Deaths in the 2000s

Margaret Hart Surbeck

1915–2000 (age 85)

Oak Hill Memorial Park

Margaret Hart Surbeck (1915–2000) was laid to rest at Oak Hill Memorial Park after a life spanning much of the 20th ce...

Esther Thelen

1941–2004 (age 63)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Esther Thelen (1941–2004) of Brooklyn was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Clarine Coffin Grenfell

1910–2004 (age 94)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Clarine Coffin Grenfell (1910–2004) of Bangor was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Art Aragon

1927–2008 (age 81)

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery

Art Aragon (1927–2008) was an American boxer known for his colorful persona, buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemet...

Daniel Pearl

1963–2002 (age 39)

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery

Daniel Pearl (1963–2002) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and correspondent for The Wall Street Journal who was...

Samuel Z. Arkoff

1918–2001 (age 83)

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery

Samuel Z. Arkoff (1918–2001), a prolific film producer and co-founder of American International Pictures, was buried a...

Howard Zieff

1927–2009 (age 82)

Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery

Howard Zieff (1927–2009) was an American commercial and film director remembered for works such as My Girl and Ishtar,...

Frank Kelly Freas

1922–2005 (age 83)

Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005) was a celebrated science fiction artist whose final resting place is Oakwood Memorial Pa...

Adele Jergens

1917–2002 (age 85)

Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

Adele Jergens (1917–2002) was an American actress known for her roles in 1940s films and is buried at Oakwood Memorial...

Rip Coleman

1931–2004 (age 73)

Oakwood Cemetery

Rip Coleman (1931–2004) spent his life after growing up in Troy and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery.

Louis Skoler

1920–2008 (age 88)

Oakwood Cemetery

Louis Skoler (1920–2008) was laid to rest at Oakwood Cemetery after a long life spanning most of the 20th century.

John Coolidge

1906–2000 (age 94)

Plymouth Notch Cemetery

John Coolidge (1906–2000) was an American businessman and the son of President Calvin Coolidge who was buried at Plymo...

Lydia Coolidge Sayles

1939–2001 (age 62)

Plymouth Notch Cemetery

Lydia Coolidge Sayles (1939–2001) was a member of the Coolidge family who was buried at Plymouth Notch Cemetery.

Barry Alan Richmond

1932–2002 (age 70)

Poquetanuck

Barry Alan Richmond (1932–2002) was an American system dynamics consultant and educator from Norwich who founded ISEE ...

Lester Lockett

1912–2005 (age 93)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Lester Lockett (1912–2005) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader whose career helped bridge the swing era an...

Vernon Jarrett

1917–2004 (age 87)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Vernon Jarrett (1917–2004) was a prominent African American journalist and commentator whose columns chronicled the st...

Isaac Hayes

1942–2008 (age 66)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Isaac Hayes (1942–2008) was an Oscar- and Grammy-winning soul singer-songwriter, producer, and actor who helped define...

Sam Phillips

1923–2003 (age 80)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Sam Phillips (1923–2003) was the visionary record producer who founded Sun Records and launched Elvis Presley, Johnny ...

Shawn Lane

1963–2003 (age 40)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Shawn Lane (1963–2003) was an American guitar virtuoso and composer celebrated for his blistering technique and genre-...

Gail Robinson

1946–2008 (age 62)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Gail Robinson (1946–2008) was an American operatic soprano acclaimed for her performances at the Metropolitan Opera an...

Jimmy Griffin

1943–2005 (age 62)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Jimmy Griffin (1943–2005) was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the soft-rock group Bre...

Andy Seminick

1920–2004 (age 84)

Melbourne Cemetery

Andy Seminick (1920–2004) was an All-Star catcher who helped anchor the Philadelphia Phillies and later managed in the...

Don Briscoe

1940–2004 (age 64)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Don Briscoe (1940–2004) was an American actor remembered for his roles on Gothic television dramas like Dark Shadows.

Gilbert E. Patterson

1939–2007 (age 68)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Gilbert E. Patterson (1939–2007) was a Pentecostal bishop who served as presiding bishop of the Church of God in Chris...

