Dan Emmer: Beloved Pabst historian buried among Beer Barons
On the day of his passing, local historian became part of the narrative he spent a lifetime preserving. Daniel Paul Emmer had an affinity for the Pabst legacy and volunteered his time for years to portray the German-American brewer, at events held by the Milwaukee County Historical Society and the Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion. Pabst was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in 1904, and just last October Emmer played the beer baron at his gravesite during a Halloween tour. So it was a bittersweet honor for Emmer to be interred on August 4 at the cemetery he loved and...
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