In loving memory of our parents Don and Marie
Marie Fern Hendrickson
April 24, 1930 – January 14, 2019
Lived 88 years
Chapel Hill · Kansas City, Kansas
A hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, nor how much money I had in the bank. But the world may be a better place because I was important in the life of a child.
Life story
Don and Marie were married 55 years. They had 7 children.
Don was a mechanic. Marie was a clerical worker.
Don loved bee keeping and fishing. Marie loved working in her iris garden and being a 4-H leader.
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1930
Born April 24
1939
Marie was 9 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Marie was 12 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1955
Marie was 25 when the Salk polio vaccine was declared safe and effective
1964
Marie was 34 when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
1976
Marie was 46 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Marie was 59 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1995
Marie was 65 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Marie was 75 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2016
Marie was 86 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2019
Passed away January 14, age 88
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