{"id":72,"date":"2010-03-05T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/03\/secret-millionaire-grace-groner-donates-her-fortune.html"},"modified":"2010-03-05T13:40:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T13:40:36","slug":"secret-millionaire-grace-groner-donates-her-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/03\/secret-millionaire-grace-groner-donates-her-fortune.html","title":{"rendered":"Secret Millionaire Grace Groner Donates Her Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">Grace Groner,&nbsp;orphaned at 12, was taken in by family friends until she was adopted. Her adopted parents made an investment of paying her way through Lake Forest College, n<\/font><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">ot knowing this investment would lead to a greater one many years later when Grace would repay her educators in a most extraordinary way.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\">&nbsp;<\/span>She took on a job as a secretary upon graduation.&nbsp; She never married, or drove a car, and she lived her whole life in a small cottage. Unbeknownst to anyone, she used her savings to buy three $60 stock shares in 1935. <\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"198\" alt=\"Grace.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/import\/Grace.jpg\" width=\"201\" \/><\/span>Her shares accumulated&nbsp;value to the tune of $7 million dollars. After her passing in January 2010,&nbsp;at 100 years old, that money was donated to&nbsp;her college as a foundation to allow students to study abroad. Her cottage is now called Grace&#8217;s Cottage that takes in scholarship students. <\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">Lake Forest left a huge imprint on Grace&#8217;s heart, enough for her to give them back all she had in return.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">See the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/video\/us-15749625\/secret-millionaire-donates-her-fortune-18460698#video=18460698\">video<\/a> about Grace and her generosity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\"><em>&#8211; Renita Williams<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font face=\"Calibri\" size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Groner,&nbsp;orphaned at 12, was taken in by family friends until she was adopted. 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