Find A Grave - Memorial Oaks Cemetery

Casey, Bob (Robert Randolph) b. July 27, 1915 d. April 17, 1986
US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1959 to 1976. Also served as a Member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1948 to 1949, and County Judge from 1950 to 1958. (Bio by: K)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Devore, Hugh b. November 25, 1910 d. December 8, 1992
Football coach, 1945-63. He was a coach for Norte Dame and the Green Bay Packers. He recommended Vince Lombardi as coach of the Green Bay Packers.
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 2 Lot 157 Space 4
GPS coordinates: 29.4699192, -95.3697968 (hddd.dddd)
Evers, Walter Arthur 'Hoot' b. February 8, 1921 d. January 25, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as an outfielder for twelve seasons (1941, 1946 to 1956) with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians. He was an outstanding College player who gave 4 of his prime playing years to military service during World War II. His signing by the Tigers in February 1941 contributing to their releasing fading star Earl Averill. Playing in the Minors the rest if the year, he achieved a one-game...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Haas (Russell), Russ (Thomas) b. March 11, 1974 d. December 15, 2001
Professional Wrestler, Entertainer. Teamed with his brother Charlie as "The Haas Brothers" and "The Haas of Pain," they won the PCW Tag Team Title, JAPW Tag Team Titles, CZW Tag Team Titles, MCW Southern Tag Team Titles and the ECWA Tag Team Title. The brothers were about to be signed by the WWE, when Russ died very suddenly in his sleep from a heart attack. (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Executive Estates #132 [unmarked]
Hernandez, Gino b. August 8, 1957 d. January 30, 1986
Gino Hernandez held nearly every major wrestling title in the World Class Championship Wrestling Association. He had been in the wrestling profession since he was sixteen years old and wrestled his first professional match at the age of seventeen. In the last year of his life, Gino held both the Texas Heavyweight title and the American Heavyweight title as well as the World Class Six Man tag championship. In 1985, he teamed with the late "Gentleman" Chris Adams to form the Dynamic Duo;...[Read More]
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 212, Lot 165 2c
Jaworski, Leon b. September 19, 1905 d. December 9, 1982
Lawyer. He is best remembered as the 2nd Special Prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal, replacing Archibald Cox who was dismissed. Born Leonidas Jaworski in Waco, Texas his father, a Polish immigrant, was an evangelical minister and his mother was an Austrian immigrant. After graduating from Waco High School, where he was a champion debater, he attended Baylor Law School in Waco and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree and received his Master's Degree in law at The George Washington University...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Keane, Johnny b. September 3, 1911 d. January 6, 1967
Major League Baseball Manager. A long-time coach who never broke into the Majors as a player, he was named to manage the St. Louis Cardinals in 1961. After two bottom-dwelling seasons with St. Louis, he was able to build a successful team with players such as Bob Gibson, Bill White, Lou Brock and Tim McCarver. The Cardinals finished in 2nd place in 1963 (their highest finish since 1957). In 1964 he was able to lead St. Louis to a National League Pennent victory, and their first post-season...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, West corridor I, crypt 118E
Lipon, Johnny (John Joseph) b. November 10, 1922 d. August 17, 1998
Professional Baseball Player. During his nine years in the major leagues, he played with four teams. He started with the Detroit Tigers (1942, 1946, 1948-52), then played for the Boston Red Sox (1952-53), St. Louis Browns (1953), and finished with the Cincinnati Redlegs (1954). He was an infielder, primarily playing the shortstop position. He had a career batting average of .259 with 266 runs batted in. He was manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1971. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Martin, Slater 'Dugie' b. October 22, 1925 d. October 18, 2012
Hall of Fame Professional Basketball Player, Coach. For eleven seasons (1949 to 1960), he played at the guard position with the Minneapolis Lakers, New York Knicks and St. Louis Hawks. Born Slater Nelson Martin, Jr., he attended Jefferson Davis High School in Houston and following service with the United States Military during World War II, he played collegiate basketball at the University of Texas (Austin). While with the Longhorns, he made a remarkable impression on the hardwood as a key...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Nixon, Joan Lowery b. 1926 d. June 28, 2003
Author. Nixon was an author of mainly young adult mystery. She was born in 1926 and studied at the University of Southern California where she received a degree in Journalism. In her long writing career she wrote over 140 books, which were published in 20 different languages. She was honoured several times with numerous awards for her writing including 4 Edgar Awards and The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for 4 of her mysteries. Nixon's several books include, "The Kidnappimg...[Read More]
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Pollet, Howard Joseph 'Howie' b. June 26, 1921 d. August 8, 1974
Professional Baseball Player. Left handed pitcher signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. After going 20-3 in 1941 for the Houston Buffaloes in the Southern League he was promoted to the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1943 he was 8-4 with the Cardinals. He was leading the league with a 1.75 Earned Run Average but left the team before the end of the season to join the military and fight in the war. He returned from the war and in 1946 he went 21-10 with a 2.10 ERA leading the Cardinals to the National...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Vandiver, Dr. Frank Everson b. December 9, 1925 d. January 7, 2005
Historian, Author, University President. He worked for the United States Air Force as a historian during the Second World War. He earned a Rockefeller fellowship in the humanities and American Studies at the University of Texas where he earned his Master's Degree in 1949 and later a doctorate from Tulane in 1951. He began teaching at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and at Rice University in Houston, Texas where he became a full professor by 1958 and remained with Rice until 1979...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Woodeshick, Hal b. August 24, 1932 d. June 14, 2009
Major League Baseball Player. Born Harold Joseph Woodeshick, he was a left-handed pitcher for eleven seasons (1956, 1958 to 1967) with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Houston Colt .45s/Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a member of the 1967 World Champion Cardinals' team, and appeared in one game during the World Series. Among his other notable career highlights include National League All Star selection in 1963, and league leader in saves with 23 in 1964. In 427...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Plot: Niche in the Botanical Garden

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