Wyoming Stories: Myrtle Forney recalls a marriage marred by alcoholism and abuse (StoryCorps)

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Myrtle Forney with her grandson, Nate Swinton’";
Courtesy Story Corps

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we’re going to hear a story about abuse that stemmed from alcoholism. This interview was recorded as part of Story Corps, a project that records conversations between loved ones. In this case, 89-year-old Myrtle Forney talks with her grandson, Nate Swinton. After her first husband (Nate’s grandfather) passed away, she married another man, named Ken.

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