Find A Grave - Waukesha County

Aitken, Harry E. b. October 4, 1877 d. August 1, 1956
Motion Picture Executive. A movie industry pioneer, he was one of the first to produce movies independent of Thomas Edison and the Motion Picture Patents Company. Along with his brother Roy, he founded a number of early motion picture production and distribution companies, most notable being the Mutual Film Corporation, the Epoch Producing Corporation, and the Triangle Pictures Corporation. Through a partnership with...[Read More]
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section N, Lot 90
Aitken, Roy b. June 13, 1882 d. October 28, 1976
Motion Picture Executive. A movie industry pioneer, he was one of the first to produce movies independent of Thomas Edison and the Motion Picture Patents Company. Along with his brother Harry, he founded a number of early motion picture production and distribution companies, most notable being the Mutual Film Corporation, the Epoch Producing Corporation, and the Triangle Pictures Corporation. Through a partnership with...[Read More] (Bio by: Prairie Home Staff)
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section N, Lot 90, Grave 1
Aspin, Leslie 'Les' b. July 21, 1938 d. May 21, 1995
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1971 to 1993. Appointed as United States Secretary of Defense during the first Clinton Administration, serving from 1993 to 1994. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Bovee, Matthias Jacob b. July 24, 1793 d. September 12, 1872
US Congressman. He was born in Amsterdam, New York and attended the local school until his father died in 1807, after which he worked on his family's farm and taught school. He became a merchant in 1815 and was involved in local government, including service as Chairman of the Amsterdam Town Board and member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors. Bovee also became active in other businesses, including railroads and the Montgomery County Bank. He served in the New York Militia in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Eagle, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Dreyfus, Lee Sherman b. June 20, 1926 d. January 2, 2008
Wisconsin Governor. He served as the 40th Governor of Wisconsin from January 4, 1979 to January 3, 1983. He was also a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. (Bio by: LeRoy A.)
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Felsch, Oscar 'Happy' b. August 22, 1891 d. August 17, 1964
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was an outfielder making his debut with the Chicago White Sox on April 14, 1915. For six seasons, he played with the Chicago White Sox (1915-20) and was a member of the White Sox World Series Championship in 1917. In 1919, Felsch was approached by gamblers to join a group of White Sox players that planned to lose the World Series. He was reluctant to go along with the plan at first but then eventually did because of the monetary...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Gardens of the Last Supper Mausoleum, "K" East, Crypt 43-D
Heil, Julius Peter b. July 24, 1876 d. November 30, 1949
Wisconsin Governor, Corporate Innovator. In 1901 he formed the Heil Company, pioneering the new metal joining process of welding which largely replaced riveting as the primary means of metal construction. The company grew into America's major manufacturers of dump and garbage trucks, storage and transport tanks, road building equipment, and home heating and cooling units. In 1938 he was the successful Republican nominee for Governor. Heil held office for two terms, 1939 to 1943. Defeated in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Keltner, Ken b. October 31, 1916 d. December 12, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. He is best remembered for being the third baseman who made dazzling plays in the first and seventh innings as the Cleveland Indians stopped Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak before 67,468 fans on July 17, 1941 at Muncipal Stadium. The New York Yankees star, who had hit .408 (91 for 223) with 15 homers during the streak, then went on another 16-game tear. Keltner had a 13-year career in the big leagues, during which time he played in seven All-Star Games and in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Kjelgaard, James Arthur 'Jim' b. December 10, 1910 d. July 12, 1959
Author. He was an award winning author of juvenille adventure stories, many of which featured the relationship between a boy and a dog. Perhaps the most famous of his stories was "Big Red," which was released as a movie by Disney studios shortly after his death in 1959. (Bio by: John Paul Laughlin)
Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Paul (Polsfuss), Les (Lester) b. June 9, 1915 d. August 12, 2009
Popular Music Pioneer. Born Lester William Polsfuss, he was known as the "Wizard of Waukesha" and the father of the electric guitar. Paul's career spanned from the jazz age through the new millennium. One of the world's best-known electric guitars, the Gibson Les Paul, is named after him. Paul was a star of television and radio in the early 1950s with his wife, Mary Ford, with hits such as "Tennessee Waltz," "How High the Moon" and "Vaya Con Dios." These hits employed a number of new recording...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Ruetz, Dr. Philip P. b. May 18, 1926 d. July 4, 2003
Physician and researcher. Known as the "Grandfather of Nuclear Medicine." He devoted his entire life to helping his patients. In 1958, he joined the staff in internal medicine at what is now Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He became a hematologist and began the study of nuclear medicine. He later became clinical director of the nuclear medicine laboratory at the VA. Dr. Ruetz was one of the first people in the country to be trained in clinical ultrasound. He established the first...[Read More] (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Sumner, Daniel Hadley b. September 15, 1837 d. May 29, 1903
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1885.
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Zimmermann Jr., Joseph James b. 1912 d. March 31, 2004
Inventor. Telephone answering machine in 1948; security device that automatically dials a phone number and conveys information from in case of an emergency; magnetic recorder used to monitor heart patients; system for accessing prerecorded lectures to earn college credit; airport system to send out landing information to planes 24 hours a day. Early examples on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.1935 graduate of Marquette University with a degree in electrical engineering. Served in the U.S...[Read More] (Bio by: Millennium Memorials)
Saint Marys Visitation Cemetery, Elm Grove, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA

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