In loving memory
Richard Lee Goertzen
September 3, 1938 – March 9, 2002
Lived 63 years
Vale Cemetary · Vale, Oregon
"Square your shoulders to the world. Be not the kind to quit. It's not the weight that gets you down, it's how you carry it." -Richard Goertzen
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1938
Born September 3
1939
Richard was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Richard was 6 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1959
Richard was 21 when Barbie made her debut
1963
Richard was 25 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1976
Richard was 38 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Richard was 43 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Richard was 59 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Richard was 63 when Apple introduced the iPod
2002
Passed away March 9, age 63
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