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Verla Starkey and Merla Swenson, 95-year-old identical twins, share life lessons.

They emphasize self-sufficiency, healthy living and maintaining close family relationships.

Their shared experiences include sewing clothes during the Great Depression and painting.

KAYSVILLE — Verla Starkey and Merla Swenson like to say they are a part of a do-it-yourself family.

This started during the Great Depression in the 1930s when the now 95-year-old identical twins were living in Ogden and started dressing alike to save their family some money on clothing.

Their father brought home flour sacks from work, and their mother used the sacks as material for their clothing — pajamas, hats, and anything else — and the young girls learned the importance of

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