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Vi’s 99th birthday
Lisa HIckey
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Missing you grandma! 🥰
Missing you today and always! Love you so much. 💗
In loving memory
Violet Adele Ellison Spence
April 10, 1924 – June 8, 2024
Lived 100 years
Mayhew Mr. Pleasant Cemetery · Thamesville, Ontario
“ Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but at negligible accident? Why should I be out of mine because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you for an internal somewhere very near just around the corner.” -Henry Scott Holland
Life story
The key to Violet’s heart was spending time with her family!
Over the years, her family admired how she lived her life and stayed true to her beliefs and values.
She had a heart so full of love and a sense of humour that made everyone smile.
You’re truly missed sweetheart!!
We love you always and forever! 🥰
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1924
Born April 10
1928
Violet was 4 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
1939
Violet was 15 when World War II began in Europe
1944
Violet was 20 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1957
Violet was 33 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1965
Violet was 41 when the Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first time
1972
Violet was 48 when Paul Henderson's goal won the Summit Series against the Soviet Union
1980
Violet was 56 when Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope across Canada
1991
Violet was 67 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2010
Violet was 86 when Sidney Crosby's golden goal won Olympic gold in Vancouver
2022
Violet was 98 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2024
Passed away June 8, age 100
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