Deaths in the 1940s

Jim Tully

1886–1947 (age 61)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Jim Tully (1886-1947) of St. Marys is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Joe Penner

1904–1941 (age 37)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Joe Penner (1904-1941) of Zrenjanin is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

John A. Harts

1873–1947 (age 74)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

John A. Harts (1873-1947) from Hartsburg lies at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

John G. Griffith

1880–1948 (age 68)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

John G. Griffith (1880-1948) of Iowa City is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

John R. Richards

1875–1947 (age 72)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

John R. Richards (1875-1947) of Wisconsin is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Benjamin Holt Ticknor

1882–1949 (age 67)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Benjamin Holt Ticknor (1882-1949) of Hingham rests at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Charles Jesse Bullock

1869–1941 (age 72)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Jesse Bullock (1869-1941) of Boston is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Clifford P. Smith

1869–1945 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Clifford P. Smith (1869-1945) of Jennings County is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Cornelia Horsford

1861–1944 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cornelia Horsford (1861-1944) of Cambridge lies at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Emma G. Cummings

1856–1940 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Emma G. Cummings (1856–1940) was a Cambridge resident whose life concluded with burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Charles Langdon Gibson

1864–1944 (age 80)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Langdon Gibson (1864–1944) was a Boston resident interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

James Henry Blake

1845–1941 (age 96)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

James Henry Blake (1845–1941) was a Boston resident memorialized at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Edward Laurens Mark

1847–1946 (age 99)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Edward Laurens Mark (1847–1946) was an American zoologist from Hamlet whose final resting place is Mount Auburn Cemete...

George H. Lyman

1850–1945 (age 95)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George H. Lyman (1850–1945) was a Boston resident laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Florida Ruffin Ridley

1861–1943 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861–1943) was a Boston educator and civil rights activist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Henry Hornblower

1863–1941 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Henry Hornblower (1863–1941) was a Lawrence-born financier interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Adolph Olson Eberhart

1870–1944 (age 74)

Lakewood Cemetery

Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870–1944) was a Minnesota politician buried at Lakewood Cemetery.

Dewey Johnson

1899–1941 (age 42)

Lakewood Cemetery

Dewey Johnson (1899–1941) was a Minneapolis resident laid to rest at Lakewood Cemetery.

Anne Lowndes Langdon

1865–1943 (age 78)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Anne Lowndes Langdon (1865–1943) was interred at Albany Rural Cemetery.

Zaidee Van Santvoord

1858–1943 (age 85)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Zaidee Van Santvoord (1858–1943) was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.

John Briggs Potter

1864–1949 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Briggs Potter (1864–1949) was a Massachusetts resident laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Katharine Peabody Loring

1847–1943 (age 96)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Katharine Peabody Loring (1847–1943) was a Beverly educator and historical preservationist buried at Mount Auburn Ceme...

Charles Bedaux

1886–1944 (age 58)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Bedaux (1886–1944) was a French-born industrial efficiency expert buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Charles Lee Underhill

1867–1946 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Charles Lee Underhill (1867–1946) was a Richmond-born politician interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Frederick Simpson Deitrick

1875–1948 (age 73)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frederick Simpson Deitrick (1875-1948) was a Massachusetts politician who represented the state in Congress and is burie...

Frank Burr Mallory

1862–1941 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Burr Mallory (1862-1941) was an American pathologist known for the Mallory stain and is buried at Mount Auburn Cem...

Thomas Barbour

1884–1946 (age 62)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Barbour (1884-1946) was an American herpetologist and naturalist whose career at Harvard is commemorated by his b...

John Templeton Bowen

1857–1940 (age 83)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Templeton Bowen (1857-1940) was an American dermatologist noted for Bowen's disease whose remains rest at Mount Aub...

Robert Luce

1862–1946 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Luce (1862-1946) served as Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts before being laid to re...

Marguerite LeHand

1896–1944 (age 48)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Marguerite LeHand (1896-1944) was Franklin D. Roosevelt's private secretary and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Marion Talbot

1858–1948 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Marion Talbot (1858-1948) was an educator and advocate for women in higher education who was laid to rest at Mount Aubur...

Maud Howe Elliott

1854–1948 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Maud Howe Elliott (1854-1948) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social reformer buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Wallace Walter Atwood

1872–1949 (age 77)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Wallace Walter Atwood (1872-1949) was a geographer and president of Clark University whose grave is at Mount Auburn Ceme...

William Lawrence

1850–1941 (age 91)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William Lawrence (1850-1941) served as Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts and now rests in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Benjamin Pierce Cheney Jr.

1866–1942 (age 76)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Benjamin Pierce Cheney Jr. (1866-1942) was a Boston banker and philanthropist buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Bowdoin B. Crowninshield

1867–1948 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Bowdoin B. Crowninshield (1867-1948) was a yacht designer and naval architect whose final resting place is Mount Auburn ...

Eugene Wambaugh

1856–1940 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Eugene Wambaugh (1856-1940) was a Harvard legal scholar who is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Frank Crowninshield

1872–1947 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Crowninshield (1872-1947) was an influential magazine editor of Vanity Fair and is interred at Mount Auburn Cemete...

George David Birkhoff

1884–1944 (age 60)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George David Birkhoff (1884-1944) was an American mathematician famed for the ergodic theorem and buried at Mount Auburn...

Thomas Curtis

1873–1944 (age 71)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Curtis was a member of his community during an important period of American history.

T. J. Oakley Rhinelander

1858–1946 (age 88)

Woodlawn Cemetery

T. J. Oakley Rhinelander upheld the Rhinelander family's tradition of civic engagement and philanthropy in New York.

Carrie Astor Wilson

1861–1948 (age 87)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Carrie Astor Wilson was a member of a prominent American family during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

Ullie Akerstrom

1864–1941 (age 77)

Woodlawn Cemetery

A gifted actress and playwright remembered for the liveliness she brought to early American theater.

Sam Forrest

1870–1944 (age 74)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Sam Forrest was a member of his community during the early twentieth century.

Adelaide Wallerstein

1869–1942 (age 73)

Woodlawn Cemetery

A devoted physician whose practice and advocacy advanced care for women and families.

Alice Foote MacDougall

1867–1945 (age 78)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Frank William Taussig

1859–1940 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

A distinguished economist whose scholarship helped shape U.S. trade policy.

Lawrence Joseph Henderson

1878–1942 (age 64)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Helen Hopekirk

1856–1945 (age 89)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

A celebrated pianist-composer and teacher whose artistry bridged continents.

Flora Virginia Milner Livingston

1862–1949 (age 87)

Mount Auburn Cemetery