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Larry
Lawrence Frank Schaaf Jr.
August 5, 1935 – June 18, 2021
Lived 85 years
Mt. Carmel · Belleville, IL
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1935
Born August 5
1939
Lawrence was 4 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Lawrence was 7 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1953
Graduated High School Ritnour
1953
Draftsman Combustion Engineering
1954
Military Service
1958
Lawrence was 23 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Lawrence was 27 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1963
Engineer Combustion Engineering
1964
Married Mary Catherine Sullivan
1975
Lawrence was 40 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1977
Instructor Welding Technology Belleville Area College
1978
Graduated Engineering Washington University St. Louis
1982
Lawrence was 47 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1983
Left Job Combustion Engineering
1983
Job Change Crane Defense
1989
Left Job Crane Defense
1989
Job Change Keeley Construction
1991
Left Job Keeley Construction
1991
Job Change Pandjiris Inc.
1998
Lawrence was 63 when Google was founded
2004
Lawrence was 69 when Facebook was launched
2005
Retired Pandjiris Inc.
2015
Retired Southwestern Illinois College
2016
Lawrence was 81 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2020
Lawrence was 85 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away June 18, age 85
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