In loving memory
Leo Charles Shoemaker
February 9, 1922 – February 23, 2000
Lived 78 years
Highland · Medicine Lodge, Kansas
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1922
Born February 9
1928
Leo was 6 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1939
Leo was 17 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Leo was 23 when World War II ended
1959
Leo was 37 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Leo was 47 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Leo was 49 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Leo was 59 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
Leo was 73 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2000
Passed away February 23, age 78
Also resting here
The Shoemaker name at Highland
Rose Mary Shoemaker1922 – 2016
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