Pete Hintzen's Dad, D-Day survivor, old Cardinal

Carl Hintzen, 88, owned Steakhouse
Carl L. Hintzen, 88, Apple Valley, long time resident of Alexandria, died peacefully August 9, 2005, surrounded by his family. Carl was born in Shelby, Montana on October 6, 1916.
He was a standout athlete at Alexandria High School and an academic scholar. He was a Normandy invasion survivor and a proud American.
Carl and his wife, Kitty, owned and operated the Fireside Steakhouse in Alexandria until 1969. He was a great cook who dearly loved his grandchildren.
He is survived by his children, Peter, Kathleen (Patrick) Brannick, Michael (Sheila Haeg); grandchildren, Eric, Carl, Olivia, Kellie and Michael.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Kitty.
His son, Peter, was a member of the Alexandria JHS Class of 1965. The family lived in Victoria Heights for a time.
A memorial service was held August 15. Interment was at Fort Snelling.
(Thanks to John Herdan for providing this notice.)

Blog cub reporter Tom Obert, scooped again by John Herdan, adds this:
Herdan is beating me to the obit notices. But a few words about Carl Hintzen and the Fireside Steakhouse.
Carl thought his restaurant parking lot would be a good place for Pete to practice driving, as he was coming of age to get his license - wide open spaces with no traffic to deal with. Except for the one telephone pole . . . and Pete hit it (or so the legend goes).
Being best buddies with Pete growing up in the Heights had the super fringe benefit of having cheap (well, "free") access to Carl's great chefing. Whenever Pete and I would show up at the steakhouse before opening, Carl would whip up a big batch of his great french fries . . . and since we were both growing young bucks, Carl would comment that we ate "like the Russians were in Osakis."
Carl used to have the greatest poppy-seed hard rolls. I have never had a dinner roll, anywhere, that were as good as those rolls. No one seems to know where Carl got those rolls. I have sent out national surveys, hired private investigators, Googled the world of rolldom, but have been unable to find out. Anyone?