Notable Burials at Philadephia's West Laurel Cemetery-- Part 2: Baseball Cards and Soup

CYRUS CURTIS (1850-1933)--  Founder of Curtis Publishing Company,  publisher of Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.

JOHN THOMAS DORRANCE (1873-1930)--  Discovered method to make condensed soup and president of Campbell Soup Company.

FRANK H. FLEER  (1857-1921)--  Inventor of bubble gum and baseball card pioneer.  That figures.

LEWIS M. HAUPT (1844-1937)  Engineer noted for work with waterways.  His father was Herman Haupt who was so important in the Union transportation, particularly with railroads, during the Civil War.

RUDOLPH HERING (1847-1923)--  Engineer who was very involved with the reversing of the Chicago River.

BRENDA J. PAYTON HILL  (1945-1992)--  As Brenda Payton, she was lead singer of doo wop group Branda and the Tabulations.

--Cooter