NewsNovember 2, 2015
97-year-old woman receives diploma
WALKER, Mich. -- A 97-year-old woman received an honorary diploma from a high school. School administrators from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids presented Margaret Thome Bekema with the diploma at the Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community in Walker. Bekema would have graduated with the Class of 1936, but she left her junior year to care for her three younger siblings because her mother was ill with cancer...
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WALKER, Mich. -- A 97-year-old woman received an honorary diploma from a high school. School administrators from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids presented Margaret Thome Bekema with the diploma at the Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community in Walker. Bekema would have graduated with the Class of 1936, but she left her junior year to care for her three younger siblings because her mother was ill with cancer.
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