Joyce DeFauw of Illinois is living proof that nothing is too late in life and this super senior graduated from college at the age of 90 with a diploma. Last
WREX. “I’ve learned that I can do things I never thought I could do, with the help of others. You can never quit learning.”Love vs diplomaRomance: “Love birds” at ABC News exposed- Advertisement -Joyce enrolled at her alma mater in 1951,
the school was known at that time as Northern Illinois State Teachers College. Initially, she pursued a teaching degree but switched her major to home economics.
She was a few semesters away from completing her degree when she met a good-looking guy at church and eventually married Don Freeman Sr. of whom she had three children before he died.Love or education, the TV series did not solve this issueJoyce remarried – the late Roy DeFauw – raised six more children, including two sets of twins.
In 2019, when she was in her late 80s, she decided to sign herself up to complete the degree she started all those years ago at what is now known as Northern Illinois in DeKalb.