”
Taco Bell’s 89 cent burritos and 79 cent tacos have been in the market for years, making the dollar menus at other fast food restaurants still look expensive.
Benjamins Get a Makeover
Are you kidding me? We are encouraged to attend college, we are told that is the “thing” to do. And yet here comes another increase in college tuition. Many college students in Utah can expect to dish out an additional 10% more for tuition next year.
