Pay It Forward: 99-Year-Old Woman’s Mission to Help Children
Lillian Weber is on a mission. Every day she makes another dress for a small child she'll never meet. "I could probably make two a day, but I only make one," she says. The dresses are collected and...
View ArticleQC woman makes 1,000th dress just before her 100th birthday
Reaching age 100 is a big milestone, but a Quad City woman who spends her time helping children across the world is hitting 1,000. For the last three-and-a-half years, Lillian Weber has been making...
View ArticleShe Turned 100 and It’s Not Her Only Milestone
Lillian Weber's story is a great one to tell. A few months ago we told you Lillian had a goal: she wanted to sew a thousand dresses before she turned 100 years old. She reached one goal weeks ago......
View ArticleQuad City Dressmaker Dies on Eve of 101st Birthday
BETTENDORF, Iowa — Lillian Weber, the Bettendorf woman who pledged to sew 1,000 dresses for a charitable organization that clothes African children, died on the eve of her 101st birthday. She was...
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