Index to Locations ChisholmUnknown locationDuluthCalvary CemeteryDuluthForest Hill CemeteryDuluthOneota CemeteryElyUnknown locationEvelethEveleth CemeteryHermantownSunrise Memorial ParkHibbingMaple Hill CemeteryVirginiaUnknown locationVirginiaGreenwood Cemetery
UnknownLocation
Chisholm, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  John Anton Blatnik (1911-1991) — also known asJohn A. Blatnik — of Chisholm,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Chisholm,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,August17, 1911.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMinnesotastate senate 60th District, 1941-46; served in the U.S. Army AirForce in World War II;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1947-75; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Minnesota,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1960,1964(delegation chair); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Minnesota, 1963.Died, fromheartfailure, in Forest Heights,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,December17, 1991 (age80 years, 122days).Interment somewhere.
CalvaryCemetery
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Edgar Culkin (1860-1949) — also known asWilliam E. Culkin — of Buffalo,WrightCounty, Minn.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1860.Lawyer;WrightCounty Attorney, 1887; member ofMinnesotastate senate 38th District, 1895-98.Member,OddFellows.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 25,1949 (age88 years, 253days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Medor E. Louisell (b. 1870) — of Frankfort,BenzieCounty, Mich.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,1870.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 27th District,1907-08.Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Forest HillCemetery
2516 Woodland Avenue
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Miller (1843-1908) — of North Dakota. Born in Dryden,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1843.Republican.Delegateto North Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889;Governor ofNorth Dakota, 1889-91.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October26, 1908 (age64 years, 363days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) — also known asOzora P. Stearns — of Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Born in DeKalb,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,January15, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;OlmstedCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;mayorof Rochester, Minn., 1866-68;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11thDistrict, 1874-95.Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 2,1896 (age65 years, 139days).Cremated;ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.  | William Alvin Pittenger (1885-1951) — also known asWilliam A. Pittenger — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born near Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,1885.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 58, 1917-20;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1929-33, 1935-37,1939-47; defeated, 1932 (at-large), 1946 (8th District).Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,November26, 1951 (ageabout 66years).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Page Walter Morris (1853-1924) — also known asR. Page W. Morris — ofLynchburg,Va.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born inLynchburg,Va.,June 30,1853.Republican.Collegeprofessor;lawyer;postmaster atLynchburg,Va., 1883-85; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1884; district judgein Minnesota 11th District, 1895-96;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1897-1903;U.S.District Judge for Minnesota, 1903-23; took senior status 1923.Arrestedin Salt Lake City, 1921, following an accident in whichhiscar struck a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes.Died in Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,December16, 1924 (age71 years, 169days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Alfred Perry Jaques (1857-1937) — also known asAlfred Jaques — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Geneseo Township,HenryCounty, Ill.,February9, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;municipal judge in Minnesota, 1887-89; candidate for district judgein Minnesota 11th District, 1896; candidate forU.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1910; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Minnesota,1912(speaker);U.S.Attorney for Minnesota, 1914-22; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1926.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 2,1937 (age80 years, 143days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Oscar John Larson (1871-1957) — also known asOscar J. Larson — of Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Uleaborg (now Oulu),Finland,May20, 1871.Republican.Lawyer;HoughtonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1904; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Minnesota,1912;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1921-25.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;AlphaTau Omega;Freemasons;Elks.DiedAugust1, 1957 (age86 years, 73days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) — of Plymouth,HennepinCounty, Minn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,July 12,1922.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Minnesota,1964,1968;candidate forU.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1970.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Chairman of PresidentRichardM. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.Died, ofrespiratoryfailure, in ahospitalat Pompano Beach,BrowardCounty, Fla.,February10, 2003 (age80 years, 213days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Melvin Riley Baldwin (1838-1901) — also known asMelvin Baldwin — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Chester,WindsorCounty, Vt.,April12, 1838.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadsuperintendent;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1893-95.Died byself-inflictedgunshot,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,April15, 1901 (age63 years, 3days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Casper Truelsen — also known asHenry C. Truelsen — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Democrat.Mayor ofDuluth, Minn., 1896-1900; candidate forU.