Woman, 90, gets diploma
Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools’ Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job.
Over the decades she moved to Gurnee and had 15 children, 54 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
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SUBSCRIBEEleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools’ Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job.
Over the decades she moved to Gurnee and had 15 children, 54 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
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