In loving memory
Waneta Fay Tucker Sanford
November 26, 1939 – March 24, 2012
Lived 72 years
Witt Cemetary · Witt, Illinois
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1939
Born November 26
1947
Waneta was 8 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1956
Waneta was 17 when the Interstate Highway System was created
1957
Waneta Tucker graduated from Witt highschool
1962
Wanted Tucker married Earl Sanford
1964
Waneta was 25 when the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show
1966
Bruce Sanford was born
1971
Brenda Jo Morales was born
1971
Waneta was 32 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Waneta was 43 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1994
Waneta was 55 when "Friends" premiered
2001
Waneta was 62 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Waneta was 71 when Instagram was launched
2012
Passed away March 24, age 72
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