Deaths in the 2000s

Tony Criscola

1915–2001 (age 86)

Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory

Tony Criscola (1915–2001) spent part of his life as a professional baseball outfielder before being laid to rest at Cy...

Maurice Uchitel

1911–2000 (age 89)

Palm Memorial Park Cemetery

Maurice Uchitel (1911–2000) became known as a nightclub owner and impresario in New York City.

Freddie Bell

1931–2008 (age 77)

Palm Memorial Park Cemetery

Freddie Bell (1931–2008) was a Philadelphia-born singer who led Freddie Bell and the Bellboys and helped popularize ro...

George Russell MacCall

1918–2008 (age 90)

Palm Memorial Park Cemetery

George Russell MacCall (1918–2008) was an American tennis promoter and advocate for the sport who is buried at Palm Me...

Yang Chuan-kwang

1933–2007 (age 74)

Ivy Lawn Memorial Park

Yang Chuan-kwang (1933–2007) was a Taiwanese Olympic decathlete and national sports hero laid to rest at Ivy Lawn Memo...

Nancy Chaffee

1929–2002 (age 73)

Ivy Lawn Memorial Park

Nancy Chaffee (1929–2002) was an American tennis player who won national championships before being interred at Ivy La...

Norm Cook

1955–2008 (age 53)

New Union Cemetery

Norm Cook (1955–2008) was an American professional basketball player from Chicago who was buried at New Union Cemetery...

Eric Turner

1968–2000 (age 32)

Ivy Lawn Memorial Park

Eric Turner (1968–2000) was an American football safety remembered for his NFL career and laid to rest at Ivy Lawn Mem...

Roy Brown

1932–2001 (age 69)

Memory Gardens Cemetery

Roy Brown (1932–2001) was an American R&B singer and songwriter celebrated for his influence on rock and roll and buri...

Vivian Liberto

1934–2005 (age 71)

Ivy Lawn Memorial Park

Vivian Liberto (1934–2005) was an American memoirist and the first wife of Johnny Cash who is interred at Ivy Lawn Mem...

Emerson Emory

1925–2003 (age 78)

Carver Memorial Park

Emerson Emory (1925–2003) was an American physician and civil rights activist from Dallas laid to rest at Carver Memor...

Rose Bampton

1908–2007 (age 99)

Old Saint David Church Cemetery

Rose Bampton (1908–2007) was an American opera singer renowned for her Metropolitan Opera performances and buried at O...

Bill Schroeder

1923–2003 (age 80)

Wildwood Cemetery

Bill Schroeder (1923–2003) was an American baseball outfielder for the Boston Braves who rests at Wildwood Cemetery in...

Cary Ann Bechly

1914–2000 (age 86)

Sugar Creek Cemetery

Cary Ann Bechly (1914–2000) was an American resident of Watseka remembered by her burial at Sugar Creek Cemetery.

Neal Fredericks

1969–2004 (age 35)

Westminster Memorial Park

Neal Fredericks (1969–2004) was an American cinematographer best known for his work on The Blair Witch Project and is ...

Donald G. Brotzman

1922–2004 (age 82)

Green Mountain Cemetery

Donald G. Brotzman (1922–2004) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado and rests ...

Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden

1907–2007 (age 100)

Green Mountain Cemetery

Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden (1907–2007) was an American centenarian from Denver who is interred at Green Mountain Cemeter...

Stanley Wolfe

1924–2009 (age 85)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Stanley Wolfe (1924–2009) was an American resident of New York City laid to rest at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Frances Todman

1926–2008 (age 82)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Frances Todman (1926–2008) was a Jackson County resident whose life is memorialized at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Chili Williams

1921–2003 (age 82)

Westminster Memorial Park

Chili Williams (1921–2003) spent her years in Minneapolis and was laid to rest at Westminster Memorial Park.

Arthur Robinson

1914–2000 (age 86)

Green Mountain Cemetery

Arthur Robinson (1914–2000) called New York City home before being interred at Green Mountain Cemetery.

Mary Cane Robinson

1910–2003 (age 93)

Green Mountain Cemetery

Mary Cane Robinson (1910–2003) shares memorial space at Green Mountain Cemetery, marking her life spanning most of the...

Jonas Martin Panik

1974–2001 (age 27)

Centre County Memorial Park

Jonas Martin Panik (1974–2001) was a State College resident buried at Centre County Memorial Park.

Mary Jackson

1910–2005 (age 95)

Oak Grove Cemetery

Mary Jackson (1910–2005) of Milford rests in Oak Grove Cemetery after decades in the community.

