Ohio Teen Takes 89-year-old Great-Grandma to Prom

Prom season is upon us, and in recent years much of the spotlight has been focused on just how expensive dresses and dates have become. The good news for parents of promgoers this year is that those exorbitant rates are declining.

But the best news of all may be coming from Parkway High School in Rockford, Ohio. One of the attendees at the April 26 event may not have taken home the crown, but she was certainly treated like a dancing queen.

Eighty-nine-year-old Delores Dennison was taken to the dance by her 19-year-old great-grandson, Austin Dennison, and she was the center of attention.

The idea was inspired by one of Austin Dennison’s high school teachers, Lucas Minnich, according to timesbulletin.com.

“Mr. Minnich told me that his older brother had taken his grandma to the prom,” Dennison told TimesBulletin.com. “I asked Grandma if she would be my date to the prom and she said that she would be honored. I told her that it would be my privilege.”

According to a YouTube video (below) posted May 1, prom night comprised a series of significant events for the two. Austin Dennison kicked off the evening by serenading his great-grandma with “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls. Dinner at Bob Evans and a promenade followed, and last came a sweet slow dance to Frank Sinatra’s “Dolores” — a song Delores Dennison’s late husband used to sing to her, according to foxnews.com.

Delores Dennison told timesbulletin.com that her great-grandson bought her a pearl necklace for the event and “was so good.” Austin Dennison — who has updated his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profile images to a picture from the evening — seems to have enjoyed himself as well.

Source: deseretnews.com via Michael Genford of the The I Am Blog