Teacher Leaves $1.7 Million to the Detroit Institute of Art

[Homey The Clown]

Clearly she was plenty frugal. She didn't think "oh, I have a pension, so I don't really need to save money."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/01/14/public_school_teacher_elizabeth_verdow_left_1_7_million_to_detroit_institute.html

[steveo]

Interesting. I figure that is pretty easy to do though with a pension, some savings and compound interest assuming you don't just spend money for no reason.