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 Franklin Clarence Mars - Minneapolis MN Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 44° 55.994 W 093° 17.707
15T E 476713 N 4975576
Businessman. He founded the Mars Candy Factory in 1911, which exists in the present day as Mars, Incorporated. Among the candy products he created was the "Milky Way" candy bar, which is one of the best selling confections in history.
Waymark Code: WM12TBP
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2020
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He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Section 31, Lot 6, Crypt N, Tier 2.
Description:
From Wikipedia-Franklin Clarence Mars; sometimes known as Frank C. Mars, was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar. He learned how to hand-dip chocolate candy as a child from his mother Alva, who entertained him while he had a mild case of polio. He began to sell molasses chips at age 19.
He started the Mars Candy Factory in 1911 with Ethel V. Mars, his second wife, in Tacoma, Washington. This factory produced and sold fresh candy wholesale, but ultimately the venture failed because there was a better established business, Brown & Haley, also operating in Tacoma.
In 1920, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Mars founded Mar-O-Bar Co. and began to manufacture chocolate candy bars. The company later incorporated as Mars, Incorporated. In 1923 he introduced his son Forrest's idea, the Milky Way, which became the best-selling candy bar. Mars moved to Chicago in 1929 and settled in River Forest. He became an honorary captain of the Oak Park, Illinois police department.
In 1930, Mars developed the Snickers Bar.
Mars died from heart problems in 1934 at age 50, with the ownership of the family business passing to his son Forrest.
Date of birth: 09/24/1884
Date of death: 04/08/1934
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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