Find A Grave - Dakota County

Adams, Charles Powell b. March 3, 1831 d. November 2, 1893
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War as the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in as Captain and commander of Company H on April 30, 1861, less than a month after the war began. Promoted to Major (October 22, 1861) and Lieutenant Colonel (September 22, 1862), he was with his unit during the June-July 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. On the 2nd Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (June 2, 1862), he was wounded in the regiment's celebrated and suicidal charge...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lakeside Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 19, Lot 6
Awsumb, Roger b. July 10, 1928 d. July 15, 2002
Minneapolis, Minnesota area Television Personality. He portrayed a railroad enigineer, dressed in a pin-striped jacket, cap, and overalls, with a red 'kerchief' around his neck, and called himself "your old buddy, Casey Jones" (named after a real life railroad engineer). He entertained children from 1954 until late 1972 at noon on weekdays. During the half hour show he entertained the children with cartoons, birthday greetings, and silly comedy bits. The show was called "Lunch With Casey" and...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Edquist ~In Memory Of Aaron & Scrappy~)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Berryman, John b. October 25, 1914 d. January 7, 1972
American Confessional Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner. He is best known for his poetic works "The Dream Songs," which often revolved around the sordid details of his personal problems. Born John Allyn Smith in McAlester, Oklahoma, his father was a banker and his mother a schoolteacher. When he was 10, his family moved to Tampa, Florida, and his father committed suicide two years later. The tragic event would haunt him for the rest of his life. His mother remarried another banker whose last name was...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 60, Block 34, Grave 107
Binz, Rev. Leo b. October 31, 1900 d. October 9, 1979
Roman Catholic Archbishop. Archbishop Binz was the sixth Archbishop of Dubuque. It is believed that he was the first priest of the Rockford, Illinois Diocese to become a Bishop. Archbishop Binz was ordained a Priest on Mar 15, 1924, and was ordained a Bishop in December of 1942. In 1942, Binz was named the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Winona, Minnesota due to the failing health of Bishop Francis Kelley of Winona. In 1943 he was named the Coadjutor Bishop of that Diocese. While...[Read More] (Bio by: Jesse)
Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Giuliani, Angelo John 'Tony' b. November 24, 1912 d. October 8, 2004
Major League Baseball Player. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a catcher making his debut with the St. Louis Browns on April 18, 1936. For seven seasons, he played with the St. Louis Browns (1936-37), Washington Senators (1938-39, 1943) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-41). He concluded his career with a record of 157 hits, 58 runs scored, 69 runs batted in and a .233 batting average. He died at age 91 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Grant (Applegate), Shauna (Colleen Marie) b. May 30, 1963 d. March 23, 1984
Adult Film Star. Born Colleen Marie Applegate in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, her family soon moved to Farmington, Minnesota, where she grew up, graduating from Farmington High School in 1981. Her high school interests were in cheerleading and softball. After graduation, she took a job with her father's telephone company, but growing tired of the rural scene, she and boyfriend Mike Marcell soon took off for Hollywood with dreams of becoming film stars. Finding real film jobs...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Self-inflicted gunshot wound
Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Hill, James J. b. September 16, 1838 d. May 29, 1916
Railroad Pioneer. Born in Ontario, Canada, he was the chief railroad executive responsible for establishing the Great Northern Railway lines which served the upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest of America. In 1873, as a steamboat shipping businessman in Minnesota, he saw the need to expand railways to the western territories. Between 1883 and 1889, he built his Great Northern Railway lines all the way across north America, the Great Plains, the Rockies to Seatle...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 15
Kassulke, Karl b. March 20, 1941 d. October 26, 2008
Professional Football Player. He made his National Football League debute in 1963, as a safety for the Minnesota Vikings. In ten seasons with the Vikings 1963 to 1972, he played in Super Bowl IV 1970 and was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1971. Kassulke's career ended when he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 1973. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Keith, Thomas Alan 'Tom' b. December 21, 1946 d. October 30, 2011
Radio Personality. He was a noted sound effects man for Garrison Keillor who hosted Minnesota Public Radio's "The Morning Show" as well as "A Prairie Home Companion." After high school, he served in the Marine Corps for four years and went on to earn a degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972. He started his career as an engineer for Keillor when he began his radio broadcast "The Morning Show," then later he joined Keillor on "A Prairie Home Companion," providing sound effects and...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
LeVander, Harold P. b. October 10, 1910 d. March 30, 1992
Governor of Minnesota. He was admitted to the bar in 1932 and opened a law practice in Saint Paul, Minnesota. From 1935 to 1939, he was an assistant district attorney for Dakota County. In 1966, he was elected the 32nd Governor of Minnesota and served until 1971. Not seeking reelection, he resumed legal practice until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Montantes, Johnny b. June 10, 1969 d. September 28, 1997
Boxer. He was a lightweight boxer with a record of 28 wins and 4 losses with 22 of those wins coming by way of a knockout. On September 26 1997 he was knocked out in the 6th round by James Crayton. He suffered a brain injury during the fight and died from the injury at a Las Vegas hospital on September 28, 1997. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Ryan, Elmer James b. May 26, 1907 d. February 1, 1958
US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1941.
Cause of death: Automobile accident
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Stassen, Harold b. April 13, 1907 d. March 4, 2001
Minnesota Governor. He was elected to the first of three two-year terms as Minnesota governor in 1938 at the age of 31 - the youngest governor in the nation at the time. He resigned the governorship to enter United States Navy in World War II. He was one of eight United States signers of the charter to establish the United Nations in 1945. He ran for President of the United States nine times, the most serious being in 1948 when he closely contested Thomas Dewey for the Republican nomination. He...[Read More]
Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Cedar Section, Block 18 Lot A
GPS coordinates: 44.8778915, -93.1688538 (hddd.dddd)
Woog, Doug [future burial site] b. January 26, 1944
Woog was a hockey All-American at the University of Minnesota and later coached the Minnesota Gophers hockey team.
Oak Hill Cemetery, South Saint Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA

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