In loving memory of Nanny Beach

Bertha “Cookie” Withrow Beach

September 20, 1941 – January 14, 2025

Lived 83 years

Highland Springs, VA

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1941

Born September 20

1947

Bertha was 6 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier

1958

Bertha was 17 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country

1969

Bertha was 28 when the Woodstock music festival opened

1976

Bertha was 35 when America celebrated its Bicentennial

1981

Bertha was 40 when MTV began broadcasting

1998

Bertha was 57 when Google was founded

2001

Bertha was 60 when Apple introduced the iPod

2015

Bertha was 74 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway

2022

Bertha was 81 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne

2025

Passed away January 14, age 83

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