In loving memory
Mary Jean Whitmer-Newell
March 14, 1932 – December 10, 2021
Lived 89 years
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Christmas Karaoke "2017"
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1932
Born March 14
1939
Mary was 7 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1942
Mary was 10 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1954
Mary was 22 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1969
Mary was 37 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Mary was 39 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Mary was 50 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Mary was 66 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Mary was 73 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Mary was 82 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Mary was 88 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away December 10, age 89
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