Aimée de Heeren

1903–2006 (age 103)

Hillcrest Memorial Park

Aimée de Heeren (1903–2006) spent her final years near Castro and is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Bernie Little

1926–2003 (age 77)

Oak Hill Burial Park

Bernie Little (1926–2003) is memorialized at Oak Hill Burial Park.

Scott Kelly

1927–2005 (age 78)

Oak Hill Burial Park

Scott Kelly (1927–2005) from Madison is interred at Oak Hill Burial Park.

Conrad Chisholm

1916–2009 (age 93)

Hillcrest Memorial Park

Conrad Chisholm (1916–2009) of Saint James Parish rests at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Virginia Holmes Watkins

1911–2003 (age 92)

Maysville Cemetery

Virginia Holmes Watkins (1911–2003) lived in Maysville and is buried in Maysville Cemetery.

Jack Karwales

1920–2004 (age 84)

Lithuanian National Cemetery

Jack Karwales (1920–2004) was associated with Chicago and was laid to rest at Lithuanian National Cemetery.

Lionel Weiss

1923–2000 (age 77)

Lake View Cemetery

Lionel Weiss (1923–2000) is remembered at Lake View Cemetery.

George H. Morrison

1921–2004 (age 83)

Lake View Cemetery

George H. Morrison (1921–2004) is interred at Lake View Cemetery.

Henry T. Drennan

1913–2003 (age 90)

Lakeview Cemetery

Henry T. Drennan (1913–2003) from Portland rests at Lakeview Cemetery.

Robert Sheckley

1928–2005 (age 77)

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was a Maplewood-born American science fiction author celebrated for his satirical short stor...

Robert Starer

1924–2001 (age 77)

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

Robert Starer (1924-2001) was a Vienna-born American composer and pianist noted for his modernist concert works.

David "Fathead" Newman

1933–2009 (age 76)

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

David "Fathead" Newman (1933-2009) was a Corsicana native who became an American jazz saxophonist and flutist best known...

Paula Danziger

1944–2004 (age 60)

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

Paula Danziger (1944-2004) was a Washington, D.C. native and American children's author who wrote beloved humorous novel...

Gina Mastrogiacomo

1961–2001 (age 40)

Nassau Knolls Cemetery

Gina Mastrogiacomo (1961-2001) was a Great Neck native and American film and television actress remembered for supportin...

Frederick Carlos Ferry, Jr.

1913–2004 (age 91)

Hamilton College Cemetery

Frederick Carlos Ferry, Jr. (1913-2004) was an American whose life concluded with burial at Hamilton College Cemetery.

Petra Cabot

1907–2006 (age 99)

Woodstock Artists Cemetery

Petra Cabot (1907-2006) was a Philadelphia County-born American interior designer and author celebrated for her stylish ...

Richard O. Ristine

1920–2009 (age 89)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Richard O. Ristine (1920-2009) was a Crawfordsville native and American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of ...

Patricia Stillman

1919–2004 (age 85)

Elmwood Cemetery

Patricia Stillman (1919-2004) was an American whose final resting place is at Elmwood Cemetery.

Abbot S. Gaunt

1936–2006 (age 70)

Elmwood Cemetery

Abbot S. Gaunt (1936-2006) was a Lawrence native whose memory is marked with burial at Elmwood Cemetery.

Edwin L. Mechem

1912–2002 (age 90)

Fairview Memorial Park

Edwin L. Mechem (1912-2002) was an Alamogordo-born American politician who served three terms as Governor of New Mexico.

Raoul Bott

1923–2005 (age 82)

Chilmark Cemetery

Raoul Bott (1923-2005) was a Budapest-born Hungarian-American mathematician whose work on topology and differential geom...

Ralph Brazelton Peck

1912–2008 (age 96)

Fairview Memorial Park

Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912-2008) was a Winnipeg-born American civil engineer and geotechnical pioneer whose textbooks re...

Fred J. Tuerk

1922–2001 (age 79)

St. Mary's Cemetery

Fred J. Tuerk (1922-2001) was an American whose life is commemorated at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Molly Griswold Flender

1935–2005 (age 70)

Chilmark Cemetery

Molly Griswold Flender (1935-2005) was a Connecticut native whose memory lives on at Chilmark Cemetery.

Kenneth Alton Bennett

1920–2001 (age 81)

Saint Johns Cemetery

Kenneth Alton Bennett (1920-2001) lived in Ozone Park and was buried at Saint Johns Cemetery.

Robert Mondavi

1913–2008 (age 95)

St. Helena Cemetery

Robert Mondavi (1913-2008), the pioneering American winemaker from Virginia, was laid to rest at St. Helena Cemetery.