In loving memory
Katherine Angela Gjovig (Friess)
Mrs.
January 15, 1926 – January 8, 2022
Lived 95 years
St. Patrick’s · Crosby, NorthDakota
“All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my loving mother.”
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Loving wife of Hank
Mother of Markham, Geralyn, Rory, Tim, Shanon, and David
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1926
Born January 15
1928
Katherine was 2 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1935
Katherine was 9 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1945
Katherine was 19 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1956
Katherine was 30 when the Interstate Highway System was created
1963
Katherine was 37 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1977
Katherine was 51 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Katherine was 56 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1995
Katherine was 69 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Katherine was 78 when Facebook was launched
2016
Katherine was 90 when Pokemon Go sent millions outdoors hunting creatures
2022
Passed away January 8, age 95
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