Deaths in the 1930s

Sigmund Zeisler

1860–1931 (age 71)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Sigmund Zeisler (1860–1931) was an Austrian-born Chicago attorney celebrated for defending labor rights and civil libe...

Walter Eckersall

1883–1930 (age 47)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Walter Eckersall (1883–1930) was a University of Chicago football star turned sportswriter who became one of the early...

Noble Brandon Judah

1884–1938 (age 54)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Noble Brandon Judah (1884–1938) was a Chicago lawyer and civic leader involved in the city’s legal and philanthropic...

Joseph Brown Sanborn

1855–1934 (age 79)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Joseph Brown Sanborn (1855–1934) was a Chester native whose life unfolded in Illinois before he was laid to rest at Oa...

Ferdinand Lee Barnett

1852–1936 (age 84)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Ferdinand Lee Barnett (1852–1936) was an African-American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist who co-founded...

Florence Holbrook

1860–1932 (age 72)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Florence Holbrook (1860–1932) was a Chicago educator and author who promoted progressive teaching methods and nature s...

George Francis James

1867–1932 (age 65)

Oak Woods Cemetery

George Francis James (1867–1932) was a lifelong resident of Normal, Illinois, whose life reflected the civic fabric of...

Viola Cole-Audet

1883–1936 (age 53)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Viola Cole-Audet (1883–1936) was a Chicago music teacher remembered by local music circles.

Olive May

1871–1938 (age 67)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Olive May (1871–1938) was an American stage actress active in the early twentieth century, remembered for her dramatic...

Joseph R. Lane

1858–1931 (age 73)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Joseph R. Lane (1858–1931) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa who served two terms in Congress at the turn of the cen...

Bix Beiderbecke

1903–1931 (age 28)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931) was a legendary jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer whose lyrical style influenced early...

Alice French

1850–1934 (age 84)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Alice French (1850–1934), better known by her pen name Octave Thanet, was an American writer famed for her regional no...

Joseph W. Bettendorf

1864–1933 (age 69)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Joseph W. Bettendorf (1864-1933) expanded Leavenworth's industrial base as co-founder and president of the Bettendorf Co...

Edward Kirby Putnam

1868–1939 (age 71)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Edward Kirby Putnam (1868-1939) spent his life in Davenport, Iowa, before being laid to rest at Oakdale Memorial Gardens...

William Andrew Dyche

1861–1936 (age 75)

Oak Woods Cemetery

William Andrew Dyche (1861-1936) was a Monroe native who spent his final years in Chicago and is buried at Oak Woods Cem...

Frederick William Rueckheim

1846–1934 (age 88)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Frederick William Rueckheim (1846-1934) hailed from Japenzin and ended his days in Chicago, where he was buried at Oak W...

John L. Porter

1864–1938 (age 74)

Oak Woods Cemetery

John L. Porter (1864-1938), originally of Alstead, lived out his life in the Chicago area and is interred at Oak Woods C...

Dr. John W. Watzek

1856–1934 (age 78)

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Dr. John W. Watzek (1856-1934) was an Austria-born physician who emigrated to the United States and is buried at Oakdale...

Otto L. Schmidt

1863–1935 (age 72)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Otto L. Schmidt (1863-1935) was a Chicago resident whose final resting place is Oak Woods Cemetery.

William S. Kenyon

1869–1933 (age 64)

Oakland Cemetery

William S. Kenyon (1869-1933) served as a U.S. Senator from Iowa and later a federal appeals court judge before being in...

Archibald Grimké

1849–1930 (age 81)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Archibald Grimké (1849-1930) was an African American attorney, diplomat, and civil rights activist who advocated for ra...

Francis James Grimké

1850–1937 (age 87)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Francis James Grimké (1850-1937) served as a Presbyterian minister and civil rights leader in Washington, D.C., and is ...

Jane Eleanor Datcher

1868–1934 (age 66)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Jane Eleanor Datcher (1868-1934) was a pioneering African American botanist and educator from Washington, D.C., now inte...

Pocahontas Pope

1864–1938 (age 74)

National Harmony Memorial Park

Pocahontas Pope (1864-1938) lived under that distinctive name in the Washington, D.C. area before being laid to rest at ...

Louis Murphy

1875–1936 (age 61)

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Louis Murphy (1875-1936) was a Dubuque native whose final resting place is Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Salvatore Catalanotte

1894–1930 (age 36)

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Salvatore Catalanotte (1894-1930) was an Italian-born Detroit mobster who led the city's Black Hand underworld in the 19...

