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Mona Lee Brock, 'angel' who counseled suicidal farmers through crisis, dies at 87

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In 1985, Mona Lee Brock and her husband lost their farm in Oklahoma. A combination of factors -- low prices for cattle and grain, high interest rates on loans, falling land values -- led to the most serious financial crisis in rural America since the Great Depression.

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