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Quote of the Week: Chuck Eremchuk

The octogenarian spends most of his time living life to the fullest—dancing, swimming and volunteering.

Welcome back to our Glen Burnie Patch Quote of the Week.

Each week, we at Patch will keep note of the more interesting, funny or poignant remarks from people quoted in stories. On Friday, we will reveal the Quote of the Week.

As you read stories each week, when you see a comment you particularly like, let us know in the comments or e-mail Editor Maya T. Prabhu at maya.prabhu@patch.com.

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This week's Quote of the Week is from Glen Burnie resident Chuck Eremchuk who spoke about the three months he spent "moping" after he lost his wife of 36 years to cancer.

“Then one day,” Eremchuk said, “I woke up and thought, 'Wait…I’m not dead.' And I got busy living.”

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