Deaths in the 2000s

Zip Hanna

1916–2001 (age 85)

Pickens

Zip Hanna (1916-2001) was a Chester native remembered by his local community when he passed away.

Jelt Sietsema

1921–2005 (age 84)

Grandville

Jelt Sietsema (1921-2005) was a Michigan politician who represented Grand Rapids-area constituents for many years.

Julian C. Dixon

1934–2000 (age 66)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Julian C. Dixon (1934-2000) served as a U.S. Representative from the Los Angeles area and worked in Washington, D.C., fo...

George Mikan

1924–2005 (age 81)

Lakewood Cemetery

George Mikan (1924-2005) was a Hall of Fame basketball center widely regarded as the NBA's first dominant big man.

Paul Wellstone

1944–2002 (age 58)

Lakewood Cemetery

Paul Wellstone (1944-2002) was a U.S. Senator from Minnesota known for his progressive activism and commitment to grassr...

Orville Freeman

1918–2003 (age 85)

Lakewood Cemetery

Orville Freeman (1918-2003) served as governor of Minnesota before becoming U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Presiden...

Joe Hutton

1928–2009 (age 81)

Lakewood Cemetery

Joe Hutton (1928-2009) was a celebrated Minnesota fiddler who helped keep traditional folk music alive in Excelsior.

Karl Mueller

1963–2005 (age 42)

Lakewood Cemetery

Karl Mueller (1963-2005) was the bassist for the alternative rock band Soul Asylum.

Shirley Jean Rickert

1926–2009 (age 83)

Albany Rural Cemetery

Shirley Jean Rickert (1926-2009) found fame as an Our Gang child actress before later settling in Seattle.

Carl Pohlad

1915–2009 (age 94)

Lakewood Cemetery

Carl Pohlad (1915-2009) was a billionaire banker and sports owner best known for leading the Minnesota Twins for decades...

Jonathan Cole

1925–2009 (age 84)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Jonathan Cole (1925-2009) is commemorated by his burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery after a long life centered around the B...

Janet Akyüz Mattei

1943–2004 (age 61)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943-2004), a Turkish-American astronomer, directed the AAVSO for decades and championed variable s...

John R. Meyer

1927–2009 (age 82)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John R. Meyer (1927-2009) was an MIT economist whose pioneering transportation research influenced U.S. infrastructure p...

Robert W. White

1904–2001 (age 97)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert W. White (1904-2001) was an American psychologist noted for his work on competence motivation and personality the...

Thomas F. August

1926–2005 (age 79)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas F. August (1926-2005) spent his final years in Cambridge and was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Gregory Peck

1916–2003 (age 87)

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Gregory Peck (1916-2003) was an Academy Award-winning actor best known for portraying Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mocking...

Celes King III

1923–2003 (age 80)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Celes King III (1923-2003) was a Chicago-born figure whose legacy is preserved by his burial at Inglewood Park Cemetery.

Paul D. Conley

1900–2001 (age 101)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Paul D. Conley (1900-2001) lived to 101 and is remembered through his interment in Inglewood Park Cemetery.

Cardella DeMillo

1930–2003 (age 73)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Cardella DeMillo (1930-2003) is laid to rest at Inglewood Park Cemetery after a life spent in the Los Angeles area.

Jheryl Busby

1949–2008 (age 59)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Jheryl Busby (1949-2008) was a music executive who led Motown Records and helped guide R&B stars in the 1990s.

Patrice Holloway

1951–2006 (age 55)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Patrice Holloway (1951-2006) was a Motown singer whose smooth vocals graced several soundtrack recordings.

Paul "Tank" Younger

1928–2001 (age 73)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Paul "Tank" Younger (1928-2001) was an American football pioneer who became one of the NFL's first African American fron...

Wonderful Smith

1911–2008 (age 97)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Wonderful Smith (1911-2008) was an African American comedian and film actor remembered for his work from the 1930s onwar...

Lalomie Washburn

1941–2004 (age 63)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004) was a Memphis-born R&B singer-songwriter whose powerful vocals supported both her own rec...

