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.
Nick Pietrosante
Object ID: 2012-011-014
Date: 1959
Collection: Orchard LakeSubjects: Pine Lake Cemetery
Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Jr.
Object ID: 2012-011-013
Collection: Orchard LakeSubjects: Pine Lake Cemetery
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
Commemorative plaque
Object ID: 2012-011-012
Date: 1976
Collection: Orchard LakeSubjects: Pine Lake Cemetery
Commemorative plaque dedicated in 1976 by WB Bicentennial commission. Visit the flagpole area to see the plaque placed by the committsion and a commemorative stone fro the service of the Haskins family at the cemetery.