In loving memory
Eva and Gene Eckhardt Willing-Lane
August 21, 1937 – October 25, 2024
Lived 87 years
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1937
Born August 21
1939
Eva was 2 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1947
Eva was 10 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Eva was 22 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Eva was 25 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
1977
Eva was 40 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Eva was 45 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Eva was 61 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Eva was 64 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Eva was 73 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
Eva was 85 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2024
Passed away October 25, age 87
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