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Ella Mae Sorensen

December 30, 1933 – May 1, 2026

Lived 92 years

Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park · Bluffdale, Utah

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1933

Born December 30

1939

Ella was 6 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters

1945

Ella was 12 when World War II ended

1951

Ella was 18 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS

1962

Ella was 29 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth

1971

Ella was 38 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida

1981

Ella was 48 when MTV began broadcasting

1995

Ella was 62 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film

2004

Ella was 71 when Facebook was launched

2014

Ella was 81 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral

2022

Ella was 89 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne

2026

Passed away May 1, age 92

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Kevin Sorensen 12w

Mom likes toast and Kevin

One day while living in Holbrook, mom and I were just sitting at the dining room table making hot toast and slathering jam on it. Drinking cold milk. Talking. In my mind it was a wonderful long time, maybe 30 minutes or an hour...

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