Edith Jeter loved playing video games <- and that is awesome

You know we love covering female gamer news here and today we’ve got something a little different. Here’s the story in a nutshell, a poster over at the Racketboy Forums – “Urban Champion-e” – saw a post in an old Nintendo Power (March 1996) titled “Enix Fans Speak Out”. There was a quote in the magazine by one “Edith Jeter of Puyallup, WA.”, Edith stated: “I’m now 76 years old. I may not live long enough to see Dragon Quest VI unless someone takes action soon”. Forum user “Urban Champion-e” decided to see if Edith Jeter was still around and sadly found she died January 3 this year. Her obituary states: “Edith enjoyed reading, playing video games, and was an author of a family genealogy book that she proudly distributed to her family.”

If you’ve done the math you’ll know Edith was therefore 91 when she passed away and clearly still a gamer, given its prominent mention in her obit. The DS version of Dragon Quest VI isn’t released until February 14.

What I love about this story is not only wee Edith (what a cool lady!), but also that user “Urban Champion-e” took time to look into it and then report on it in the manner he did. What a great little story.

Via RacketBoy.

2 Responses to “Edith Jeter loved playing video games <- and that is awesome”

1. eudamonia says:

   February 8, 2011 at 2:22 am

   wow an amazing woman.
2. lippylez says:

   March 21, 2011 at 10:55 am

   Just saw this on Twitter, thanks for reporting on it. This is just wonderful. Like the previous commenter said, what an amazing woman!