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• Bierman, Bernie    b. March 11, 1894  d. March 7, 1977
  College Football Coach. Served as the Universit of Minnesota "Gophers" football coach, winning five national championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: Section 7D, Lot 102, Space 1
   
• Christianson, Theodore    b. September 12, 1883  d. December 9, 1948
  US Congressman, Minnesota Governor. Elected to represent Minnesota's 5th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1937. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives from 1915 to 1925, Governor of Minnesota from 1925 to 1931, and Republican Candidate for United States Senator from Minnesota in 1936. (Bio by: K)
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Kahler, Frank 'Nick'    b. March 18, 1891  d. January 8, 1983
  Hall of Fame Hockey Player. Born in Dollar Bay, Michigan, in 1916, he was a member of the St. Paul Athletic Club when they won the McNaughton Cup against Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and defeated Lachine, Quebec, for the Art Ross Trophy in 1920. In 1920 Kahler launched the Minneapolis Millers in the United States Amateur Hockey Association. His team the Millers won the league title in 1925 and Kahler was selected to coach the Augsburg College team to represent the United States in the 1928...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum, first floor, corridor 3
   
• Schultz, Howie 'Stretch'    b. July 3, 1922  d. October 30, 2009
  Major League Baseball Player, Professional Basketball Player, Coach. For six seasons (1943 to 1948), he played at the first base position with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. For six seasons (1946 to 1950, 1951 to 1953), he played at the center and forward positions in the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association with the Anderson Packers, Fort Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers. Born Howard Henry Schultz, he attended Central High School (...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Stakman, Elvin C.    b. May 17, 1885  d. January 22, 1979
  Scientist Pre-eminent plant pathologist who led the war against wheat diseases. Combating the fungus diseases called rusts, he attached Vaseline-coated slides to plane wings in 1921 and by collecting the parasitic red spores in the air, proved that the disease blew seasonality across the nation. A member of the University of Minnesota faculty (1909-1953) and the Rockefeller Foundation, Stakman increased the world's wheat yields by breeding new, hardier strains as the fungi also continued to...[Read More]
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Widseth, Ed    b. January 5, 1910  d. December 3, 1998
  Member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He played under coach Bernie Bierman on national championship teams in 1934, 1935 and 1936.
  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: Section 3, Lot 401, Grave 4
   

6 records found