Deaths in the 1950s

Harold E. Mertz

1903–1953 (age 50)

Centreville Cemetery

Harold E. Mertz (1903-1953) was a Pennsylvanian whose story concludes with his burial at Centreville Cemetery.

Charles Drew

1904–1950 (age 46)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Charles Drew (1904-1950) was a Washington, D.C. surgeon and medical researcher who pioneered modern blood banking techni...

Mary Church Terrell

1863–1954 (age 91)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was a Memphis-born civil rights activist and educator who co-founded the National Associ...

Carter Godwin Woodson

1875–1950 (age 75)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) was an American historian who established Negro History Week, laying the groundwork fo...

Charles Hamilton Houston

1895–1950 (age 55)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) was a Washington, D.C. civil rights lawyer instrumental in challenging segregation ...

Smokey Joe Williams

1886–1951 (age 65)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Smokey Joe Williams (1886-1951) was a Seguin-born baseball pitcher who gained acclaim in the Negro leagues and is rememb...

John Peter Koechlein

1876–1958 (age 82)

Bound Brook Mountain Avenue Cemetery

John Peter Koechlein (1876-1958) was a member of the Bound Brook community whose life is marked by his burial at Mountai...

Julia Cope Collins

1866–1958 (age 92)

Haverford New Meeting Cemetery

Julia Cope Collins (1866-1958) was a lifelong Delaware resident whose memory rests in Haverford New Meeting Cemetery.

Cordie Jacob Culp

1872–1952 (age 80)

Bound Brook Mountain Avenue Cemetery

Cordie Jacob Culp (1872-1952) was a Wintersville native whose final resting place is at Bound Brook Mountain Avenue Ceme...

John Wilber Jenkins

1873–1958 (age 85)

National Memorial Park

John Wilber Jenkins (1873-1958) was an individual interred at National Memorial Park, closing a life lived through the t...

Vivian Leroy Crisler

1885–1953 (age 68)

National Memorial Park

Vivian Leroy Crisler (1885-1953) was a Minden-born resident remembered by his burial at National Memorial Park.

Fats Navarro

1923–1950 (age 27)

Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery

Fats Navarro (1923–1950) was an American bebop trumpeter known for his virtuosic playing and is buried at Rosedale and...

Russ Bogda

1911–1958 (age 47)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Russ Bogda (1911–1958) was a longtime Burnett resident who is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Emery Satterlee

1880–1951 (age 71)

Chico Cemetery

Emery Satterlee (1880–1951) was a Greenville resident whose final resting place is Chico Cemetery.

Jimmy Reece

1929–1958 (age 29)

Rose Hill Burial Park

Jimmy Reece (1929–1958) was an American racecar driver from Oklahoma City whose career included starts in the Indianap...

Egbert Van Alstyne

1878–1951 (age 73)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951) was an American composer and Tin Pan Alley songwriter famed for tunes like "In the Shad...

Ernest Martin Hennings

1886–1956 (age 70)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Ernest Martin Hennings (1886–1956) was an American painter with the Taos Society of Artists known for dramatic Southwe...

Alan Curtis

1909–1953 (age 44)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Alan Curtis (1909–1953) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s who is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.

James L. Kraft

1874–1953 (age 79)

Memorial Park Cemetery

James L. Kraft (1874–1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur whose founding of Kraft Foods transformed the food ind...

Walter Dill Scott

1869–1955 (age 86)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Walter Dill Scott (1869–1955) was an American psychologist and educator best known for applying psychological insights...

Harold Olsen

1895–1953 (age 58)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Harold Olsen (1895–1953) was an American college basketball coach, notably at Ohio State, who is buried at Memorial Pa...

Ralph Edwin Church

1883–1950 (age 67)

Memorial Park Cemetery

Ralph Edwin Church (1883–1950) was an American politician who represented Illinois in the U.S. House and was laid to r...

Edgar Sullins Vaught

1873–1959 (age 86)

Rose Hill Burial Park

Edgar Sullins Vaught (1873–1959) was a U.S. federal judge in Oklahoma whose grave is at Rose Hill Burial Park.

Henry W. Shoemaker

1880–1958 (age 78)

Highland Cemetery

Henry W. Shoemaker (1880–1958) was an American folklorist, writer, and state historian noted for collecting Pennsylvan...

Jazep Rešać

1890–1958 (age 68)

St. Procopius Abbey

Jazep Rešać (1890–1958) hailed from Ruszczany and was buried at St. Procopius Abbey.

John Lamb

1873–1955 (age 82)

Rose Hill Burial Park

John Lamb (1873–1955) was a Pennsylvania resident laid to rest at Rose Hill Burial Park.

