Bingham, Mark K. b. May 22, 1970 d. September 11, 2001 United Flight 93 Passenger. He was a rugby player who helped his University of California at Berkeley team earn two national titles. A big man nicknamed "Bear Trap", he also helped recruit and train members of San Francisco's first gay rugby team. He was the founder of a public relations firm with offices in San Francisco and New York. On September 11, 2001, Bingham, who had recently moved to New York City, was flying back to the Bay area to visit family. The plane was hijacked by terrorists...[Read More] (Bio by: Melanie) Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA Plot: Block 78, Row D, Grave 37
Dorsa, Frank J. b. August 11, 1907 d. January 17, 1996 Inventor, Entrepreneur. A native of San Jose, Dorsa and his brothers, Anthony and Sam, founded a food company in 1932, which they later named Eggo Food Products. In 1938 they purchased a potato chip company and shortly afterwards, Frank invented the continuous potato peeler to speed up the production process. In 1953 he invented a machine that allowed him to mass produce frozen waffles and his resulting product, the Eggo waffle, became an instant hit. The Dorsa family continued to own Eggo...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer) Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Kinkade, Thomas b. January 19, 1958 d. April 6, 2012 Artist. Called the "Painter of Light", he created a large body of popular and best-selling works that often depicted idyllic pastoral themes. Raised in Placerville, California, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, before transferring to Pasadena's famed Art Center College of Design. He was to spend the 1980s traveling and refining his craft, along the way publishing 1982's "The Artist's Guide to Sketching" and producing the background...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA
b. May 22, 1970 d. September 11, 2001