“Love you bunches” -Grandma Maryla
Maryla Mortensen Adams
July 1, 1947 – January 16, 2020
Lived 72 years
Elmo Cemetery · Elmo, Utah
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“Love you bunches” -Grandma Maryla
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1947
Born July 1
1949
Maryla was 2 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
1955
Maryla was 8 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1964
Maryla was 17 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
1971
Maryla was 24 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Maryla was 34 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Maryla was 47 when "Friends" premiered
2007
Maryla was 60 when the first iPhone went on sale
2015
Maryla was 68 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2020
Passed away January 16, age 72
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