In Loving Memory
Blanca Edith Velasquez
May 31, 1933 – December 27, 2021
Lived 88 years
Holy Cross Mortuary · Los Angeles, CA
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1933
Born May 31
1939
Blanca was 6 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1941
Blanca was 8 when the United States entered World War II
1955
Blanca was 22 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1964
Blanca was 31 when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show
1971
Blanca was 38 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Blanca was 48 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Blanca was 64 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Blanca was 68 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Blanca was 77 when Instagram was launched
2020
Blanca was 87 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away December 27, age 88
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