What a Winner!
Lerynne West, of Redfield, Iowa was all smiles as she accepted her winning Powerball check, but that check nearly never came… On October 26th, West, was with her sister when…
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Lerynne West, of Redfield, Iowa was all smiles as she accepted her winning Powerball check, but that check nearly never came...
On October 26th, West, was with her sister when she bought a lottery ticket while grabbing a bite to eat and some coffee. When they got back in her sisters truck she thought she had put the tickets back in her purse..She was wrong.
After the Powerball numbers came out, she didn't event think to check her tickets until one friend called to let her know that someone won in Iowa, Lerynne went to check her ticket but the tickets were not in her purse...
West said, she called her sister who found them on the floor of her truck and sent her a picture of the numbers. When West checked them against the winning numbers, she was in disbelief.
"I said to my sister, 'Get that ticket, get in your truck and get up here now -- and drive slow,'"
A now-retired health care analyst, West said her winnings would ensure her grandchildren were able to afford college and that she could take care of her family, including seven siblings and her mother.
She said her family had also established the Callum Foundation, named after a grandson who was born prematurely and died a day later, to help others in need.
