“Where did the wealth come from? Hard work, thriftiness and smart investing throughout her life …”
Seventeen Washington State community colleges will share in the $10 million estate amassed by Surprise Millionaire, Eva Gordon. Raised on an apple orchard in Eu
gene Oregon during the Great Depression, Mrs. Gordon knew what it was like to do without. That’s why, when she later got a job as a trading assistant at an investment firm in Seattle, she learned all she could about investing and wealth accumulation.
She squirreled away every extra dollar she could to invest in blue-chip stocks that would pay her handsome dividends in the years to come. And pay off they did. Thanks to her early hard work, thriftiness and smart investing Mrs. Gordon was able to live her later years in comfort and leave quite a bit for some deserving institutions as well.
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The Surprise Millionaires are at it again! It seems like every year we hear about a sizable donation anonymously left in one of those little red kettles that are synonymous with the holiday season. It appears this year is no different. A
secret $800,000 fortune to eight deserving charities. Known as an avid golfer and bridge player, this Surprise Millionaire was also a vibrant woman of faith who spent her free time making the lives of nursing home residents a little brighter as well as donating quilts to charity through her church group. Betty also had a heart for helping those in need beyond her Windsor community. That is why one of the recipients of her charitable donation involves both medical and clean water projects in Ghana. Betty was always one to lend a helping hand and through her donations, that legacy will continue.
Through shrewd investing, a Northern Idaho native was able to transform a small inheritance into a $12 million estate which is now used to benefit the underserved communities in the Silver Valley area of Northern Idaho. 