97-year-old grandma in Utah earns high school diploma, proving its never too late

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97-year-old grandma in Utah earns high school diploma, proving its never too late
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A small Utah town celebrated a 97-year-old grandmother who graduated from high school.Katherine Cole lives in Hanna, Utah, and helps students with reading at Ta

Katherine Cole of Hannah, Utah , is seen during her Tabiona High School graduation in 2024, where she earned her diploma nearly 80 years after she had to leave high school to take care of her family. Katherine Cole lives in Hanna, Utah , and helps students with reading at Tabiona Public Schools, which is about 60 miles from Heber City.

Back in the 1940s, around the time of World War II, she was about to graduate high school in Fairview when her grandfather died. Shanea Bingham says, "For as long as I've known, my grandma has really impressed upon me the importance of education." She watched her grandmother fall more and more in love with reading.

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