William P. Bradley

1867–1938 (age 71)

Mount Olivet Cemetery

William P. Bradley (1867-1938) was a Williamsport native whose remains lie in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Charles Gilbert Chaddock

1861–1936 (age 75)

Oakwood Cemetery Chapel

Charles Gilbert Chaddock (1861-1936) was an American neurologist best remembered for identifying the Chaddock reflex dur...

Floyd Roberts

1900–1939 (age 39)

Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

Floyd Roberts (1900-1939) was an American race car driver who captured the 1938 Indianapolis 500.

Samuel Palmer Brooks

1863–1931 (age 68)

Oakwood Cemetery

Samuel Palmer Brooks (1863-1931) was an American educator who presided over Baylor University for nearly three decades.

James Henry Caldwell

1865–1931 (age 66)

Oakwood Cemetery

James Henry Caldwell (1865-1931) was a Mobile native whose final resting place is at Oakwood Cemetery.

Rice C. Bull

1842–1930 (age 88)

Oakwood Cemetery

Rice C. Bull (1842-1930) was a figure whose final resting place is Oakwood Cemetery.

Roxana Atwater Wentworth

1854–1935 (age 81)

Oakwood Cemetery

Roxana Atwater Wentworth (1854-1935) spent her life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries before being laid to rest ...

Robert Clark Morris

1869–1938 (age 69)

Mountain Grove Cemetery

Robert Clark Morris (1869-1938) was a Bridgeport resident whose life ended near the Mountain Grove Cemetery where he is ...

George R. Carter

1866–1933 (age 67)

O'ahu Cemetery

George R. Carter (1866-1933) was the second Territorial Governor of Hawaii, overseeing the islands from 1903 to 1907.

Wallace Rider Farrington

1871–1933 (age 62)

O'ahu Cemetery

Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) was a newspaper publisher and Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1921 to 1929.

George Bradley

1852–1931 (age 79)

Northwood Cemetery

George Bradley (1852-1931) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who threw one of the earliest no-hitters in 187...

Martha Root

1872–1939 (age 67)

O'ahu Cemetery

Martha Root (1872-1939) was an American journalist and devoted Bahá'í teacher who traveled the world promoting peace.

Lorrin A. Thurston

1858–1931 (age 73)

O'ahu Cemetery

Lorrin A. Thurston (1858-1931) was an American lawyer and politician who helped engineer the overthrow of the Hawaiian m...

Albert "Sonny" Cunha

1879–1933 (age 54)

O'ahu Cemetery

Albert "Sonny" Cunha (1879-1933) was a Hawaiian composer and bandleader credited with popularizing hapa haole music.

Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole

1879–1932 (age 53)

O'ahu Cemetery

Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole (1879-1932) was a Hawaiian aliʻi and the wife of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole wh...

Kid Gleason

1866–1933 (age 67)

Northwood Cemetery

Kid Gleason (1866-1933) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager best remembered for leading the 1919 Ch...

Thomas George Thrum

1842–1932 (age 90)

O'ahu Cemetery

Thomas George Thrum, born 1842 in New South Wales and deceased 1932, is buried at O'ahu Cemetery.

William Henry Carpenter

1853–1936 (age 83)

Northwood Cemetery

William Henry Carpenter, born 1853 in Utica and passing in 1936, rests at Northwood Cemetery.

Alexander John Drysdale

1870–1934 (age 64)

Metairie Cemetery

Alexander John Drysdale, born 1870 in Marietta and died 1934, is interred at Metairie Cemetery.

Emilie Martin

1869–1936 (age 67)

Northwood Cemetery

Emilie Martin, born 1869 in Elizabeth and passing in 1936, lies in Northwood Cemetery.

August Buchse

1872–1934 (age 62)

Northwood Cemetery

August Buchse, who died in 1934, is buried at Northwood Cemetery.

Dora E. Schoonmaker

1851–1934 (age 83)

Odd Fellows Cemetery

Dora E. Schoonmaker of New York, born 1851 and deceased 1934, rests at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Joseph M. Dixon

1867–1934 (age 67)

Missoula Cemetery

Joseph M. Dixon, born 1867 in Snow Camp and deceased 1934, is laid to rest at Missoula Cemetery.

James Peter Kent

1866–1937 (age 71)

Minden Cemetery

James Peter Kent, born 1866 in Alabama and passing in 1937, is buried in Minden Cemetery.