VETERAN
Robert Leroy Sprouls Sr.
April 30, 1931 – January 25, 2015
Lived 83 years
Pleasant Mound · Georgetown, IL
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1931
Born April 30
1939
Robert was 8 when World War II began in Europe
1942
Robert was 11 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1950
Robert was 19 when the Korean War began
1952
Wedding Day
1955
Robert Leroy Jr born
1962
Robert was 31 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1963
Moved in forever home Georgetown, IL
1977
Robert was 46 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Robert was 51 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Robert was 67 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2007
Robert was 76 when the first iPhone went on sale
2014
Robert was 83 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2015
Passed away January 25, age 83
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