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• Baldwin, Melvin Riley  b. April 12, 1838  d. April 15, 1901
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1895.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Blatnik, John Anton   b. August 11, 1911  d. December 17, 1991
  US Congressman. Served in the United States Army Air Force in World War II (1939-1945). Elected to represenat Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1947 to 1975. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota State Senate from 1940 to 1944.
  Calvary Cemetery, Chisholm, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: (Northeast Region) Block H-1 Lot 125
   
• Bretto, Joseph Thomas "Joe"  b. November 28, 1912  d. January 27, 2007
  Professional Hockey Player. A native of Hibbing, Minnesota, he played the position of defense for the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks (1944 to 1945). The 6'01, and 250lbs, Bretto also played for several minor league teams of the CHL, CAHL, AHA, USHL, and the IHL, including the Hibbing Maroons, Hibbing Miners, Minneapolis Millers, St. Paul Saints, Cleveland Barons, and the Windsor Bulldogs. Known by the nickname of "Brute" because of his large frame, Bretto is primarily remembered...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Maple Hill Cemetery, Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Brimsek, Frank 'Mr. Zero'    b. September 26, 1913  d. November 11, 1998
  Hall of Fame Hockey Player. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, he started his hockey career playing as a goaltender for the Pittsburgh Yellowjackets of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League in the early 1930s. In 1938, he joined the Boston Bruins and was nicknamed "Mr. Zero" because he twice had three consecutive shutouts as their goalie, winning the NHL Rookie of the Year Award. With the Bruins, he helped the team win the Stanley Cup four times in (1938-39 and 1940-41). After serving in the US Coast...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Calvary Cemetery, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Brink, Milton 'Curly'    b. October 26, 1910  d. October 31, 1999
  Professional Hockey Player. A native of Hibbing, Minnesota, he played the position of center for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1936 to 1937 in the National Hockey League.
  Eveleth Cemetery, Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Carss, William Leighton    b. February 5, 1865  d. May 21, 1931
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919-1921 and 1925-1929. He was defeated in 1922 as a Democrat and in 1930 as Farm-Labor.
  Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Colalillo, Michael 'Mike'   b. December 1, 1925  d. December 30, 2011
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. One of nine children born to Italian immigrants, he enlisted in the US Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on February 2, 1944. Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, his company was pinned downed by heavy artillery, mortar, and machinegun fire in the vicinity of Untergriesheim, Germany on April 7, 1945. Colalillo used a supporting tank to run forward, inspiring his comrades to do the same. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Courtney Jr., Henry Alexius    b. January 6, 1916  d. May 15, 1945
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as a Major, Executive Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines, 6th Marine Division in action against Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Islands. On May 14 and 15, 1945, he was ordered to hold for the night in static defense behind Sugar Loaf Hill after leading his command in a prolonged fire fight. He weighed the effect of a hostile counterattack and obtained permission to advance and seize the forward slope of the hill...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Calvary Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Larson, Oscar John  b. May 20, 1871  d. August 1, 1957
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1925. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• MacGregor, Clark    b. July 12, 1922  d. February 10, 2003
  US Congressman. Elected to the United States House of Representatives to serve the 3rd distrct of Minnesota from 1961-1971.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Miller, John   b. October 29, 1843  d. October 26, 1908
  North Dakota Governor. Served as Governor of North Dakota from 1889 to 1891. (Bio by: Lisa S)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Morris, Robert Page Walter  b. 1853  d. 1924
  US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Minnesota's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1903. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Munger, Willard 'Mr. Environment'   b. January 20, 1911  d. July 11, 1999
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota in the Minnesota State House of Representatives, serving from 1955 to 1964 and 1967 until his death in 1999. He was defeated in 1934 and 1952. He served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's history. (Bio by: K)
  Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: 2nd Division of O, Lot 68, Grave 2
   
• Palazzari, Aldo    b. July 25, 1918  d. May 12, 2007
  Professional Hockey Player. A native of Eveleth, Minnesota, Palazzari was educated at the Eveleth High School and the Eveleth Junior College. As a young man, he excelled at hockey and he used his skills to obtain his education at the University of Illinois, later playing with their hockey team in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Union from 1939 to 1940. A star player, he first played with the United States Hockey League's Eveleth Rangers from 1938 to 1940, the Akron Clippers from 1941 to...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Eveleth Cemetery, Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Papike, Joseph John 'Joe'    b. March 28, 1914  d. May 28, 1967
  Professional Hockey Player. A native of Eveleth, Minnesota, Papike played the position of Right Wing for teams in the NHL, TBSHL, AHA, CHL, and the EAHL hockey leagues. At 5'11", and 175lbs, Papike played for the Virginia Rockets from 1931 to 1932, Eveleth Rangers from 1932 to 1934, Baltimore Orioles from 1934 to 1935, Wichita Skyhawks from 1935 to 1939, Kansas City Greyhounds from 1939 to 1940, Chicago Blackhawks from 1940 to 1942, Kansas City Americans from 1940 to 1946, and the Duluth...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Eveleth Cemetery, Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Pittenger, William Alvin  b. 1885  d. 1951
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1929-1933, 1935-1937 and 1939-1947. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Stearns, Ozora Pierson   b. January 15, 1831  d. June 2, 1896
  US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Minnesota to the United States Senate, serving in 1871.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Woolson, Albert    b. February 11, 1847  d. August 2, 1956
  Last Surviving Union Civil War Veteran. The son of a Union soldier who died of wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, at age 17 he enlisted as a Drummer Boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery in October 1864. The unit performed garrison frontier duty, and never saw action during the war. He was honorably discharged on September 7, 1865. When he died at age 109 in 1956, he was the last surviving Union Army veteran, outliving James Albert Hard of the 37th New York Volunteer...[Read More]
  Park Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   

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