| Garfield High School Honors 84 Year-Old Graduate | | | | about his age. He did this in order to be with his |
| On Monday, June 19th, Richard Coone received an | | | | older brother. By joining the Battery 146 Field |
| honorary diploma from Garfield High School, a | | | | Artillery Battalion, he was to serve with several |
| Seattle High School. He walked with the Garfield | | | | students from Garfield High School. But before |
| High graduates at the graduating ceremonies held | | | | graduation, he was called to Fort Lewis and did |
| at Qwest Field. Mr. Coone has waited over | | | | not return home until 1945. After returning home |
| sixty-five years to receive a diploma. In 1941, Mr. | | | | he worked for the Seattle times for over thirty |
| Coone was a senior at Garfield High School and | | | | years. Garfield High School and other Seattle |
| was prepared to graduate with his friends but | | | | Schools are honored to recognize Dick Coone for |
| World War II got in the way. In his junior year, | | | | his service to the State of Washington and our |
| Mr. Coone had joined the National Guard by lying | | | | country. |