This is where it is at. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...r&GRid=9987466 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...7466&CRid=1264& Oak Hill Cemetery, 1101 S Washington Street Owosso-Shiawassee County Michigan USA Postal Code: 48867-8924 Phone: (989) 725-5495 (for cemetery) Plot: Section Y, Block 1 Trying for next weekend, but can change based on peoples schedule. Who's in?
I will be in MI (Lansing and Detroit area) from July 18th to July 21st......count me in if those dates work
im in (wifes permission permiitting of course ). Any weekend excwept for the weekened of fathers day, 4th of july and some other weekend in there my wife was talking about... and i wasnt listening too closely (please dont tell her lol)
Owosso is only about an hour from me as well. Most any weekend, except for July 4th of course, and any other that my management has plans for. :rolling:
no, just wanted to make sure the people that were close enough to do it would see it. So started a new post.
Hello everybody! I live in Owosso and would like to help out if I could. Felix Schlag's old Studio was located about 500 ft. from where I live currently. To bad the bank next to it took over that spot when they expanded years ago. There is nothing left onsite see now. I have lived in Owosso all my life, and know a lot about it's history. It saddens me that Felix's name is not even mentioned in those books. I checked out Wikipedia for some quick info on him. Felix Oscar Schlag (December 4, 1891 – March 9, 1974) was the designer of the United States five cent coin in use from 1938 to 2004. He was born to Karl and Teresa Schlag in Frankfurt, Germany, and moved to the United States in 1929. As a teenager, Schlag served in the German army of World War I. On April 21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the United States Mint. Schlag won $1,000 United States dollars for his winning design of the coin; he had been an award-winning artist in Europe. Sadly, his prize money was spent on his wife's funeral. In the 1930s, Felix won several sculptural commissions and art prizes. Schlag accepted the offer of the American government to place his initials, FS, on the nickel beginning in 1966. The designer relocated to Owosso, Michigan, where he died and is buried. He and his wife Anna, whom he married in 1920, had three children: Feliza (1920), Leo (1921), and Hilda (1929). A memorial was placed by the Michigan State Numismatic Society on September 14, 2008.
Hi, thanks for the very informative post! So was his studio located between Key State bank & the Capital theater?
HOw does Sunday the 19th of July sound? We can nail down a time after we see how many can make it on sunday 19th of July.
No, his studio was located on Exchange St. between Washington and Ball. Fifth Third bank is now on site. It used to be Key State a long time ago. The spot you are thinking about is on the corner of Main and Washington right around the corner. The theater is now called the"Lebowski Center". It is a Owosso landmark I would like to show you guys, but two years ago it caught fire "suspiciously", and now is process of being fixed. There are several downtown landmarks that have caught on fire like this in the past couple years. I think we have an arsonist in our town.
This sounds kinda sad - forgetting about him and all. I had an IT support job a couple years ago which involved driving lots and lots. I would often pass by a sign which pointed off to the left saying it was the grave site of the first governor of Iowa. It's apparently in a rural cemetary somewhere in the middle of nowhere. On the other hand, honestly, how many COIN collectors have the name of Felix Schlags on the tips of their tongues?? I honestly have no idea who designed the IHC or the Peace Dollar even though I've read the stories and they're quite interesting. However, this is a SUPER cool idea.
