82-Year-Old Enrolls in College After Husband Dies, Gets Crowned Homecoming Queen

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82-Year-Old Wins Homecoming Queen

82-Year-Old Wins Homecoming Queen

She’s quickly won hearts all over the campus, handing out homemade business cards with her number and email address so students can reach out to her.

“We feel loved by her,” said student Konner McIntire, who was inspired to write a story about her new friend, whom she calls the most popular girl on campus.

“She’s like a grandma away from home.”

An 82-year-old enrolled in college classes after her husband died, and inspired her fellow students so much that they voted her Homecoming Queen.

Frances Wood enrolled at Mid-America Nazarene University in Kansas, to take classes in finance, history and literature after her husband of 59 years passed.

“I was beginning to get just a little lonely and depressed,” the grandmother told KCTV. “I needed something different to do and, believe me, this is different.”

She’s quickly won hearts all over the campus, handing out homemade business cards with her number and email address so students can reach out …read more