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News & Current Events Apr 21, 2026 at 2:22 AM

Wichita’s “Rosie the Riveter,” B-29 DOC volunteer Connie Palacioz dies at 101

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Wichita’s “Rosie the Riveter,” B-29 DOC volunteer Connie Palacioz dies at 101
https://www.kwch.com
Wichita’s “Rosie the Riveter,” B-29 DOC volunteer Connie Palacioz dies at 101
Palacioz often reflected on her role in the wartime effort while speaking with visitors to the aircraft.
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Jman1a Apr 21, 2026 +700
She was STILL alive!?!? Damn. Haven’t felt like this since Harper Lee died.
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dragondice3521 Apr 21, 2026 +165
Harper Lee died? Damn, I haven't felt like this since Rosie the Riviter died.
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Affectionate-Pop-754 Apr 21, 2026 +80
Rosie the Riviter died? Damn, I haven't felt like this since Betty White died
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Squidrow_Wilson Apr 21, 2026 +10
RIP Wade Boggs
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theemptyqueue Apr 21, 2026 +10
Once again, Wade Boggs is very much alive.
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thisgrantstomb Apr 21, 2026 +16
The ritual is complete
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ExtraCr1spyKernal Apr 21, 2026 -16
Betty White died? I haven't heard this since Samuel L died.
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Warcraft_Fan Apr 21, 2026 +12
Samuel L died? Damn, I haven't felt like this since Alec Guinness died.
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thehomeyskater Apr 21, 2026 +4
No it’s fake news he’s very much alive
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thehomeyskater Apr 21, 2026 +4
He’s still alive 😳
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loCAtek Apr 21, 2026 +3
Sort of, he's a Force Ghost now.
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GB715 Apr 21, 2026 +390
An American icon. RIiP
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herecomestherebuttal Apr 21, 2026 +74
Correct me if I’m wrong, but multiple women have a claim to being Rosie the Riveter, right? There’s some debate as to who she was modeled off of.
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bros402 Apr 21, 2026 +52
They do - that's why this one calls her "Wichita's" - she was the last one there, I believe.
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skankenstein Apr 21, 2026 +61
They call all of the women who worked production “Rosie”, it doesn’t necessarily reflect who the character was modeled after.
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Useful_Respect3339 Apr 21, 2026 +8
The famous “We can do it” was a photo of Naomi Parker, a worker in California. 
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Bazookagrunt Apr 21, 2026 +120
And she actively supported civil rights? That’s incredible!
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fartonisto Apr 21, 2026 +22
That’s a lot of rivets. 
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DownvotesHyperbole Apr 21, 2026 +3
WE SHALL HAVE RIVETS!! Not exactly a related reference but you don't get too many opportunities for that one
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sincerelythebats_ Apr 21, 2026 +1
It’s riveting.
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Warcraft_Fan Apr 21, 2026 +3
Don't forget Jimmy Carter volunteered for years, long after he left the White House until a few years ago.
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kenfagerdotcom Apr 21, 2026 +5
Rest in power.
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Admirable-Apricot137 Apr 21, 2026 +30
I had the honor of meeting her randomly at a paint and sip I went to with a friend a long time ago. She was absolutely lovely! Rest in power, Connie.
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BloodNinja2012 Apr 21, 2026 +33
Wow! She was just a teenager! By the time she turned 20 the war was over
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T-Marie-N Apr 21, 2026 +4
My dad was not 20 by the time the war ended. He was in the Navy--Iwo Jima, Okinawa. He died last year at 99. Hard to imagine teens doing that stuff isn't it.
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SeaTie Apr 21, 2026 +41
My grandma turned 101 years in January. She also worked in the production factories. Crazy all the stuff she’s seen…and still remembers! Only very recently has her memory started to slip.
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bros402 Apr 21, 2026 +7
Hell yeah, you have a Rosie in your family
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desertrock62 Apr 21, 2026 +88
Put her face on money now!
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onegumas Apr 21, 2026 +41
No, you will get faster a pedophile, rapist and thief on it.
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transamfan88 Apr 21, 2026 +15
Or a slavemaster
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JRockPSU Apr 21, 2026 +4
It’s so depressing that this admin would never… ever consider doing this.
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Tim-in-CA Apr 21, 2026 +24
Thank you Connie for your service. I hope we can emerge from the current debacle of an administration to preserve what you worked for
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macross1984 Apr 21, 2026 +8
A veteran in civilian front whose support enabled US to win European and Pacific theater of WW II. Thank you for your contribution.
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xxMattyTarheelxx Apr 21, 2026 +28
Bless you and yours! Rest well Queen!
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ilrosewood Apr 21, 2026 +5
She was such an awesome inspiration around town
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leohat Apr 21, 2026 +5
We are all diminished.
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O-parker Apr 21, 2026 +13
RIP Lady and thank you.
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napalmnacey Apr 21, 2026 +3
What a wonderful human being, an incredible woman. ❤️
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Mm2k Apr 21, 2026 +3
Firstly, I didn't know she was a real person. And secondly, 101? Why weren't people at least celebrating her 100th?
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saintandrewsfall Apr 21, 2026 +7
I believe she’s “a” Rosie, not “the” Rosie.
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bros402 Apr 21, 2026 +3
She's "a" Rosie - not the Rosie. There are also a few women that the drawing of Rosie may have been based off of - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter#Women_in_the_wartime_workforce
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Dr_Overundereducated Apr 21, 2026 +3
As a woman, and a retired welder of 28 years, I stand on the shoulders of the Rosies before me, and hope I’ve been a good ambassador for those who’ve come behind me.
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mal_wash_jayne Apr 21, 2026 +3
My son, 15, is also a B29 DOC volunteer. He's met her and this news hit him pretty hard.
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CastingsForThee Apr 21, 2026 +2
Per the article, her mom was Mexican and allowed her to work with a Black co-worker. That was a big deal back then since Mexicans and other Latins saw themselves as white and agreed with many of the segregation laws of black folks was oppressed under back then.
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bidoville Apr 21, 2026 +2
That video is really worth watching. What a legend. RIP Connie.
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42TheAnswer2TheUnive Apr 21, 2026 +3
Talk about Rest In Power! Yeah! 🥰😇
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WindTreeRock Apr 21, 2026 +1
The people you didn't know where still alive until they are gone.
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Buttermilk-Waffles Apr 21, 2026 +1
Wow RIP to this absolute GOAT
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ahumblecardamompod Apr 21, 2026 +1
RIP to a diva after a lifetime of slaying.
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IntroductionEmpty174 Apr 21, 2026 +1
Crazy to think she would have been a legitimate war target.
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Osiris32 Apr 21, 2026 +1
I like how the article says she served as a riveter. Puts respect on her and the efforts of her colleagues.
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HalfaYooper Apr 21, 2026 +1
Many years ago, Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry had a WWII exhibit, part of which featured Rosie. In the gift shop they had several Rosie themed items, one being a cooking apron. I had to buy it for the irony.
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Kan4lZ0n3 Apr 21, 2026 +1
Had a great-great aunt who was a literal riveter on the B-29 at the Omaha plant. At least one grandmother and other multiple great-great aunts worked at various munitions plants during the war while the family spared every man for the war effort. Everyone was in it together, and a great example of when the country takes ownership in Freedom.
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ScrewAttackThis Apr 21, 2026 +4
You know Rosie the Riveter isn't a single person, right?
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ScrewAttackThis Apr 21, 2026 +1
So what math isn't mathing? If you knew then your comment makes no sense lol
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