Deaths in the 2000s

Marty Moates

1956–2006 (age 50)

El Camino Memorial Park

Marty Moates was an American football running back who played in the NFL in the late 1970s.

David Zenoff

1916–2005 (age 89)

El Camino Memorial Park

David Zenoff served as a justice on the Nevada Supreme Court and was known for judicial reforms.

J. Edwin Seegmiller

1920–2006 (age 86)

El Camino Memorial Park

J. Edwin Seegmiller was an American physician and medical researcher renowned for his work on metabolic diseases.

Robert L. Bereuter

1918–2000 (age 82)

El Camino Memorial Park

Robert L. Bereuter was a U.S. Representative from Nebraska noted for his expertise in foreign affairs.

Helen Copley

1922–2004 (age 82)

El Camino Memorial Park

Helen Copley ran Copley Press as a newspaper publisher and philanthropist.

Joseph Talmadge Keaton

1922–2007 (age 85)

El Camino Memorial Park

Joseph Talmadge Keaton was an American vaudeville performer and the father of comic Buster Keaton.

Oleg Cassini

1913–2006 (age 93)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

Oleg Cassini was a French-born American fashion designer famous for dressing Jackie Kennedy.

Orio Palmer

1956–2001 (age 45)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

Orio Palmer was a New York City Fire Department Battalion Chief who commanded at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Cliff Montgomery

1910–2005 (age 95)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

Cliff Montgomery was an All-America quarterback who later became a football coach and executive.

George C. Lang

1947–2005 (age 58)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

George C. Lang was a U.S. Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam.

George M. Skurla

1921–2001 (age 80)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

George M. Skurla was an aerospace engineer who directed Lockheed’s development of experimental ships.

Jared Nathan

1985–2006 (age 21)

Cemetery of the Resurrection

Jared Nathan was an American actor known for Broadway and television roles as a child.

John R. McGann

1924–2002 (age 78)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

John R. McGann was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served on Long Island.

Peter J. Ganci Jr.

1946–2001 (age 55)

Cemetery of the Holy Rood

Peter J. Ganci Jr. (1946–2001) served as the FDNY Chief of Department and was the highest-ranking fire official killed...

Christopher Amoroso

1972–2001 (age 29)

Cemetery of the Resurrection

Christopher Amoroso (1972–2001) was a Long Island resident memorialized at the Cemetery of the Resurrection after his ...

Thomas P. Holohan

1965–2001 (age 36)

Chester

Thomas P. Holohan (1965–2001) was a Queens resident whose passing in 2001 led to his interment in Chester.

Albert Reynolds Morse

1914–2000 (age 86)

Fairmount Cemetery

Albert Reynolds Morse (1914–2000) was an art collector and museum founder whose establishment of the Morse Museum help...

Janet Petra Bonnema

1938–2008 (age 70)

Fairmount Cemetery

Janet Petra Bonnema (1938–2008) spent her later years in Denver and is buried at Fairmount Cemetery, marking her lifel...

Cliff Holman

1929–2008 (age 79)

Elmwood Cemetery

Cliff Holman (1929–2008) was a beloved Birmingham television personality known as "Uncle Cliff" who entertained genera...

Joe Domnanovich

1919–2009 (age 90)

Elmwood Cemetery

Joe Domnanovich (1919–2009) was a South Bend native whose long life is commemorated with a grave at Elmwood Cemetery.

Lyman Bostock, Sr.

1918–2005 (age 87)

Elmwood Cemetery

Lyman Bostock Sr. (1918–2005) was a Negro leagues outfielder whose legacy endured in Birmingham and through his son Ly...

Henry E. Erwin

1921–2002 (age 81)

Elmwood Cemetery

Henry E. Erwin (1921–2002) was a United States Air Force staff sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during ...

Mary Ivy Burks

1920–2007 (age 87)

Elmwood Cemetery

Mary Ivy Burks (1920–2007) was a Birmingham environmentalist hailed as the mother of Alabama's environmental movement ...

Alston Callahan

1911–2005 (age 94)

Elmwood Cemetery

Alston Callahan (1911–2005) was an ophthalmologist whose pioneering surgeries and leadership helped shape modern eye c...

