Utah mother of 17 gets high school diploma at 92 years old
A 92-year-old Utah woman received a surprise gift Wednesday, nearly 76 years late. Barbara Stanley has made the news a few times in her life — not only did she have a baby on the same date as one of her daughters, but she also had 17 kids. “We had fun, what else do you want to know?” Stanley said. Eight boys and nine girls ...
Stanley met her husband when she was 23 years old. At the time, she had no intention of having a big family. When asked why 17 kids, Stanley responded with a laugh “it just happened.”
In all she accomplished, there was one thing Stanley never received — her high school diploma. It was the late 1940s when Stanley left high school to help her sister, who’s husband went to war. That reality surprised Stanley’s granddaughter, Sheri McFarland. “I kept thinking, 'if that’s something she regrets, why can’t we just make that not a regret anymore?'” McFarland said.
Stanley had attended Salt Lake City's West High School when she dropped out, so McFarland reached out to administrators to see if they could pull off something special. Knowing what Stanley sacrificed, Wright met with his administration to talk about what they could do for the 92-year-old. After a few months, McFarland was surprised to find a diploma in her mailbox.
“I opened it and cried,” McFarland said. Nearly 76 years later, McFarland awarded Stanley her diploma — a graduate of the class of 2021.
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help. Sometimes life doesn't work out exactly as we plan, and I bet she is tickled pink to receive that diploma!
