A 97-year-old woman has finally received her high school diploma, 79 years after she was supposed to graduate.
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97-year-old woman gets her High School Diploma
Margaret Thome Bekema had to drop out of high school to care for her sick mother
97-year-old Margaret Thome Bekema
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Margaret Thome Bekema, who would have walked with the Catholic Central High School class of 1936 in Grand Rapids, Mich., had to drop out in her junior year to care for her cancer-afflicted mother. She later did clerical work for the armed forces and served as a preschool teacher.
Over the summer, her family contacted the school and shared her story. Upon receiving the honorary diploma at Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community, she said, tearing up, “I don’t know how to express my thanks… I’m sorry. I’m just plain chicken.”
Source: Time
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