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90-year-old Ill. woman gets high school diploma

wbbm780.com - 21 weeks ago - 288 views

Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools' Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job... 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.

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by adelle77 21 weeks 6 days ago · link

Terrific stuff:

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.

She told her kids recently that not finishing high school was a long-time regret and they contacted Lake View High and made it happen.

Good kids.

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