In loving memory
Erma Geneva Gross
August 24, 1906 – June 26, 1987
Lived 80 years
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1906
Born August 24
1908
Erma was 2 when Ford introduced the Model T
1918
Erma was 12 when the Armistice ended World War I
1920
Erma was 14 when Prohibition began
1939
Erma was 33 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Erma was 36 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1958
Erma was 52 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1969
Erma was 63 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Erma was 70 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Erma was 75 when MTV began broadcasting
1987
Passed away June 26, age 80
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