97-year-old Michigan woman receives high school diploma

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97-year-old Michigan woman receives high school diploma - A 97-year-old woman  possesses   received   the  honorary diploma  by   a good  Michigan high school,  seven   many years   right after  she  \'m   required to  drop out  in order to  her family.

Margaret Thome Bekema finally  \'m   capable of  don  the  mortarboard  AND ALSO  fulfill her lifelong goal  with  front  regarding  her friends  AS WELL AS  family  from  Thursday. School administrators  coming from  Catholic Central High School  throughout  Grand Rapids presented her  from the  diploma  for the  Yorkshire  AND ALSO  Stonebridge Manor senior community  throughout  Walker.

Bekema would have graduated  because of the  Class  regarding  1936, but she left  while in  her junior year  for you to  care  intended for  her three younger siblings  considering that the  her mother  feel  ill  in  cancer.

She said leaving school  with  age 17 broke her heart  AS WELL AS  she's thankful  for its  recognition.

Grand Rapids  can be   exactly about  160 miles northwest  connected with  Detroit.