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1900.Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Andrew Duncan Davidson (1853-1916) — also known asA. D. Davidson — of Little Falls,MorrisonCounty, Minn.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Glencoe,Ontario,May18, 1853.Republican. President, Canadian WesternLumberCompany; vice-president, Columbia RiverLumberCompany; land commissioner, Canadian NorthernRailway;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Died, fromacutestomach trouble, in theMayoClinic, Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,April22, 1916 (age62 years, 340days).Entombed at Forest Hill Cemetery. | | Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) — also known asGordon H. Butler — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Scipio,JenningsCounty, Ind.,February10, 1889.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;civilengineer;generalcontractor; president, PolarisConcreteProducts Company;bankdirector; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1951-64 (57th District 1951-62, 61st District1963-64); died in office 1964.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;AlphaTau Omega;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Rotary;Elks;Eagles.Died, ofpneumonia,in St. Luke'sHospital,Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,August1, 1964 (age75 years, 173days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.  | William Albert Hicken (1859-1932) — also known asW. A. Hicken — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Georgetown,PrinceEdward Island,April 2,1859.Republican.Real estatebusiness; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 57, 1917-18.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April17, 1932 (age73 years, 15days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery. |
OneotaCemetery
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Leighton Carss (1865-1931) — also known asWilliam L. Carss — of Proctor,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Pella,MarionCounty, Iowa,February15, 1865.Locomotiveengineer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1919-21, 1925-29;defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1928 (Farmer-Labor),1930 (Farmer-Labor).Member,Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,May 31,1931 (age66 years, 105days).Interment at Oneota Cemetery. | | George W. Johnson (1894-1974) — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,December22, 1894.Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 59, 1925-36;insurancebusiness;mayor ofDuluth, Minn., 1945-53.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star.Died in ahospitalat Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 20,1974 (age79 years, 180days).Interment at Oneota Cemetery. | | Carl Rudolf Berghult (1905-2000) — also known asCarl R. Berghult — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.BornApril15, 1905.Mayorof Duluth, Minn., 1937-41.Died in Arlington,TarrantCounty, Tex.,February15, 2000 (age94 years, 306days).Cremated;ashes interred at Oneota Cemetery. | | Willard M. Munger (1911-1999) — also known asWillard Munger;"Mr.Environment" —of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in aloghouse,Otter TailCounty, Minn.,January20, 1911.Democrat. Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1955-64, 1967-99 (District 591955-64, District 59-B 1967-72, District 7-A 1973-99); defeated,1934, 1952; died in office 1999; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Minnesota,1960;candidate forMinnesotastate senate 59th District, 1964.Served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state'shistory.Died, oflivercancer, in thehospiceunit of of St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 11,1999 (age88 years, 172days).Interment at Oneota Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota
EvelethCemetery
Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph Richard Begich (1930-2019) — also known asJoseph R. Begich;Joe Begich — of Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,January17, 1930.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;miningforeman;farmer;mayorof Eveleth, Minn., 1965-74; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1975-92 (District 6-A 1975-82,District 6-B 1983-92).Croatianancestry.Died, in anursinghome at Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,August10, 2019 (age89 years, 205days).Interment at Eveleth Cemetery.
Sunrise MemorialPark
Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel F. Snively (1859-1952) — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,November24, 1859.Mayorof Duluth, Minn., 1921-37.SwissandGermanancestry.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,1952(ageabout92 years).Interment at Sunrise Memorial Park.
Maple HillCemetery
Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Howard Ranken Weirick (1866-1933) — also known asH. R. Weirick — of Hibbing,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Pennsylvania,1866.Republican.Physician;mayorof Hibbing, Minn., 1907-13, 1928-30; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Minnesota,1920.Died in Hibbing,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October20, 1933 (ageabout 67years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | James G. Early — of Hibbing,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromMinnesota,1936.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | J. Carver Richards — of Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromMinnesota,1932.Interment somewhere.
GreenwoodCemetery
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) — of Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October20, 1912.Mayorof Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Sonsof Norway;Moose.Died, in ArrowheadHealthCare Center, Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,September22, 2000 (age87 years, 338days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | J. Edward Pearsall (1920-1998) — of Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April20, 1920.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;mayorof Virginia, Minn., 1966-76.Presbyterian.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks.Died, in Virginia RegionalMedicalCenter, Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 27,1998 (age78 years, 98days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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