Mom Who Lost Son Helps Others, Woman a Source of Comfort to Soldiers, Family Members

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Patti Frist was the strong one. In her close-knit soldier family support group, she was the leader, a comforter with the answers.

She helped family members and soldiers fill out insurance forms and other paperwork. Under her leadership, the group raised money with car washes and T-shirt sales to send handheld fans to the soldiers in the summer and 400 pounds of nuts at Christmas.

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Mom Who Lost Son Helps Others, Woman a Source of Comfort to Soldiers, Family Members

So group members naturally grieved when Frist's son, Spc. Luke Frist, was fatally burned in Iraq. They had come to love the good- natured 20-year-old and his death left them all feeling ...

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