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