Deaths in the 1940s

Antoinette DeForest Parsons Merwin

1861–1941 (age 80)

Lake View Cemetery

Antoinette DeForest Parsons Merwin (1861–1941) was a Cleveland resident laid to rest at Lake View Cemetery.

Gardner Abbott

1878–1948 (age 70)

Lake View Cemetery

Gardner Abbott (1878–1948) was associated with Cincinnati and is buried at Lake View Cemetery.

Robert Henry Crowell

1875–1945 (age 70)

Lake View Cemetery

Robert Henry Crowell (1875–1945) rests at Lake View Cemetery after a life that included time in the region.

Mildred Abeel French

1862–1945 (age 83)

Lake View Cemetery

Mildred Abeel French (1862–1945) spent her later years near Cleveland before being buried at Lake View Cemetery.

Edith Taylor Pope

1866–1944 (age 78)

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Edith Taylor Pope (1866–1944) is interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Augustus Taylor

1868–1947 (age 79)

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Augustus Taylor (1868–1947) was laid to rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Horace Blanchard Chase

1859–1945 (age 86)

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Horace Blanchard Chase (1859–1945) rests at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Loring Pickering Rixford

1870–1946 (age 76)

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Loring Pickering Rixford (1870–1946) lived in San Francisco and is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Alice C. Pope

1870–1946 (age 76)

New Berlin

Alice C. Pope (1870–1946) is buried in New Berlin.

Harry Nice

1877–1941 (age 64)

Green Mount Cemetery

Harry Nice (1877–1941) died in Washington, D.C., and is interred at Green Mount Cemetery.

James Young

1872–1948 (age 76)

Green Mount Cemetery

James Young (1872–1948) lived in Baltimore and rests at Green Mount Cemetery.

Thomas Riggs Jr.

1873–1945 (age 72)

Green Mount Cemetery

Thomas Riggs Jr. (1873–1945) died in Ilchester and is buried at Green Mount Cemetery.

John W. Garrett

1872–1942 (age 70)

Green Mount Cemetery

John W. Garrett (1872–1942) was a Baltimore resident who is interred at Green Mount Cemetery.

J. André Fouilhoux

1879–1945 (age 66)

Green Mount Cemetery

J. André Fouilhoux (1879–1945) died in Paris’s 1st arrondissement and is buried at Green Mount Cemetery.

Louis Wardlaw Miles

1873–1944 (age 71)

Green Mount Cemetery

Louis Wardlaw Miles (1873–1944) was a Baltimore resident who was buried in Green Mount Cemetery.

Stub Brown

1870–1948 (age 78)

Green Mount Cemetery

Stub Brown (1870–1948) spent his life in Baltimore and was laid to rest in Green Mount Cemetery.

Arthur A. Shonbeck

1878–1945 (age 67)

Anchorage Memorial Park

Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878–1945) of Clayton was buried at Anchorage Memorial Park.

Owen McAleer

1858–1944 (age 86)

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery

Owen McAleer (1858–1944) emigrated from Canada and was interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

Alice Wilson

1887–1944 (age 57)

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery

Alice Wilson (1887–1944) was laid to rest in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

Honorable Wu

1896–1945 (age 49)

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery

Honorable Wu (1896–1945) was buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

Arthur Laidler Macbeth

1864–1944 (age 80)

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery

Arthur Laidler Macbeth (1864–1944) was interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

James Stewart Garvin

1873–1945 (age 72)

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery

James Stewart Garvin (1873–1945) of Kansas rests at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.

Ben M. Williamson

1864–1941 (age 77)

Ashland Cemetery

Ben M. Williamson (1864–1941) of Pike County was buried in Ashland Cemetery.

Bob Torrey

1878–1941 (age 63)

Arlington Memorial Park

Bob Torrey (1878–1941) of Henrico County was laid to rest in Arlington Memorial Park.

Morrie Rath

1886–1945 (age 59)

Arlington Cemetery

Morrie Rath (1886–1945) of Mobeetie was buried at Arlington Cemetery.

