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Portrait of Bill And Betty Cullen
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All because two people fell in Love. Dancing at Grammy’s.

Bill And Betty Cullen

Papa & Grammy
September 28, 1925 – November 11, 2009
Lived 84 years
Oakmont · Pleasant Hill, CA
My Lover Darlin, I’m not feeding all these kids, Bet is she latching on?
In service to country

Thank you for your service

Bill served in the armed forces. We honor that service here.

Life story

William Cullen, survived by their 6 children, Grammy and Papa to their 20 grandkids and great grandkids. Papa was a Marine Sniper and met when Grammy was 17. Their home was always open where friends were family.

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The world Bill knew

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1925
Born September 28
1927
Bill was 2 when Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic
1939
Bill was 14 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Bill was 20 when World War II ended
1950
Bill was 25 when the Korean War began
1962
Bill was 37 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1976
Bill was 51 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Bill was 64 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
Bill was 73 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Bill was 76 when Apple introduced the iPod
2009
Passed away November 11, age 84
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Cathie Marlow 105w

Door is always open at Grammy & Papa’s house

I was in high school before I understood that not everyone at Grammy’s is blood relatives, a cousin or aunt or uncle, because everyone is family. The door was always open, all are welcome, always and forever.

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