Helen Sellers Davis

1912–2008 (age 96)

Elmwood Cemetery

Helen Sellers Davis (1912–2008) was a longtime Birmingham-area resident whose life spanned nearly a century before she...

Lucille Stewart Beeson

1905–2001 (age 96)

Elmwood Cemetery

Lucille Stewart Beeson (1905–2001) was a Tennessee native whose final resting place is Elmwood Cemetery in Alabama.

Nina Miglionico

1913–2009 (age 96)

Elmwood Cemetery

Nina Miglionico (1913–2009) was a trailblazing Birmingham politician and civil rights advocate who became the city's f...

Peter Hoagland

1941–2007 (age 66)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Peter Hoagland (1941–2007) represented Nebraska's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House from 1989 to 1995 befor...

Bob Marquis

1924–2007 (age 83)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Bob Marquis, who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1940s and early 1950s, was buried at Forest Lawn Me...

Don Helms

1927–2008 (age 81)

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Don Helms, the steel guitarist whose work with Hank Williams helped define honky-tonk music, died in 2008 and rests at F...

Doug Ault

1950–2004 (age 54)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Doug Ault, the Toronto Blue Jays first baseman famed for hitting the franchise's first World Series home run, passed awa...

John E. Gray

1907–2002 (age 95)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

John E. Gray, president of West Texas State University for many years, died in 2002 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memori...

Eugene A. Leahy

1929–2000 (age 71)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Eugene A. Leahy, a former mayor of Omaha, passed in 2000 and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

John O. Brostrup

1915–2009 (age 94)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

John O. Brostrup, a lifelong Omaha resident, was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park following his 2009 death.

Jimmie Crawford

1935–2005 (age 70)

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Jimmie Crawford, who lived in Obetz, Ohio, died in 2005 and was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

Bob Foster

1929–2000 (age 71)

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Bob Foster, the light heavyweight boxing champion of the world during the late 1960s, was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial...

Harry Hester

1925–2006 (age 81)

Elmwood Cemetery

Harry Hester was laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham after his 2006 death.

James MacKay

1919–2004 (age 85)

Decatur Cemetery

James MacKay, the former U.S. Representative from Georgia, was buried at Decatur Cemetery following his 2004 death.

Tommy Henrich

1913–2009 (age 96)

Dayton National Cemetery

Tommy Henrich, the longtime outfielder for the New York Yankees known as 'Old Reliable,' died in 2009 and is interred at...

Florence Peterson Kendall

1910–2006 (age 96)

Druid Ridge Cemetery

Florence Peterson Kendall, a pioneering physical therapist and author of widely used rehabilitation texts, died in 2006 ...

Nat Taylor

1927–2006 (age 79)

Druid Ridge Cemetery

Nat Taylor, an Oklahoma City resident, was buried at Druid Ridge Cemetery after passing away in 2006.

Richard Hosley

1921–2004 (age 83)

Dennis Village Cemetery

Richard Hosley, who was laid to rest at Dennis Village Cemetery after his 2004 death, lived in New York City.

Johnny Unitas

1933–2002 (age 69)

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens

Johnny Unitas, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose record-setting career made him one of football's legends, was buried a...

Pat Kelly

1944–2005 (age 61)

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens

Pat Kelly (1944–2005) was a Philadelphia resident now buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Irv Hall

1918–2006 (age 88)

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens

Irv Hall (1918–2006) hailed from Alberton and rests at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

Steve Mason

1940–2005 (age 65)

Eagle Point National Cemetery

Steve Mason (1940–2005) of Brooklyn is interred at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Elizabeth Tashjian

1912–2007 (age 95)

Duck River Cemetery

Elizabeth Tashjian (1912–2007) from Manhattan is buried at Duck River Cemetery.

Keith Specking

1919–2009 (age 90)

Eagle Point National Cemetery

Keith Specking (1919–2009) lived in Hanson and is laid to rest at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Richard Sheridan Spring

1925–2006 (age 81)

Eagle Point National Cemetery

Richard Sheridan Spring (1925–2006) of Illinois rests at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Nicholas Mangione

1925–2008 (age 83)

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens

Nicholas Mangione (1925–2008) from Baltimore is buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.