Community Throws Huge Celebration for 94-Year-Old Crossing Guard Who Served for 57 Years
On Nov. 29, 1965, Claire Bauman set off for her first day as a crossing guard at Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. “I said I’ll give you a week, and here I am 57 years later,” she told WTXF-TV in…
On Nov. 29, 1965, Claire Bauman set off for her first day as a crossing guard at Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
“I said I’ll give you a week, and here I am 57 years later,” she told WTXF-TV in nearby Philadelphia.
June 21 was her last day on the job, and the 94-year-old has certainly earned her Retirement.
But the community had a celebration in the works to honor the woman so many of them had encountered as they made their way to school. Even the local police department got in on the festivities.
“My mother Claire Bauman is retiring as a Crossing guard at Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill NJ,” Mary Bauman Soards posted on Facebook ahead of the big Retirement party. “She is the Queen of Walt Whitman Blvd. For 57 years everyday no matter what the weather, she was always on duty protecting the children.
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