Cameron, James b. February 23, 1914 d. June 11, 2006 Social Reformer. He founded America's Black Holocaust Museum. Born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, he moved with his family to Marion, Indiana, where, at age 16, he was wrongly convicted as an accessory in the 1930 murder of a white man. He narrowly escaped a mob lynching which claimed the lives of the two accused who were his high school friends. He was paroled in 1935. Then moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for Stroh's Brewing Company and attended Wayne State University. In Madison...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Cannon, Raymond Joseph b. August 26, 1894 d. November 25, 1951 US Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1933 to 1939, but was defeated in 1938, and 1944. He also served as a Candidate for Justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court in 1930, and as a Candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1940, and 1942. (Bio by: K) Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
MacDonald, John Dann b. July 24, 1916 d. December 28, 1986 Famous fiction mystery and science fiction writer. MacDonald was famous for writing the Travis McGee Mystery series. Some of his other science fiction books include Wine of Dreamers (1951), The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything (1962), and Other Times, Other Worlds (1978). MacDonald published 78 books and close to 500 short stories during his lifetime. There are over 75 million copies of his books in print. Some of the penn names that MacDonald has written under are John Dann, John Wade...[Read More] (Bio by: Charles Johnathan Baumer) Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Raymonds, Hank b. March 5, 1924 d. December 6, 2010 College Basketball Coach. He shall be best remembered as successor to the legendary Al McGuire at Marquette University. Raised in St. Louis, he was a standout in basketball, baseball, and football at St. Louis University High School; after attending St. Louis University for one year he joined the US Marine Corps in 1943. Following World War II he returned to college, playing both basketball and baseball for the Billikens. Graduating in 1949, he was drafted by the Boston Braves but instead...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA Plot: Crypt: 20, Tier: C, Outside: Cc-19
b. February 23, 1914 d. June 11, 2006
