Man's Final Resting Place: A Pringles Can

(AP)  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.

[nolalou]

I wonder where the inventor of the flush toilet had his ashes put?

[kaviz]

I bet the can lasts longer underground than any casket.

[erasmus81]

I will welcome the help. Right now I''''''''m leaning toward a cremation urn that has eyes on it and a requirement in my will that my wife must keep it in full view in her bedroom or give up my estate.

Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 01:04 AM : Jun 03, 2008
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How about your wife put your ashes in an hour glass on the fireplace mantle & put you to work...LOL Posted by msay3 at 07:56 AM : Jun 03, 2008

I like that one!

[jetlizhan]

do these chips taste funny to you??!!

[msay3]

I will welcome the help. Right now I''''m leaning toward a cremation urn that has eyes on it and a requirement in my will that my wife must keep it in full view in her bedroom or give up my estate.

Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 01:04 AM : Jun 03, 2008
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How about your wife put your ashes in an hour glass on the fireplace mantle & put you to work...LOL

[slim1h2o]

What Pringles potato chip was to the potato chip industry, so was Chef Boy-ar-Dee to the food industry.
You didn''t like either one after puberty.

So,,if I listen to this article, then I have to believe that the "can" did not exsist prior to 1966. Which I know to be false.

What made Pringles different, was "How" they were made, not the can itself. That just ensured that the chips would not break during shipping. And he received a patent for it?

I think that would be like getting a patent on a tree.
Cans were around for a long time, since the 1800''s. The only thing he did, was to suggest using a can for potato chips. Not very earth shattering if you should ask me.

[sgtrds-e4]

But I don''''''''t like Pringles. They taste like salted sawdust.
Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 07:43 PM : Jun 02, 2008

Don''''t worry, you''''ll find something to put yourself in. I will try and think of something for you if you can''''t. Okay?

Posted by erasmus81 at 10:39 PM : Jun 02, 2008

I will welcome the help. Right now I''m leaning toward a cremation urn that has eyes on it and a requirement in my will that my wife must keep it in full view in her bedroom or give up my estate.

[lovesamerica]

I wonder if his nickname was ....Chip

[gmond]

Pop stopped.

[erasmus81]

But I don''''t like Pringles. They taste like salted sawdust.
Posted by SgtRDS-E4 at 07:43 PM : Jun 02, 2008

Don''t worry, you''ll find something to put yourself in. I will try and think of something for you if you can''t. Okay?