Berkeleyside reported
She co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, dated Jackie Robinson, delivered cash for the Black Panthers and published a memoir about her remarkable life.
Betty Reid Soskin, who retired as the nation’s oldest park ranger, died peacefully at her home in Richmond Sunday morning, her daughter announced on Facebook. She was 104.
The post said she was with her family when she passed away. “She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave,” they wrote. A more formal obituary has since been posted.
Reid Soskin spent 15 years in the national park service, where she told visitors the stories of unsung marginalized World War II workers at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond. Her service earned her a presidential coin from President Barack Obama.
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