HEMLOCK, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Frank Emeott received a special gift for his 100th birthday – a long overdue high school diploma.

Hemlock Public Schools in Saginaw County awarded him a high school diploma at a party held in his honor at St. Peter Lutheran Church on Sept. 10, officially classifying him as a graduate of the district.

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Emeott was born on September 8, 1922. He grew up and farmed in the Hemlock area his whole life. He did not complete high school because he said his family needed him on the farm.

Later on, Emeott served as a flight engineer in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Eglin Air Force Base during World War II. He married his wife, Arlene, in 1948 and they had three children, who all graduated from college.