Baurs children said they honored his request to bury him in one of the cans. Pringle mogul fredric baur had his ashes buried in. Fredric baur, the man who invented the tubularshaped pringles can, wanted to be buried in a coffinsized replica. There are many stories that are told around cincinnati that are difficult to believe. A portrait photograph of fredric john baur, the original creator and patent holder of the pringles can. Heres a list of top 10 untold truths of pringles chips. At one point baur engineered a freezedried, justaddmilk icecream product called coldsnap. Til the ashes of fredric baur, who created the iconic pringles can in 1966, found his eternal resting place in an original flavor can when he died in 2008. When dr frederic baur passed away in 2008 and the pringles packaging was used in the most innovative way one can think of to honour the memory of dr. The name pringles came from a cincinnati telephone book, they found a street name called pringle drive in finneytown, ohio. Baur, the pringles container creator was cremated after his death in 2008. He requested to have some of his ashes placed in a pringles can. A good man is hard to find by flannery oconnor first published in 1953, a good man is hard to find illustrates many of the techniques and themes. On monday, a portion of frederic baur s ashes were buried in a pringles can.
The name fredric baur may not ring any bells, but you know his most famous creation. Baur s son, larry, said he and his siblings stopped at a walgreens to pick up a can of pringles on the way to the funeral home. The pringles can was a revolution within the realm of snack food, says baur. Man who invented the pringles can is now buried in one the. Baur chose to have his remains buried in his proudest invention. Ashes of man who designed pringles packaging buried in crisp can.
Til the ashes of fredric baur, who created the iconic. Read a book where someone gets buried or a book published in 2008. The packaging was designed by fredric baur, a man so proud of what he had created that he was buried in a pringle package. Fredric baur was also the one that originally came up with the saddle shape hyperbolic paraboloid of the fried dough that is pringles note. Awesome trivia about absolutely everything factinate. Baur, who was 89, had told his family to ensure his final resting place was the inside of one of his most famous creations. In keeping with his wishes, his family placed some of his ashes in a pringles can not all of the ashes fit.
So when frederic baur died after a battle with alzheimers, larry and his siblings stopped at walgreens for a burial can of pringles on their way. The man who created the pringles can, fredric baur, was so proud of his invention that he had some of his ashes buried in one when he died in 2008. Baur, the inventor of the pringles can, died, he was cremated and buried in a pringles can, as per his wishes. In the mid1960s, slumber party barbie came with a book called how to lose weight. Fredric j baur, of cincinnati, died may 4 at vitas hospice in cincinnati, his family said. Fredric baur invented the pringles can to keep the chips safe, when he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in a pringles can. Some of baurs ashes were buried in a pringles can at his request. Baur died last month and opted to have a portion of his ashes buried in the iconic item he designed. Baur, an organic chemist and food storage technician who. Pringles are a one of a kind potato chips, these are 10 things you didnt know about pringles chips. Fredric was an american organic chemist and food storage technician, notable for designing and patentin. Source, source 2, source 3 give the gift of knowledge with our official did you know book. Baur filed for a patent for the tubular pringles container and for the method of packaging the curved, stacked chips in the container in 1966, and it was granted in 1970.
Since then she has written for a number of print and online publications, as well as published a childrens book. What makes the david camerons pringles so addictive. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one. Baur, the inventor of th december 11, 20 december 11, 20 weirdo when fredric j. Star trek creator gene roddenberry wanted his ashes to be blasted into space. Today i found out that the inventor of the pringles can was buried in one part of him, anyway. When he passed away in 2008, his cremated ashes were buried in one. So when frederic baur died after a battle with alzheimers, larry and his siblings stopped at walgreens for a burial can of pringles on their way to the funeral home. He was so happy with his invention of the pringles can, in fact, that he demanded in his will that he be cremated and. The inventor of the iconic pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one. When the man who designed the pringles potato can died he was 89, but he was so proud of his packing system that his ashes were buried in one of the iconic cans. The man who invented the pringles can was buried inside a. That frying regular potato leads to irregularlyshaped chips of varying crunchiness that dont last on the shelf for very long. Some of these tales are well known and just accepted as fact, while others are questioned every time they are brought up in conversation.
Youve likely never heard of fredric baur before, but you are probably familiar with his most famous invention. Pringles, as a product brand, is especially known for its packaging, a tubular paperboard can with a foillined interior until the 1980s, the cans also contained a removable paper liner which held the chips in place and a resealable plastic lid, which was invented by fredric j. Developed in 1967, the actual pringle chips took some time to take off and it wasnt until around the 1980s that they became a hit. The man who designed the distinctive pringles potato crisp can died a month ago. Baur s children said they honoured his request to bury him in one of the cans by placing part of his cremated remains in a pringles container in his grave in suburban springfield township. My siblings and i briefly debated what flavor to use, baur says, but i said, look, we need to use the original. Having secured the patent for the famous tubular container for the. Baur was buried in his pringles can invention in a. My siblings and i briefly debated what flavor to use.
Some of these tales are well known and just accepted as fact, while others are questioned every time they are. Fredric john baur may not be a household name, but he did invent something almost universally recognizable. The designer, fredric baur, was so pleased with his creation that he arranged for some of his ashes to be buried in a pringles can on his death in 2008. When did fredric baur, the inventor of pringles pass away. The task was assigned to a chemist named fredric baur, who from 1956 to 1958 created pringles saddle shape out of fried dough and also its can. Baur was a chemist and an inventor who created numerous interesting creations. Upon his death in 2008, just 20 days shy of his 90th birthday, the inventor of the pringles can, fredric j. Til the inventor of the pringles can, fredric baur, had. On monday, a portion of frederic baurs ashes were buried in a pringles can. As early as 1980, baur began to request that his ashes be buried in. Fredric baur was born on the 14th december 1918, in toledo, ohio, united states and he died on 4th may 2008 in cincinnati, ohio, united states. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one. Designer of pringles buried in crisp tube telegraph. Til of the unofficial russian book the last ringbearer which describes the lord of the rings trilogy from saurons point of view and portrays mordor as the good guys.
In a pringles can rests its inventor news the columbus. Fredric baur obituary cincinnati, oh the cincinnati. Baur, maker of the pringles can, was buried inside his invention in cincinnati. The inventor of the pringles can was actually buried in one. Part of his remains were buried in a pringles can along with a regular urn containing the rest in his grave at arlington memorial gardens in springfield township. Ashes of man who designed pringles packaging buried in. Fredric john fred baur june 14, 1918 may 4, 2008 was an american organic chemist and food storage technician notable for designing and patenting the pringles packaging. Loving husbands last wish was fulfilled the morning call.