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GoldenRod
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Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
1:05 PM EDT, 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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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
Classic!
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| Posted 6/3/08 4:28 PM |
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mycrayon1
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
thats funny, but why give some of his remains to his grandson? Thats a bit weird
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| Posted 6/3/08 4:51 PM |
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
I heard about this on the news last night, apparently not only was he smart and proud but he also had a great sense of humor!! 
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| Posted 6/3/08 4:57 PM |
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joenick
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
I wonder which flavor he chose. If it were me, I would have put my ashes in a Sour Cream and Onion tube. Mmmm.
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| Posted 6/3/08 5:41 PM |
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summerBaby10
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
I will think of this every time I eat pringles from now on 
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| Posted 6/4/08 9:41 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
Posted by joenick
I wonder which flavor he chose. If it were me, I would have put my ashes in a Sour Cream and Onion tube. Mmmm.
I would have gone with the BBQ.  
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| Posted 6/4/08 9:49 AM |
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LaurenExp
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Re: Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
Salt and vinegar all the way...
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| Posted 6/4/08 10:06 AM |
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