Norm Cash

Object ID: 2012-011-015

Date: 1968

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Norm Cash – first base player for the Detroit Tigers and member of the championship team of ’68. Headstone was recently moved over about 5 inches. Section F-02-3

Nick Pietrosante

Object ID: 2012-011-014

Date: 1959

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Nick Pietrosante – All pro fullback in the NFL, playing for Detroit Lions and Cleveland Indians before his death due to cancer at age 50. He was a fullback at University of Notre Dame and talented all around athlete. He was drafted by the Lions in 1959 NS HWLS RHW ll-time rusing record for Detroit. Section B-36.

Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Jr.

Object ID: 2012-011-013

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Headstone remembering Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Jr. is located next to his wife’s grave Marjorie Ward Strong in section F. He was a strong supporter of keeping this area in as natural state as possible and donated Apple Island to the community, along with a large parcel of land on the bank of Orchard Lake, now known as The Marjorie Ward Strong Nature Center. His actual grave is at West Point. Section E – 45