In loving memory
Elaine Isabelle Sperle
April 20, 1928 – August 28, 2008
Lived 80 years
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1928
Born April 20
1929
Elaine was 1 when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday
1935
Elaine was 7 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1942
Elaine was 14 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1952
Marvin Sperle -Son
1958
Elaine was 30 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1967
Elaine was 39 when the first Super Bowl was played
1977
Elaine was 49 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1982
Elaine was 54 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Elaine was 70 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Elaine was 77 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2008
Passed away August 28, age 80
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