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DAYTON, Wash. -- A community came together this week to help a family harvest the final crop of a local farmer who passed away from cancer.

Jim Hanger was still running a 5,000-acre family farm in Dayton when he passed away last week. He lost his battle to cancer at age 66.

"He was always on the tractor, the combines -- if it was seeding, he was seeding. If it was harvest, he was harvesting," said daughter Tracy Hanger.

He left behind six children, a volunteer job as a firefighter and 1,800 acres of wheat that had yet to be harvested.

On Monday, one local farmer volunteered to help the family finish Hanger's leftover crop. But, word of one volunteer's plan spread quickly.

"People just started showing up. You could see combines coming over the hill," said Tracy.

In total, Tracy said 13 combines and more than half a dozen wagons showed up to help.

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