57 years old. They were both buried at Pinelawn Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After Evinrude died, his son, Ralph Evinrude, took over day-to-day management of the company, eventually rising to chairman of the board. The company is now called Evinrude Outboard Motors, and is owned by Bombardier Recreational Products. References Further reading Carstensen, Fred. "Evinrude, Ole," American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000. Jacobson, Bob. Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 2009. Lambrecht, Ralph E.. "A Wisconsin Legend: Ole Evinrude and his Outboard Motor," Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 89, no. 3, (Spring 2006), pp. 16–27. External links Brief biography 1877 births 1934 deaths People from Oppland People from Gjøvik People from Cambridge, Wisconsin 20th-century American inventors American business executives American company founders Norwegian emigrants to the United States