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• Bates (Reed), Barbara (Barbara Jane)    b. August 6, 1925  d. March 18, 1969
  Movie and TV actress of the 1940s and 50s. After winning a local beauty contest, she won a trip to Hollywood where she met Cecil Coen, a publicist for UA whom would later be her first husband. Her second husband was William Reed. After some bit parts and a cover of Yank magazine in 1945, she won some parts in "A" list films, including "The Inspector General," costarring Danny Kaye, with whom she reportedly had a brief affair. Her most memorable role was the shortest in 1950. In "All About Eve,"...[Read More] (Bio by: Greg Smith)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Section 2, Block 69, Lot 144, Unit A
  GPS coordinates: 39.7549896, -105.0928802 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Biggs, Richard   b. March 18, 1960  d. May 22, 2004
  Actor. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Biggs is best remembered for his role as 'Dr. Stephen Franklin' on the television sci-fi series, "Babylon 5" from 1994 to 1998. He also appeared in "Days Of Our Lives" as 'Marcus Hunter' from 1987 to 1992, "Any Day Now" as 'Bill Moody' from 1998 to 1999, "The Guiding Light" as 'Clayton Boudreaux' from 2001 to 2004, "Tremors" as 'Roger Garret' from 2003 to 2004, and in several other television appearances including, "T.J. Hooker", "The Twilight Zone", "Diagnois...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
   
• Bjorkman, Ernest H    b. December 18, 1881  d. September 16, 1912
  US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Ordinary Seaman in the US Navy. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on the rocks of Block Island, Rhode Island. His citation reads "On board the USS Leyden, 21 January 1903, Bjorkman displayed heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 26, Lot 122, Space 9
   
• Chase, Mary    b. February 25, 1906  d. October 20, 1981
  Playwright, Journalist. She was a pioneering female newspaper reporter, starting with the Denver "Rocky Mountain News" from 1924 to 1931, and later working for United Press International news agency and the International News Service. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for her play "Harvey", a drama about inebriated drinker 'Elwood P. Dowd' and his best friend and constant companion, a six foot tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. Mary Chase would subsequently write the screenplay for...[Read More] (Bio by: GravesScribe)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 35, Lot 324 Section 6
  GPS coordinates: 39.7558098, -105.8722000 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Coors, Adolph    b. February 4, 1847  d. June 5, 1929
  Businessman. Beer Magnate who started the Coors Brewing Company. He was born to Joseph and Helena Kuhrs in Barmen in the Rheinland area of Prussia. As was normal for the times, he began an apprenticeship as a teenager in nearby Ruhrort until his family moved to Dortmund, Westphalia, in 1862 and then began a new apprenticeship with a Dortmund brewery. That same year both of his parents died. He completed the apprenticeship then worked as an employee at the Wenker Brewery until 1867. Then began...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
  Cause of death: Suicide
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 41, Space 4
  GPS coordinates: 39.7594109, -105.8989029 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hilliard, Judge. Benjamin Clark    b. January 9, 1868  d. August 8, 1951
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Colorado's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1919. He was defeated as a Democrat in 1920. Also served as a Member of the Colorado State Legislature, Justice of the Colorado State Supreme Court from 1931 until his death in 1951, and Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1939 to 1941, and 1949 until his death in 1951. (Bio by: K)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 33, Lot 78, Space 3
   
• Hogg, Herschel Millard  b. November 21, 1853  d. August 27, 1934
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Colorado's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1907. (Bio by: K)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 38, Lot 100, Space 3
   
• Lee, Clifford W. 'Cliff'  b. August 4, 1896  d. August 25, 1988
  Major League Baseball Player. The outfielder who also played some first base and caught was a .300 hitter during eight seasons in the big leagues, but he's best remembered for being victimized twice in triple plays as a baserunner. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1919 to 1920), the Philadelphia Phillies (1921 to 1924), the Cincinnati Reds (1924) and the Cleveland Indians (1925 to 1926). He never was quite a regular, even though he hit .308 in 88 games in 1921, .321 in 107 games in 1923...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 68, Lot 398, Space B-3.
   
• McLean, Robert Lloyd 'Barney'   b. December 23, 1917  d. July 19, 2005
  Olympic Athlete. An American skiing pioneer, he was born in Lander, Wyoming, and raised in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, he was on skis by age four and was still skiing 84 years later in the winter before his death. Won his first prize at age 13 when he captured the Western Boys Jumping Championship. After winning the National Class B Ski-Jumping Championship in 1935, he switched to alpine skiing and collected a series of awards that eventually included every major race in North America. Among...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 3, Lot 137, Space D-2
   
• Wortman, George G   b. August 15, 1841  d. May 19, 1913
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the US Army in Company B, 8th US Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action in the Arizona Territory during August-October 1868. His citation reads "Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Block 26, Lot 192, Space 1
   

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