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DiTrapani was shot and killed in his car on March 18, 1954, [7] and Enea was found shot to death in a ditch in Waukesha County on November 29, 1955. [8] [9] LoGalbo survived by transferring from the Milwaukee family to a Chicago family crew in Chicago Heights, Illinois, although he continued to reside in Milwaukee under the protection of the ...
Marjorie Peters, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born in Greenfield, WI and a longtime resident of Milwaukee; Emanuel L. Philipp, 23rd Governor of Wisconsin and resident of Milwaukee [203] Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes.
Saints Peter and Paul parish was created in 1889, a response to the upper east side's rapidly growing German immigrant population during the 1880s and 90s, at the direction of Milwaukee's vicar general, the Right Reverend Leonard Batz. The parish began with forty-three families, and they initially worshiped in a temporary chapel on the corner ...
The stand was started in 1909 by Pete Gokey, who owned a food cart he took to local events. [1] He served burgers, and in order to keep burgers not immediately sold from drying out while he kept them warm on the flattop would add water to the flattop; customers returning for a second burger remarked that the second -- watered -- burger was better than the first, and Gokey started poaching the ...
First full-service, public hospital in Milwaukee that served all, regardless of ability to pay, and site of Dr. Edgar End's research into high-pressure oxygen therapies. 115: Milwaukee County Historical Center: Milwaukee County Historical Center: March 14, 1973 : 910 N. 3rd St.
Frank Peter Balistrieri (May 27, 1918 – February 7, 1993) was the crime boss of the Milwaukee crime family from 1961 to 1993. He was a central figure in the skimming of Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s and 1980s, and served several prison sentences.
Peter Shapiro, 71, American businessman and politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1976–1979), Essex County Executive (1979–1987), respiratory failure. [ 899 ] Silver Cat , 53, Mexican professional wrestler.