In loving memory
Wilma Olorenshaw Simonson
November 25, 1928 – January 18, 2022
Lived 93 years
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1928
Born November 25
1929
Wilma was 1 when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday
1939
Wilma was 11 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Wilma was 14 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1958
Wilma was 30 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Wilma was 35 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Wilma was 43 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Wilma was 61 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1991
Wilma was 63 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2001
Wilma was 73 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
Wilma was 86 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Passed away January 18, age 93
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