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Stanwood woman’s photos of her late mother finally headed to Obama museum, forging bond over shared loss

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Stanwood woman’s photos of her late mother finally headed to Obama museum, forging bond over shared loss

After contacting KING 5 in 2023, a local woman learned her photos of her mother with Barack Obama’s mother will be displayed at the Obama Presidential Center.

STANWOOD, Wash. — Megan Dascher-Watkins always keeps her mom’s memory close at heart.

Jill Burton-Dascher died in 2021.

“I miss her so much,” Dascher-Watkins said. When Dascher-Watkins was planning her mom’s memorial, she found a box of photos.

“I had no idea what I had, though. No idea,” she said.

KING 5 first introduced viewers to Dascher-Watkins in 2023 when she showed us her discovery — pictures of her mom with the mother