Albert C. Hunt

1888–1956 (age 68)

Rose Hill Burial Park

Albert C. Hunt (1888-1956) spent his life around Clarksville and is buried at Rose Hill Burial Park.

Lulu Florence Allabach

1869–1956 (age 87)

Highland Cemetery

Lulu Florence Allabach (1869-1956) lived in Lock Haven for much of her life and now rests in Highland Cemetery.

Charles H. MacDowell

1867–1954 (age 87)

Palm Cemetery

Charles H. MacDowell (1867-1954) was a Lewistown resident whose final resting place is Palm Cemetery.

Ermine Cowles Case

1871–1953 (age 82)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Ermine Cowles Case (1871-1953) was an American paleontologist and geologist known for his work at the University of Mich...

Frederick William Dallinger

1871–1955 (age 84)

Center Lovell Cemetery

Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives for over a decade...

Garnet Carter

1883–1954 (age 71)

Forest Hills Cemetery

Garnet Carter (1883-1954) invented the first miniature golf course and founded Rockwood Park Resort, and he is buried in...

Alexander H. Rice, Jr.

1875–1956 (age 81)

Berkeley Memorial Cemetery

Alexander H. Rice Jr. (1875-1956) was an American physician, explorer, and geographer who undertook South American exped...

W. A. Martin

1878–1955 (age 77)

Forest Hills Cemetery

W. A. Martin (1878-1955) died in Chattanooga and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, though little else is widely docume...

Mary Frances Winston Newson

1869–1959 (age 90)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Mary Frances Winston Newson (1869-1959) was an American mathematician who became one of the first women to earn a doctor...

Adelaide Bee Cooper Evans

1870–1958 (age 88)

Maple Grove Cemetery

Adelaide Bee Cooper Evans (1870-1958) spent her life in the region and is buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, even though fe...

Margarita Pumpelly Smyth

1873–1959 (age 86)

Berkeley Memorial Cemetery

Margarita Pumpelly Smyth (1873-1959) was an American geographer and geologist who published widely on American landscape...

Harry Leonidas Princehorn

1879–1957 (age 78)

Mansfield Cemetery

Harry Leonidas Princehorn (1879-1957) was a Mansfield resident whose gravesite is located in Mansfield Cemetery.

Ronald Colman

1891–1958 (age 67)

Santa Barbara Cemetery

Ronald Colman (1891-1958) was an English stage and film actor celebrated for his suave leading roles in Hollywood before...

Murray Kinnell

1889–1954 (age 65)

Santa Barbara Cemetery

Murray Kinnell (1889-1954) was an English-born character actor on stage and screen who spent his final years in Santa Ba...

Katherine MacDonald

1891–1956 (age 65)

Santa Barbara Cemetery

Katherine MacDonald (1891-1956) was a silent film actress and producer nicknamed the "American Beauty" whose grave lies ...

Henry Torsey Fernald

1866–1952 (age 86)

Palm Cemetery

Henry Torsey Fernald (1866–1952) of Litchfield was laid to rest in Palm Cemetery after a life that spanned the turn of...

Ida Gibbs

1862–1957 (age 95)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Ida Gibbs (1862–1957) of Victoria was interred at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery following a long life that bridged the 19t...

Minna Fernald

1860–1954 (age 94)

Palm Cemetery

Minna Fernald (1860–1954), who hailed from Baltimore, rests in Palm Cemetery after witnessing an era of dramatic chang...

Nathan B. Van Etten

1866–1954 (age 88)

Laurel Grove Cemetery

Nathan B. Van Etten (1866–1954) of Waverly is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery after living through the Gilded Age and ...

Elizabeth Bethune Campbell

1880–1956 (age 76)

Laurel Grove Cemetery

Elizabeth Bethune Campbell (1880–1956) was laid to rest in Laurel Grove Cemetery after a life that unfolded during the...

Michael Murray Van Beuren

1872–1951 (age 79)

Berkeley Memorial Cemetery

Michael Murray Van Beuren (1872–1951) of Manhattan was buried in Berkeley Memorial Cemetery after decades in a rapidly...

Leah Eveline Hamlin

1895–1951 (age 56)

Maple Grove Cemetery

Leah Eveline Hamlin (1895–1951) of Grawn rests in Maple Grove Cemetery following a lifetime that spanned two world war...

Guy Fairfax Cary

1879–1950 (age 71)

Berkeley Memorial Cemetery

Guy Fairfax Cary (1879–1950) found his final resting place in Berkeley Memorial Cemetery after a life traversing the t...

Willing Spencer

1877–1952 (age 75)

Berkeley Memorial Cemetery

Willing Spencer (1877–1952) of Philadelphia was laid to rest in Berkeley Memorial Cemetery after decades witnessing th...