Pringles can designer buried in his work Cremated remains of Fredric J. Baur stored in iconic snack-food containerThe Associated Pressupdated 5:56 p.m. ET, Tues., June. 3, 2008
CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans.
Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice in Cincinnati, his family said. He was 89.
Baur's children said they honored 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. The rest of his remains were placed in an urn buried along with the can, with some placed in another urn and given to a grandson, said Baur's daughter, Linda Baur of Diamondhead, Miss.
Baur requested the burial arrangement because he was proud of his design of the Pringles container, a son, Lawrence Baur of Stevensville, Mich., said Monday.
Baur was an organic chemist and food storage technician who specialized in research and development and quality control for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co.
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, P&G archivist Ed Rider said.
Baur retired from P&G in the early 1980s.
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the diamond things is really creapy. think about it: to wear a dead guy on your finder or at your neck.
I would actually prefer to be made into fireworks just like the classic writer Hunter S. Thompson was gloriously laid to rest.
Wrap me in newspaper, and mail me to someone I don't like
None of the above. I want a New Orleans interment. It's more enviromentally friendly, cost effective (over time) and leaves a better family memorial.