In loving memory
Clara “Betty” Elizabeth Shoup Newman
October 30, 1923 – January 19, 2007
Lived 83 years
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1923
Born October 30
1928
Clara was 5 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1935
Clara was 12 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1941
Clara was 18 when the United States entered World War II
1959
Clara was 36 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Clara was 39 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
1977
Clara was 54 when Elvis Presley died
1982
Clara was 59 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Clara was 75 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Clara was 82 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2007
Passed away January 19, age 83
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