Jean MCKENZIE

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27 January 1934 ,

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16 December 2022 , Bangor, Maine, USA

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Born: 27 January 1934

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Jean married Robert TRUE abt. 1954 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert TRUE was born abt. 1934

Jean MCKENZIE died 16 December 2022 in Bangor, Maine, USA.

daughter of Alva McKenzie and Gladys Brown

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1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

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Bangor- Jean True, 88, died peacefully at her home on Dec 16, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 27, 1934, the daughter of Alva and Gladys (Brown) McKenzie.

Jean worked all her life, starting at Emples Knitting Mill, Sylvania, and you may have seen her at JC Penny as a Hairdresser. She really enjoyed working in sales at the JC Penny Jewelry Department. One of her last jobs was working at MCK’s Variety, a family-owned convenience store in Hampden. Jean enjoyed taking her children to camp at Spectacle Pond, then later enjoyed taking her grand kids. She loved to paint, her pets, and to win at Yahtzee.

Jean was predeceased by her husband, Robert True; siblings, Muriel Fortier, Lillian Allen, Phylis Young, and Donald McKenzie; Daughter-in-law, Kathy True.

Jean was survived by her two children; son, Ronald True of Levant, and daughter and care giver, Barbara (True) McKinnon and her husband, Ronald, of Hampden; her brother, William McKenzie and his wife,...Read full story

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