VETERAN

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Ma and Pa Rippee

September 21, 1931 – January 21, 2021

Lived 89 years

Springfield Veterans Cemetery

“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” – Oscar Wilde

In service to country

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Ma served in the armed forces. We honor that service here.

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The world Ma knew

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1931

Born September 21

1939

Ma was 8 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters

1944

Ma was 13 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day

1950

Ma was 19 when the Korean War began

1962

Ma was 31 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

1971

Ma was 40 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida

1989

Ma was 58 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series

1998

Ma was 67 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America

2001

Ma was 70 when Apple introduced the iPod

2010

Ma was 79 when Instagram was launched

2020

Ma was 89 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time

2021

Passed away January 21, age 89

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