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We'll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory...let it be our song and think of me every time you hear it.

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Betty Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 15
Died: 1972
Died: January 17
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Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
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