Deaths in the 1940s
23,000+ memorials
Babette Frank Mandel
1848–1945 (age 97)
Rosehill Cemetery
Babette Frank Mandel lived from 1848 to 1945.
Maurice Leopold Rothschild
1864–1941 (age 77)
Rosehill Cemetery
Maurice Leopold Rothschild lived from 1864 to 1941.
Edmund Yard Robbins
1867–1942 (age 75)
Princeton Cemetery
Edmund Yard Robbins was a Windsor resident who lived from 1867 to 1942.
Frank Fetter
1863–1949 (age 86)
Princeton Cemetery
Frank Fetter was a Peru resident who lived from 1863 to 1949.
Edwin W. Kemmerer
1875–1945 (age 70)
Princeton Cemetery
Edwin W. Kemmerer was a Scranton resident who lived from 1875 to 1945.
Robert E. Healy
1883–1946 (age 63)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Robert E. Healy was a Bennington resident who lived from 1883 to 1946.
Sofie Nordhoff Jung
1868–1943 (age 75)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Sofie Nordhoff Jung was born in Prussia in 1868 and died in 1943.
Fred Wilbur Powell
1881–1943 (age 62)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Fred Wilbur Powell lived from 1881 to 1943.
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.
1892–1943 (age 51)
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. was a Gainesville resident who lived from 1892 to 1943.
Columbus Marion Joiner
1860–1947 (age 87)
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
Columbus Marion Joiner was a Center Star resident who lived from 1860 to 1947.
George Washington Martin II
1876–1948 (age 72)
Southampton Cemetery
George Washington Martin II was a Brooklyn resident who lived from 1876 to 1948.
Neel E. Kearby
1911–1944 (age 33)
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
Neel E. Kearby was an American fighter pilot who served in World War II.
Florence Wells Slater
1864–1941 (age 77)
Salem Cemetery
Florence Wells Slater was a 19th-century resident of Salisbury.
Charles Sabin
1909–1944 (age 35)
Saint Raymond's Cemetery
Charles Sabin was an American who lived during the early 20th century.
Ernie Raimondi
1919–1945 (age 26)
Saint Mary Cemetery
Ernie Raimondi was an Oakland resident who died in 1945.
Leonor Michaelis
1875–1949 (age 74)
Ridgewood
Leonor Michaelis was a German biochemist known for his contributions to enzyme kinetics.
Doctor Clayton
1898–1947 (age 49)
Restvale Cemetery
Doctor Clayton was a medical professional based in Atlanta during the early 20th century.
Charles Martin
1863–1946 (age 83)
River View Cemetery
Charles Martin was a resident of Edwards County who lived from 1863 to 1946.
William Dodd
1869–1940 (age 71)
Rock Creek Cemetery
William Dodd was a Clayton resident who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Daniel C. Roper
1867–1943 (age 76)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Daniel C. Roper was an American politician and government official from South Carolina.
Blair Lee I
1857–1944 (age 87)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Blair Lee I was a prominent Maryland politician and governor.
Harlan F. Stone
1872–1946 (age 74)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Harlan F. Stone was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States.
Evalyn Walsh McLean
1886–1947 (age 61)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Evalyn Walsh McLean was an American heiress and socialite known for owning the Hope Diamond.
Willis Van Devanter
1859–1941 (age 82)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Willis Van Devanter was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States.
William R. Green
1856–1947 (age 91)
Rock Creek Cemetery
William R. Green was an American labor leader and president of the American Federation of Labor.
George Inness Hartley
1887–1949 (age 62)
Southampton Cemetery
George Inness Hartley was an American artist and painter from Montclair.
Joseph Noia, Jr.
1919–1944 (age 25)
Woodside
Joseph Noia, Jr. was a Baltimore native who died in 1944 at age 25.
Stephen Peabody
1858–1945 (age 87)
Southampton Cemetery
Stephen Peabody lived from 1858 to 1945 and was buried in Southampton Cemetery.
Mathilde Townsend
1885–1949 (age 64)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Mathilde Townsend (1885-1949) was laid to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery.
J. Bruce Kremer
1878–1940 (age 62)
Rock Creek Cemetery
J. Bruce Kremer was a Louisville resident who lived from 1878 to 1940.
Grant Leet
1866–1945 (age 79)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Grant Leet (1866-1945) was from Allegheny County and buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Victor Hugo Duras
1880–1943 (age 63)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Victor Hugo Duras was a Washington, D.C. resident who died in 1943 at age 63.
Benjamin Saunders Minor
1865–1946 (age 81)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Benjamin Saunders Minor lived from 1865 to 1946 and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evalyn Washington McLean
1921–1946 (age 25)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Evalyn Washington McLean was a Washington, D.C. native who died in 1946 at age 25.
Newbold Noyes
1892–1942 (age 50)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Newbold Noyes (1892-1942) was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Emma J. McGrew Smith
1848–1947 (age 99)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Emma J. McGrew Smith was a Covington resident who lived from 1848 to 1947.
Victor Kauffmann
1868–1941 (age 73)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Victor Kauffmann was a Washington, D.C. resident who lived from 1868 to 1941.
Ethel Stoddard Noyes
1894–1948 (age 54)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Ethel Stoddard Noyes (1894-1948) was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
William Gerry Morgan
1868–1949 (age 81)
Rock Creek Cemetery
William Gerry Morgan was a Newport resident who lived from 1868 to 1949.
George Harvey Grayson
1877–1944 (age 67)
Rock Creek Cemetery
George Harvey Grayson was from Montford Cove Township and died in 1944 at age 67.
Alba M. Edwards
1872–1947 (age 75)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Alba M. Edwards was a Savannah resident who lived from 1872 to 1947.
Frank Alfred Wolff
1870–1946 (age 76)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Frank Alfred Wolff (1870-1946) was an American resident of Washington, D.C. who was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
William Livesey Burdick
1860–1946 (age 86)
Swan Point Cemetery
William Livesey Burdick (1860-1946) was an East Greenwich resident who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuri...
Milton J. Budlong
1869–1941 (age 72)
Swan Point Cemetery
Milton J. Budlong (1869-1941) was a Rockford-based individual of the industrial era.
William Gammell III
1857–1943 (age 86)
Swan Point Cemetery
William Gammell III (1857-1943) was a member of the prominent Gammell family of Rhode Island.
Elizabeth Hope Gammell Slater
1854–1944 (age 90)
Swan Point Cemetery
Elizabeth Hope Gammell Slater (1854-1944) was a Rhode Island woman connected to the Gammell and Slater families.
Abby Frances Lippitt
1861–1946 (age 85)
Swan Point Cemetery
Abby Frances Lippitt (1861-1946) was a Rhode Island resident from a notable New England family.
Mary Dorr Ames
1871–1946 (age 75)
Swan Point Cemetery
Mary Dorr Ames (1871-1946) was a Rhode Island woman of the Gilded Age.
Martha Freeman Sayles
1896–1947 (age 51)
Swan Point Cemetery
Martha Freeman Sayles (1896-1947) was a Rhode Island resident of the early 20th century.
Solomon R. Guggenheim
1861–1949 (age 88)
Salem Fields Cemetery
Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861-1949) was a Philadelphia-born industrialist and art collector who founded the Guggenheim Mus...