In loving memory
Janis E Williams
October 12, 1941 – August 13, 2021
Lived 79 years
Topeka, KS
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1941
Born October 12
1947
Janis was 6 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Janis was 18 when Barbie made her debut
1963
Janis was 22 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Janis was 30 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Janis was 48 when the Berlin Wall fell
1998
Janis was 57 when Google was founded
2005
Janis was 64 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2016
Janis was 75 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2020
Janis was 79 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away August 13, age 79
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