StoryCorps in KC: Opal Dockery and Michael Spaw

KCUR

Published November 14, 2006 at 2:14 AM CST

By edited by Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – At StoryCorps recording booths across the country, friends and loved ones interview each other about their lives. Each Wednesday during Morning Edition, we'll bring you a story from the MobileBooth in Kansas City. Michael Spaw brought his friend Opal Dockery who reflects back on her life on her 98th birthday.

Storycorps in Kansas City is sponsored by the William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank, Trustee.

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