William Adolphus Crouse

1866–1941 (age 75)

Arlington Cemetery

William Adolphus Crouse (1866–1941) of Fannettsburg rests in Arlington Cemetery.

Jacob K. Shell

1862–1940 (age 78)

Arlington Cemetery

Jacob K. Shell (1862–1940) of Harrisburg was interred at Arlington Cemetery.

Nadiashda Galli-Shohat

1879–1948 (age 69)

Arlington Cemetery

Nadiashda Galli-Shohat (1879–1948) was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery.

Willis C. Hawley

1864–1941 (age 77)

City View Cemetery

Willis C. Hawley (1864–1941) of Monroe was buried in City View Cemetery.

Thomas W. Hardwick

1872–1944 (age 72)

City Cemetery

Thomas W. Hardwick, born in Thomasville in 1872 and buried at City Cemetery, represented Georgia in the United States Se...

James W. Mott

1883–1945 (age 62)

City View Cemetery

James W. Mott, who was born in 1883 and rests at City View Cemetery in Clearfield County, served as a U.S. Representativ...

Walter Elmer Schofield

1867–1944 (age 77)

Church of St. James the Less

Philadelphia-born Walter Elmer Schofield, buried at the Church of St. James the Less, was a noted American landscape pai...

Friend Richardson

1865–1943 (age 78)

Chapel of the Chimes

Friend Richardson of Michigan, interred at Chapel of the Chimes, was the Governor of California and died in 1943.

Winthrop More Daniels

1867–1944 (age 77)

Cypress Cemetery

Winthrop More Daniels of Dayton, who lived from 1867 to 1944, is buried at Cypress Cemetery.

Edward J. Coughlin

1885–1945 (age 60)

Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Edward J. Coughlin of Valley Falls, laid to rest in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, lived from 1885 to 1945.

Salvatore DiSclafani

1916–1944 (age 28)

Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Salvatore DiSclafani, 1916–1944, of Manhattan is buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery.

Ted Horn

1910–1948 (age 38)

Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Ted Horn, the Cincinnati-born racing driver buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, was celebrated for his motorsports career bef...

Westley Abbott

1877–1941 (age 64)

Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Westley Abbott, who died in 1941, is interred at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

Clarence Julian Owen

1877–1941 (age 64)

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Clarence Julian Owen, born in 1877 in Augusta and buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, lived until 1941.

Charles Edward Prior Jr.

1875–1941 (age 66)

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Charles Edward Prior Jr., who died in 1941, rests at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Wolcott Webster Ellsworth

1867–1949 (age 82)

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Wolcott Webster Ellsworth of Hartford, interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery, lived from 1867 to 1949.

Andrew H. Longino

1854–1942 (age 88)

Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Andrew H. Longino of Lawrence County, buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, served as Governor of Mississippi before his 1942 d...

North Todd Gentry

1866–1944 (age 78)

Columbia Cemetery

North Todd Gentry, who lived from 1866 to 1944, is buried at Columbia Cemetery.

John Weir Troy

1868–1942 (age 74)

Evergreen Cemetery

John Weir Troy of Dungeness, interred at Evergreen Cemetery, served as Governor of the Alaska Territory before he died i...

Grover C. Winn

1886–1943 (age 57)

Evergreen Cemetery

Grover C. Winn (1886–1943) was a Wiota native whose life concluded with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.

James H. McGraw

1860–1948 (age 88)

Evergreen Cemetery

James H. McGraw (1860–1948) hailed from Harmony and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

Winifred Holt

1870–1945 (age 75)

Evergreen Cemetery

Winifred Holt (1870–1945) spent her final years in New York before being laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery.

Lauretta Jefferson

1884–1946 (age 62)

Evergreen Cemetery

Lauretta Jefferson (1884–1946) remains remembered through her interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

Algodt C. Anderson

1860–1949 (age 89)

Evergreen Cemetery

Algodt C. Anderson (1860–1949) is buried at Evergreen Cemetery following his long life.

Horace Swartley Poley

1863–1949 (age 86)

Evergreen Cemetery

Horace Swartley Poley (1863–1949) rests at Evergreen Cemetery after a life that spanned the late 19th and early 20th c...