Find A Grave - Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park

Antonini, Alfredo b. May 31, 1901 d. November 3, 1983
Conductor, Composer. He was an organist-pianist with the La Scala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini before coming to the US. Antonini was a conductor of the CBS (radio and television) Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and music director at CBS-TV; his television broadcasts for CBS included "Cinderella" (1957), which starred Julie Andrews. He received the National Association for American Composers and Conductors Award for distinguished service to music, and received an Emmy Award for best...[Read More] (Bio by: Audrey)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Brackenborough, John C. 'Spider' b. February 9, 1897 d. July 8, 1993
Professional Hockey Player. A native of Parry Sound, Ontario, Brackenborough played the position of Left Wing for teams in the NHL, NOHA, OHA-Sr, and he OCHL hockey leagues. At 5'11", and 170lbs, Brackenborough played for the Ottawa Grand Trunk from 1915 to 1919, Depot Harbour from 1919 to 1920, North Bay Trappers from 1920 to 1922, Hamilton Tigers from 1922 to 1924, Galt Terriers from 1924 to 1925, and the Boston Bruins from 1925 to 1926. After his hockey career was over due to an eye injury...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Campbell, Courtney Warren b. April 29, 1895 d. December 22, 1971
US Congressman. Served during World War I in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant. Elected to represent Florida’s 1st District as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1955. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Cheek, Tom b. June 13, 1939 d. October 9, 2005
Sports Announcer. A native of Pensacola, Florida, he was the longtime play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. He became the team's announcer on April 7, 1977, and ended his run on June 3, 2004. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Broadcasting in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his career in Plattsburgh, New York, before moving onto Burlington, Vermont, where he became a corporate sales manager and sports director. Besides announcing for the Toronto Blue Jays, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Plot: Marble bench
Dundee, Angelo b. August 30, 1921 d. February 1, 2012
Hall of Fame Professional Boxing Figure. A well-respected trainer, he was instrumental in shaping the careers of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. Born Angelo Mirena in a predominantly Italian section of South Philadelphia, he took an interest in boxing chiefly due to his older brothers Chris who was a promoter and Joe who was a fighter. Following service during World War II, Angelo (along with his brothers) adopted the last name Dundee to prevent his parents from learning of his association...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Fascell, Dante Bruno b. March 9, 1917 d. November 28, 1998
US Congressman. He was a lawyer in practice in Florida, when commissioned a Captain in the US Army, serving in the African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns during World War II. After the war he was legal attaché to the State Legislative Delegation from Dade County from 1947 to 1950 and a member of the Florida State House of Representatives from 1950 to 1954. In 1955 he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress and to the eighteen succeeding Congresses, serving until 1993. He also...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Lenski, Lois b. October 14, 1893 d. September 11, 1974
Author. Popular and prolific American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of her projects was a collection of regional novels about children across the United States. Titles in this series include her most famous work, Strawberry Girl, about a girl in Florida; Blue Ridge Billy, about a North Carolina youth living in rural Appalachia; Bayou Suzette, etc. In 1946 she was awarded the Newbery Medal for Strawberry Girl. For over fifty years Lois Lenski pursued her professional career...[Read More]
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
McMullen, Chester Bartow b. December 6, 1902 d. November 3, 1953
US Congressman, Elected to represent Florida's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1951 to 1953.
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Plot: Garden of Hope, 5 U, Grave 1
Schiavo (Schindler), Terri (Theresa) Marie b. December 3, 1963 d. March 31, 2005
Social Rights Figure, Medical Figure. After a heart attack in 1990 left her in a comatose state that was later diagnosed as a 'permanent vegetative state,' the fight between her husband, Michael Schiavo, and her parents, Mary and Bob Schindler, as to whether she wished to be kept alive or to die caused a running legal battle that lasted for 15 years. Married to Michael Schiavo in 1984, she suffered massive brain damage after a cardiac arrest, which was diagnosed at the time to have been brought...[Read More]
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Young, Charles D. 'Chic' b. January 9, 1901 d. March 14, 1973
Cartoonist. He is best remembered for creating the popular, long-running comic strip "Blondie." He was born in Chicago, Illinois where is father was a shoe salesman and his mother was an artist, who encouraged him to draw. He graduated from high school in Saint Louis, Missouri, and returned to Chicago, working as a stenographer while attending night school at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, le learned that the Newspaper Enterprise Association was looking for an artist to do a comic strip...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

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