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Ansley, Michelle b. January 24, 1956 d. April 22, 1974
Murder Victim. Victim of the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop Murders in Ogden, Utah. On April 22, 1974, Dale Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts, all airmen in the US Air Force, entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah. Pierre and Andrews forced five people (two women and three men) to drink Liquid Drano. Pierre then shot them in the head. Two of the victims, Cortney Naisbitt and Orren Walker survived. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother), Stanley Walker (Orren's son) and Michelle Ansley (who was also raped...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot to death after being forced to drink Liquid Drano
Lindquists Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Browning, John Moses b. January 23, 1855 d. November 26, 1926
Inventor. Born in Ogden, Utah, he was renowned gunsmith making his first gun from scrap metal when he was thirteen. He patented his first weapon a breech-loading single-shot rifle in 1879 and began work on an automatic machine gun in the 1890s. In 1895, his invention of the Browning machine-gun was purchased by the US Navy. The first automatic pistol designed by Browning was the .32 caliber Model 1900, followed by his most noted design the .45 ACP M1911 Government Model and Browning High-Power...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Cannon, Frank Jenne b. January 25, 1859 d. July 25, 1933
US Senator. United States Senator from Utah, serving from 1896 to 1899.
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Dixon, Henry A. b. June 29, 1890 d. January 22, 1967
US Congressman. In 1955, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, and Eighty-sixth Congresses and served until 1961. Not seeking re-nomination, he returned to his home state and devoted his life to better education. He was also a member of President's Commission on Higher Education from 1946 to 1948, president of Utah State University in 1953, and a instructor at Brigham Young University until 1965. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Kimball, Nathan b. November 22, 1822 d. January 21, 1898
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, Kimball became colonel of the 14th Indiana on June 7, 1861. Kimball was made a Brigadier General on April 16, 1862. In the summer of 1863 he commanded a division of the XVI corps in the siege of Vickburg. He also took part in the Atlanta Campaign first as a brigade then as a commander in the IV Corps. Kimball was brevetted Major General in 1865 and soon after the end of the war became state commander of the newly...[Read More]
Aultorest Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
McKay, Koln Gunn b. February 23, 1925 d. October 6, 2000
US Congressman. Elected to represent Utah's 1st District in the United States House of representatives, serving from 1971 to 1981. McKay was defeated in 1980, and again, in 1986. McKay also served as a Member of the Utah State House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967. (Bio by: K)
Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Weber County, Utah, USA
Minty, Robert Horatio George b. December 4, 1831 d. August 24, 1906
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He was commissioned as Major of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry on October 2, 1862, but held that duty for only a month before he was transferred to the 3nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. His time with the new regiment was again relatively brief, for in March 1862 he was given the task of recruiting another regiment that would become the 4th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. Promoted to Colonel and officially given command of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aultorest Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Plot: Block 10, Lot 6
Naisbitt, Carol b. December 25, 1922 d. April 22, 1974
Victim of the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop Murders in Ogden, Utah. On April 22, 1974, Dale Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts, all airmen in the US Air Force, entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah. Pierre and Andrews forced five people (two women and three men) to drink Liquid Drano. Pierre then shot them in the head. Two of the victims, Cortney Naisbitt and Orren Walker survived. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother), Stanley Walker (Orren's son) and Michelle Ansley (who was also raped by Pierre) died...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot to death after being forced to drink Liquid Drano
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Naisbitt, Cortney b. September 25, 1957 d. June 4, 2002
Late on the night of April 22, 1974, two airmen named Dale Pierre (aka Pierre Dale Shelby) and William Andrews entered the local Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah, where Stanley Walker and Michelle Ansley worked and Naisbitt was walking through. The two men decided they were going to rob the store. They overpowered the workers and Naisbitt and took them to the basement. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother) and Orren Walker (Stan's father) arrived at the store looking for their children after Cortney...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Olsen, Moroni b. June 27, 1889 d. November 22, 1954
