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A checkmark on the 'bucket list'

Posted at 9:13 AM on January 27, 2010 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Life

Last Friday, Keene (NH) State College gave Harriet Richardson Ames a diploma at age 100. She had taken classes at three universities and colleges in New Hampshire while working as a school teacher, but stopped after her eyesight began failing in the '70s.

But a college degree was on her "bucket list."

On Saturday, a day after getting her degree, Harriet Richardson Ames died.

Comments (2)

Great really excited, then I read the bottom.

Posted by BJ | January 27, 2010 9:33 AM

So cool that she was able to cross one last thing off her list before she died. Inspirational.

Posted by Jesse Harding | January 28, 2010 9:14 PM

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