Alta Marie Oben Obituary and Memorial

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1947

Born March 1

1949

Alta was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

1955

Alta was 8 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat

1964

Alta was 17 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act

1971

Alta was 24 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida

1982

Alta was 35 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters

1991

Alta was 44 when the Soviet Union dissolved

2005

Alta was 58 when the first video was posted to YouTube

2014

Alta was 67 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral

2022

Alta was 75 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne

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