Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools' Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job. Over the following decades she moved to Gurnee and had 15 children, 54 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.Well, she has my respect. Job well done. I hope many can take her lead young and old!
Benz attended night school for typing and bookkeeping, but she recently told one of her daughters that never completing high school was one of her greatest disappointments. Her children contacted Lake View, and the school approved Benz' diploma.
This week, at her 90th birthday party, Benz's family presented her with the diploma and a 2009 gown and cap with a 1936 tassel.
Isiah 1:17- Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
90-year-old Ill. woman gets high school diploma
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