Chapin woman has made, collected close to 500 dolls

     Jim was from Iowa Falls and Roma was from Sheffield.

     “I was a good old farm boy,” Jim Chantrill said. “And she plucked me up.”

     The Chantrills were married in 1959. Senior pictures, wedding portraits and a 50th anniversary photo are displayed on the “wedding wall” of the couple’s Chapin home, along with a menagerie of dolls dressed in wedding attire.

     The dolls are a few of around 500 that Roma has accumulated, which line the shelves, cabinets, counters and corners of the home. She made more than 30 of them, and has sewn or crocheted outfits for many in her collection.

     Read the full article in the November 26 edition of the papers.

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