Actor. He began his career on Broadway in the 1920s and organized the Moroni Olsen Players, one of the most prestigious touring stock companies in the business. He first came to films in the role of Porthos in the "The Three Musketeers" (1935), and followed in the comedy "Mummy's Boy" (1936). Thanks to his aristocratic bearing and classically trained voice, he was often called upon to play historical or authority figures. These included Buffalo Bill in "Annie Oakley" (1935), Robert E. Lee in "...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Orton, Bill b. September 22, 1948 d. April 18, 2009
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1979, commenced the practice of law and was an attorney with Internal Revenue Service. In 1991, he was elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving until 1997. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his legal practice. He died in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Little Sahara Recreation Area, Juab County, Utah. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Peterson, Morris Blaine b. March 26, 1906 d. July 15, 1985
US Congressman. Elected to represent Utah's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1961 to 1963. A native of Ogden, Utah, Peterson also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Utah in 1944, and as a Member of the Utah State Legislature in 1955. (Bio by: K)
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Richards, Franklin Dewey b. April 2, 1821 d. December 9, 1899
Apostle of The Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints. Nephew to Levi and Willard Richards, he journyed west and arrived at Haun's Mill only to find his brother killed and thrown down a well. Another brother died on the Batallion march, and lost two sons on the trek west. Pressing on faithful he served 4 times to Britain, 3 times as Mission President. Published there the first Pearl of Great Price, 30 years later becoming cannonized scripture of the Standard Works of the Church. Returning...[Read More] (Bio by: Chad Stowell)
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Singleton, Elmer b. June 26, 1918 d. January 5, 1996
Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander pitched sporadically for the Boston Braves (1945-46), Pittsburgh Pirates (1947-48), Washington Senators (1950) and Chicago Cubs (1957-59). When he was 18-8 for Seattle of Pacific Coast League in 1956, the Cubs traded third baseman Don Hoak, pitcher Warren Hacker and outfielder Pete Whisenant on Nov. 13, 1956 to the Cincinnati Reds for Singleton and third baseman Ray Jablonski. He went 3-2 during his brief stints with the Cubs. His lifetime totals...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber County, Utah, USA
Stringfellow, Douglas R. b. September 24, 1922 d. October 19, 1966
US Congressman. Elected to represent Utah's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1953 to 1955. A native of Draper, Utah, Stringfellow also served in the United States Army during World War II. He died in Long Beach, California.
Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Wahlen, George Edward b. August 8, 1924 d. June 5, 2009
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A US Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class (called Pharmacist's Mate at the time), he was decorated for heroism on Iwo Jima. Raised in Utah, Wahlen joined the Navy during WWII (initially wanting to be an aircraft mechanic), and was attached to the Second Battalion, 26th. Marines, in early 1945. Thru late February and early March, his unit saw heavy action. He was honored for saving the lives of 14 Marines, despite his own wounds, under heavy...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Plot: Section Good Sheppard Family Estate, Lot 115, Space 1
Walker, Robert b. October 13, 1918 d. August 28, 1951
Actor. Born Robert Hudson Walker in Salt Lake City. He was the son of Horace Walker, a Salt Lake City newspaper editor. He attended the San Diego Army and Navy Military Academy, the Pasadena California Playhouse Dramatic School and the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Following a school play lead at the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, he entered an acting contest at the Pasadena Playhouse which won him a top performance prize. At that time he met fellow student, Phyllis Isley, who was...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
Cause of death: Overdose of sedatives
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Walker, Stanley b. 1953 d. April 22, 1974
Victim of the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop Murders in Ogden, Utah. On April 22, 1974, Dale Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts, all airmen in the US Air Force, entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah. Pierre and Andrews forced five people (two women and three men) to drink Liquid Drano. Pierre then shot them in the head. Two of the victims, Cortney Naisbitt and Orren Walker survived. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother), Stanley Walker (Orren's son) and Michelle Ansley (who was also raped by Pierre) died...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot to death after being forced to drink Liquid Drano
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA

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