Alfred Bernard Kempker

July 15, 1931 – February 26, 2019

Lived 87 years

Resurrection Cemetery · Jefferson City, Missouri

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1931

Born July 15

1939

Alfred was 8 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta

1948

Alfred was 17 when Truman ordered the armed forces desegregated

1950

Alfred was 19 when the Korean War began

1962

Alfred was 31 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

1976

Alfred was 45 when America celebrated its Bicentennial

1982

Alfred was 51 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"

1998

Alfred was 67 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America

2004

Alfred was 73 when Facebook was launched

2015

Alfred was 84 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway

2019

Passed away February 26, age 87

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Jefferson City, Missouri

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