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Sun Aug 26, 2018, 10:48 AM
Aug 2018

Roberta McCain (born February 7, 1912) is the widow of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and mother of the late Republican Arizona Senator and presidential candidate John S. McCain III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_McCain

John McCain's mom, y'all [View all] bigtree Aug 2018 OP
And still a very lovely woman...... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #1
Wow dalton99a Aug 2018 #2
Remarkable. MineralMan Aug 2018 #3
Amazing. 2naSalit Aug 2018 #4
Oh my PatSeg Aug 2018 #5
wow JHan Aug 2018 #6
As I raise my glass to her resiliency Glamrock Aug 2018 #7
No matter how old a parent might be, you never... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #8
That's sad and inspiring at the same time. She must be very proud of her son Pepsidog Aug 2018 #9
What a lovely woman. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #10
Condolences, Mrs. McCain on the loss of your son. gademocrat7 Aug 2018 #11
An amazing woman with an amazing son. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #12
I'm seeing that on google bigtree Aug 2018 #14
From John McCain's obituary: pazzyanne Aug 2018 #22
where's the death announcement? bigtree Aug 2018 #24
This is the original site that I used. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #26
I went down that same path bigtree Aug 2018 #29
Thanks, bigtree. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #30
you're welcome bigtree Aug 2018 #31
according to family on 8/24, she was alive & aware her son was gravely ill Native Aug 2018 #16
I got the information from a google search the the information is from Wikipedia. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #17
wiki bigtree Aug 2018 #19
Wikipedia says she's still alive. Native Aug 2018 #20
I think this was her sister, they were very close katmondoo Aug 2018 #21
Thanks for clarifying, katmondoo! pazzyanne Aug 2018 #23
Oh my. MontanaMama Aug 2018 #13
She's been through too much Blue_playwright Aug 2018 #18
She recently attended the premiere of a film for him grantcart Aug 2018 #36
A strong woman ChazII Aug 2018 #15
God bless you and may your faith comfort you colorado_ufo Aug 2018 #25
She is???? WOW! Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #27
Not sure what her age is in that photo but she looks great ... CatMor Aug 2018 #28
It looks like a fairly recent photo. calimary Aug 2018 #32
you get a glimpse of her stately home in that pic bigtree Aug 2018 #34
God bless her meow2u3 Aug 2018 #33
Wow.....n/t Upthevibe Aug 2018 #35
John McCain's Mother -- 106 and 'Spunky' -- Knows Her Son is Gravely Ill, Says Friend mfcorey1 Aug 2018 #37
Tears in my eyes. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #38
Good summaries of Senator McCain's life here.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #39
I knew she was still alive and likely over age 100, Ilsa Aug 2018 #40
I hope I look that good when I'm 60 GETPLANING Aug 2018 #41
Bless her. GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #42
Much sympathy to Roberta McCain Raine Aug 2018 #43
wow. a good looking 106 Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #44
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