Joe Signaigo

1923–2007 (age 84)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Joe Signaigo (1923–2007) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League during the 1940s.

Glenn Lautzenhiser

1906–2003 (age 97)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Glenn Lautzenhiser (1906–2003) was an American whose long life was rooted in the Akron area and is commemorated at Mem...

Edward T. Browne

1926–2001 (age 75)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Edward T. Browne (1926–2001) was a Memphis-area resident whose lifetime of service is remembered by his burial at Memo...

Bill Holland

1914–2000 (age 86)

Massachusetts National Cemetery

Bill Holland (1914–2000) was an American military veteran from Greenville who is interred at Massachusetts National Ce...

Gwen Robinson Awsumb

1915–2003 (age 88)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Gwen Robinson Awsumb (1915-2003) was a Marshall native laid to rest at Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery.

Sid Hudson

1915–2008 (age 93)

Oakwood Cemetery

Sid Hudson (1915-2008) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators who later worked as a coach and s...

Herbert H. Reynolds

1930–2007 (age 77)

Oakwood Cemetery

Herbert H. Reynolds (1930-2007) served as president of Baylor University and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Frankston.

Robert E. Franzl

1921–2002 (age 81)

Oakwood Cemetery

Robert E. Franzl (1921-2002) was a New York City resident whose final resting place is at Oakwood Cemetery.

Elizabeth M. Browne

1927–2008 (age 81)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Elizabeth M. Browne (1927-2008) hailed from Nelson County and is interred at Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery.

Henry Easterwood

1934–2002 (age 68)

Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Henry Easterwood (1934-2002) of Carroll County was laid to rest at Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery.

John Burke Jr.

1924–2003 (age 79)

Massachusetts National Cemetery

John Burke Jr. (1924-2003) of West Orange was a U.S. military veteran buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery.

Alfred Atherton

1921–2002 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Alfred Atherton (1921-2002) was a U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to Egypt and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Eleanor McGovern

1921–2007 (age 86)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Eleanor McGovern (1921-2007) was an activist and author who supported her husband George McGovern’s political career.

Jane Lawton

1944–2007 (age 63)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Jane Lawton (1944-2007) was a public servant from Muskogee whose grave is in Rock Creek Cemetery.

Marjorie Williams

1958–2005 (age 47)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Marjorie Williams (1958-2005) was a journalist and critic for The Washington Post and The New Yorker, buried at Rock Cre...

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

1905–2002 (age 97)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905-2002) was a photographer and philanthropist from New York City interred at Rock Cree...

Paul Warnke

1920–2001 (age 81)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Paul Warnke (1920-2001) was a lawyer and arms control negotiator who served in the U.S. Defense Department.

Richard Queen

1951–2002 (age 51)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Richard Queen (1951-2002) was a U.S. diplomat who survived captivity during the Iran hostage crisis and is buried at Roc...

Jimmy Upton

1949–2003 (age 54)

Minden Cemetery

Jimmy Upton (1949-2003) was a Minden resident laid to rest in Minden Cemetery.

Steve Trapilo

1964–2004 (age 40)

Milton Cemetery

Steve Trapilo (1964–2004) lived in Boston and was laid to rest in Milton Cemetery.

Fred Haynes

1946–2006 (age 60)

Minden Cemetery

Fred Haynes (1946–2006) hailed from Minden and now rests in Minden Cemetery.

Tom Kingsford

1928–2005 (age 77)

Missoula Cemetery

Tom Kingsford (1928–2005) spent his final days in Missoula and is buried at Missoula Cemetery.

Albert J. Kelley

1924–2004 (age 80)

Milton Cemetery

Albert J. Kelley (1924–2004) of West Roxbury was interred in Milton Cemetery.

Frank Lewin

1925–2008 (age 83)

Princeton Cemetery

Frank Lewin (1925–2008) was laid to rest in Princeton Cemetery.

Louie Bellson

1924–2009 (age 85)

Riverside Cemetery

Louie Bellson (1924–2009) had ties to Rock Falls and is buried at Riverside Cemetery.

Chico Banks

1962–2008 (age 46)

Restvale Cemetery

Chico Banks (1962–2008) lived in Chicago and now rests at Restvale Cemetery.