Bertelli, Angelo b. June 18, 1921 d. June 26, 1999 College Football Player. Won the Heisman Trophy in 1943 as quarterback for Notre Dame. He later became a successful business man owning twenty liquor stores in New Jersey. Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Section St. Joseph, Row 13A
Daniels, Bernard Elmer "Bert" b. October 31, 1882 d. June 6, 1958 Major League Baseball Player. He was an outfielder and a infielder, making his debut for the New York Highlanders on June 25, 1910. For five seasons, he played with the New York Highlanders-New York Yankees (1910-13) and Cincinnati Reds in 1914. He concluded his career with a record of 486 hits, 295 runs scored, 5 home runs, 130 runs batted in and a .255 batting average. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Haas, George William 'Mule' b. October 15, 1903 d. June 30, 1974 Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for 12 seasons (1925, 1928 to 1938) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox. Played 4 games for the Pirates in 1925 before returning to the Minors, and emerging in 1928 with the Athletics. He divided his playing time with future Hall of Famer Tris Speaker, who was in his last season, and who brought Mule Haas under his tutelage. He responded to Speaker's lessons in 1929 by hitting .313...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: East Section, Tier 9, Grave 60 GPS coordinates: 40.8543205, -74.1940918 (hddd.dddd)
Hooper, Bob (Robert Nelson) b. May 30, 1922 d. March 17, 1980 Major League Baseball Player. Born in Ontario, Canada, he made his debut as a right handed pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics on April 19, 1950. For six seasons, he played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1950-52) Cleveland Indians (1953-54) and Cincinnati Reds in 1955. He ended his career with a record of 40 wins, 41 loss, 16 complete games, 25 saves, 196 strikeouts and a 4.80 earned run average. He died at age 57 in Brunswick, New Jersey. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Cause of death: Heart attack Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Our Lady Of Sorrows, Tier 3, Grave 25 GPS coordinates: 40.3528709, -74.1955185 (hddd.dddd)
Lamb, Joseph Francis b. December 6, 1887 d. September 3, 1960 Composer. He was a self-taught piano player regarded as one of the best composers of classic ragtime music. Using great diversity, his contributions to ragtime music literature surpassed ragtime's usual four-measure phrase structure. His many scores which are still in publication to date, included "Ethiopia Rag" (1909), "Champagne Rag" (1910), "American Beauty Rag" (1913), "Ragtime Nightingale" (1915), "The Top Liner Rag" (1916) and "Bohemia Rag" (1919). He died of a heart attack. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: East Section, Tier 5, Grave 10 GPS coordinates: 40.8542099, -74.1943130 (hddd.dddd)
Monte (Scaglione), Lou (Louis) b. April 2, 1917 d. June 12, 1989 Singer, Entertainer. Best known for his novelty hits "Pepino the Italian Mouse," "Lazy Mary" and "Domenic the Donkey." His Italian-American dialect gave his songs a unique style which was featured on 13 albums. In the 1950s and 60s he was a frequent guest on TV variety shows such as Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Merv Griffin, Perry Como, and Dick Clark, who regularly featured him on "American Bandstand." Monte retired to Florida with his 2nd wife in 1982 and died there on June 12, 1989. His...[Read More] (Bio by: jazztbn) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Calvary, Tier 19, Grave 6 GPS coordinates: 40.8536110, -74.1937027 (hddd.dddd)
O'Connell, Daniel Francis b. January 21, 1927 d. October 2, 1969 Major League Baseball Player. He was an infielder making his debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 14, 1950. For ten seasons, he played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950, 1953), Milwaukee Braves (1954-56), New York-San Francisco Giants (1957-59) and Washington Senators (1961-62). He his career ended with a record of 1049 hits, 39 home runs, 527 runs scored, 320 runs batted in and a .260 batting average. He died age of 42 in a car accident. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: St. Patrick's Tier 9 grave 30 GPS coordinates: 40.8553810, -74.1937027 (hddd.dddd)
Reulbach, Edward Marvin 'Big Ed' b. December 1, 1882 d. July 17, 1961 Major League Baseball Player. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut for the Chicago Cubs on May 16, 1905. For thirteen seasons, he played with the Chicago Cubs (1905-13), Brooklyn Dodgers in 1914 and Boston Braves in (1916-17). His best year was in 1908, when he pitched two shutouts in one day and won 24 games for the World Series Champions Chicago Cubs. He finished his career with a record of 182 wins, 106 loss, 201 complete games, 40 shutouts, 13 saves...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Plot: East Section, Tier 36, Grave 39 GPS coordinates: 40.8560982, -74.1932907 (hddd.dddd)