Marjorie Woodworth

1919–2000 (age 81)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Marjorie Woodworth (1919–2000) was an American film actress remembered for her appearances in 1940s Republic Pictures ...

Earl Vincent Winblad

1916–2004 (age 88)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Earl Vincent Winblad (1916–2004) was a Bronx native whose life eventually brought him to Southern California, where he...

Herbert Bloch

1911–2006 (age 95)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Herbert Bloch (1911–2006) was a German-born American classical scholar and medievalist who taught at Harvard and becam...

Claude Shannon

1916–2001 (age 85)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Claude Shannon (1916–2001) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer celebrated as the father of informati...

John Rawls

1921–2002 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

John Rawls (1921–2002) was an American philosopher whose work in political liberalism, especially A Theory of Justice,...

Robert Nozick

1938–2002 (age 64)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Nozick (1938–2002) was an American philosopher best known for his libertarian counterpoint to Rawls in Anarchy,...

Caroline Knapp

1959–2002 (age 43)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Caroline Knapp (1959–2002) was an American writer and columnist who chronicled her struggles with addiction and relati...

Arthur M. Schlesinger

1917–2007 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917–2007) was an American historian and social critic whose Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies...

Henry M. Hattori

1918–2002 (age 84)

Fernley

Henry M. Hattori (1918–2002) was a Stockton native whose life ended in Nevada, where he was laid to rest at Fernley af...

H. David Dalquist

1918–2005 (age 87)

Lakewood Cemetery

H. David Dalquist (1918–2005) was an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded Nordic Ware and introduced the ico...

John J. Wild

1914–2009 (age 95)

Lakewood Cemetery

John J. Wild (1914–2009) was an American physician and engineer who pioneered the use of ultrasound in medical diagnos...

John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr.

1912–2005 (age 93)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr. (1912–2005) was an American businessman and philanthropist who carried on the Pillsbury fa...

Paul Giel

1932–2002 (age 70)

Lakewood Cemetery

Paul Giel (1932–2002) was an American athlete who starred as a college football halfback and later pitched and played ...

Steve Foley

1959–2008 (age 49)

Lakewood Cemetery

Steve Foley (1959–2008) was a Minnesotan whose life came to a close in the Twin Cities and who is buried at Lakewood C...

Sheila Wellstone

1944–2002 (age 58)

Lakewood Cemetery

Sheila Wellstone was an American human rights advocate who championed efforts to prevent domestic violence before her de...

John Hugh MacMillan

1928–2008 (age 80)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Hugh MacMillan was an American business executive who guided Cargill as its chairman through much of the late 20th ...

Harold J. Hendriks

1918–2002 (age 84)

Milbank

Harold J. Hendriks (1918–2002) of West Liberty was remembered by his community and laid to rest in Milbank.

George Mackey

1916–2006 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

George Mackey was an American mathematician whose work on representation theory and functional analysis shaped modern an...

Frank Conroy

1936–2005 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Frank Conroy was an American author and longtime director of the National Endowment for the Arts' Literature Program, be...

Gerry Studds

1937–2006 (age 69)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gerry Studds was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly th...

Nathan M. Pusey

1907–2001 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Nathan M. Pusey was an American educator who served as president of Harvard University and later advised on national edu...

Gordon Willey

1913–2002 (age 89)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Gordon Willey was an American archaeologist noted for pioneering settlement pattern studies throughout the Americas.

Adam Ulam

1922–2000 (age 78)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Adam Ulam was a Harvard historian and expert on Soviet studies whose scholarship spanned decades.

Michael Kelly

1957–2003 (age 46)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Michael Kelly was an American journalist and editor for The Washington Post, known for his reporting and commentary befo...

Robert Dorfman

1916–2002 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Robert Dorfman was an American economist whose work on linear programming and national income accounting influenced deve...

Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle

1907–2005 (age 98)

Roselawn

Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle (1907–2005) of Mattoon left behind a life remembered by her community before she was laid t...