In loving memory of
Patricia Diane Askelson
May 9, 1947 – November 25, 2018
Lived 71 years
Cedar Memorial · Cedar Rapids, IOWA
Don't cry over the past, it's gone. Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful
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1947
Born May 9
1949
Patricia was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1955
Patricia was 8 when Disneyland opened
1962
Patricia was 15 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Patricia was 24 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Patricia was 35 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Patricia was 51 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Patricia was 57 when Facebook was launched
2015
Patricia was 68 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2018
Passed away November 25, age 71
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