Jim Krumel: A bit of advice for graduates from 99-year-old woman
Jim Krumel
Today’s high school graduates have a good reason to be especially proud, 99-year-old Viola Wenzinger says.
Faced with a pandemic, they were resilient as they moved forward in getting their degrees.
Wenzinger, who graduated 80 years ago from a class of 13 at Miller City 11 girls and 2 boys knows all about resiliency.
At the age of 4, she lost her mother and was sent to live with her grandmother. Five years later, her grandmother passed away and she moved back in with her father.
“Wherever my dad went, I went too. I learned a lot from him. One thing he made sure of is that I went to school,” she said.