Although dusty and dirty, the contents of the purse were well preserved.

The organization figured out that Rumfola had graduated from Hoover High in 1960.

But she lived a full life.

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According to her obituary, she was a retired school teacher who worked in Annapolis, Maryland.

Because the school could not return Rumfolas purse to her, they reached out to her grown children.

Each of her five children kept one of the wheat pennies as a token of remembrance of their mom.

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Each of them kept a penny from the bag as a way to remember their mom.

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