Monday, February 9th, 2015
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Kay Brandt, second from left, stands next to Ted Bollenbacher, 62, Rockford, who received Brandt's kidney. Brandt donated a kidney to her long-time friend last year. Brandt's husband, Alan, left, and Bollenbacher's wife, Sandee, right, are cousins.

Related online story:
ROCKFORD - Two Parkway Elementary School second-grade teachers are being called "angels" and "lifesavers" after donating vital organs to people close to them. [More]
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