Longest serving female Ohio legislator — who once walked away mid-term — dies at 99
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COLUMBUS — A 24-year Toledo veteran of the Ohio General Assembly — who at one point, disillusioned with politics, simply walked away from the statehouse in mid-term — died Tuesday just days shy of her 100th birthday.