(KRON) — Betty Reid Soskin, beloved former Bay Area park ranger, has died, according to her family. She was 104.
Soskin’s family said she passed peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sunday morning.
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“This morning on the Winter Solstice, our mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Betty Reid Soskin, passed away peacefully at her home in Richmond, CA at 104 years old. She was attended by family. She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave,” the family wrote.
The family confirmed that there will be a public memorial at a time and place to be announced later.
Her family said those who would like to express their love and respect for Soskin can do so by sending donations to the Betty Reid Soskin Middle School and to support the finishing of her film Sign My Name to Freedom…