In loving memory
Karen Lee Kelley
August 8, 1945 – May 24, 2022
Lived 76 years
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery · San Diego, CA
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1945
Born August 8
1949
Karen was 4 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1954
Karen was 9 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1967
Karen was 22 when the first Super Bowl was played
1976
Karen was 31 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Karen was 36 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Karen was 52 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2005
Karen was 60 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
Karen was 72 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2021
Karen was 76 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away May 24, age 76
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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
San Diego, CA
Plot: Section CBG Row 1 Site 190
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