In loving memory
Alma Ailene Ross
June 2, 1934 – November 17, 2021
Lived 87 years
El Dorado Springs City Cemetery · El Dorado Springs, Missouri
"I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck!"
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1934
Born June 2
1934
Birth of Alma Ailene Ross in Bynumville, MO
1939
Alma was 5 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Alma was 8 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1952
Graduated Bynumville High School
1955
Alma was 21 when Disneyland opened
1957
Graduated Kansas City College and Bible School
1964
Graduated with Master of Science Kansas State College of Pittsburg
1969
Alma was 35 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Alma was 37 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Alma was 55 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1991
Alma was 57 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2005
Alma was 71 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Alma was 80 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Alma was 86 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passing of Alma Ailene Ross in Stockton, MO
2021
Passed away November 17, age 87
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