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LeRoy Luitjens and Helmer Haakenson had a bittersweet sip or two as the last two members of Luverne’s Last Man Club opened a ceremonial bottle of bourbon.
Mr. Luitjens died on Sunday. Read more →
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Luverne’s famed bottle of bourbon is no more. Neither is the famed Glen’s Coffee Clique Last Man Club. The last two living members — World War II veterans — opened the bottle and toasted their dead friends, the Globe of Worthington says. Read more →
It’s time for the Last Man Club of Luverne, Minn., to drink up. Warren Herreid, one of its most noteworthy members, died yesterday. He was 96.
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It’s too late to know now how many of the last men of Luverne wanted to be the last one living.
When their club started in 2010, they bought a bottle of hooch and 24 mugs. When there was only one left, he’d toast the other 23, all veterans of World War II.
Only the aged can reveal the loneliness of losing all of your friends, and nobody really likes drinking alone anyway.
So the three remaining vets aren’t going to wait.
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There are only nine left in Glen’s Coffee Clique Last Man Club. Read more →