In loving memory
Shirley Romaine Books
June 11, 1938 – December 21, 2024
Lived 86 years
Grantville, Pa
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1938
Born June 11
1939
Shirley was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Shirley was 6 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1958
Shirley was 20 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Shirley was 24 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
1976
Shirley was 38 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Shirley was 43 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Shirley was 56 when "Friends" premiered
2007
Shirley was 69 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Shirley was 76 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Shirley was 84 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away December 21, age 86
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