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• Connor, John Thomas    b. November 3, 1914  d. October 6, 2000
  US Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1936 and received a law degree from Harvard University in 1939. He practiced law until 1942 and then became General Counsel for the federal Office of Scientific Research and Development, working on penicillin production. During World War II he was an air combat intelligence officer with the Marine Corps and saw action in the Pacific Theater. In 1947 he joined Merck Pharmaceutical and became the company's President in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Cusick, Fred   b. November 7, 1918  d. September 15, 2009
  Hall of Fame Sports Broadcaster. Longtime voice of the Boston Bruins, he called their radio and later television broadcasts from 1952 until his retirement in 1997. He was educated at Northeastern University and served in the United States Navy during World War II, prior to beginning his radio career at Boston-area stations. Among his career highlights include calling the Bruins' Stanley Cup Championship seasons of 1969-1970 and 1971-1972. He was inducted into the Broadcasters Wing of the Hockey...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Gifford, Charles Laceille    b. March 15, 1871  d. August 23, 1947
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 15th and 16th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1922 until his death in 1947. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1912, and Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1914.
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Jarvis, Judy    b. April 6, 1945  d. March 7, 2000
  Emmy Award winning journalist.
  Cause of death: cancer
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Petze, James M.   b. December 30, 1944  d. September 12, 1993
  Musician. A native of Cohassett, Massachusetts, Petze was a drummer with the 1960s musical group, The Rondels. Formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1961, the other members included guitarist Leonard Petze, saxophonist Raymond Pizzi, and drummer Lenny Collins. Known for their styles of rockabilly, instrumental, and surf music, they were often mistaken for Delbert McClinton's Ron-Del's (sometimes called the Rondells), and an Australian rock group called the Rhondells. Together the group...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Schwarm, Edward G.   b. October 16, 1922  d. May 20, 2005
  NASA Electrical Engineer, Innovator. He was working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Laboratory, now Draper Labs, when the school teamed with NASA on the Apollo missions. Formerly chief designer of the DC-8 aircraft flight simulator, he headed design for the Apollo Space Program's self-contained guidance systems for the command and lunar landing modules. As electrical engineer his work on the Apollo space program helped NASA land the Apollo 11 mission, the first man...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
   

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