Green Oak Woman to Receive U.S. Citizenship At 77Green Oak Woman to Receive U.S. Citizenship At 77

8/9/13 - A local woman will become a US citizen on Monday at the age of 77 after decades of living in the country. Born and raised in Ireland, Teresa Cummiford now lives in Green Oak Township. Jaclyn Cronin is her granddaughter, and she tells WHMI that Teresa has lived in America for much of her life. She met her American husband in the late 1950’s while he was stationed with the U.S. Army in London. The pair got married and had two children in England before moving to America and having another three. Cronin says Cummiford is very patriotic and has wanted to vote for years, but has been residing in the country on a green card. Recently, the family did the research to find out how she could become a naturalized citizen. Cronin helped her grandmother study for the citizenship test, but says Cummiford already knew the answers to a vast majority of the questions that were asked. She passed the test, and so will become a citizen during a formal oath-taking ceremony on Monday. It will be held in the federal courthouse in Detroit. Cummiford is far from the oldest person to become a naturalized citizen of the United States, with that honor going to a 117-year-old Turkish immigrant in Los Angeles in 1997. (TD)