Deaths in the 2010s

Glen Sonmor

1929–2015 (age 86)

Lakewood Cemetery

Glen Sonmor (1929–2015) last resided in Moose Jaw and is buried at Lakewood Cemetery.

Howard Fox

1920–2011 (age 91)

Lakewood Cemetery

Howard Fox (1920–2011) of Emporia rests at Lakewood Cemetery.

John Williams

1945–2012 (age 67)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Williams (1945–2012) of Jackson is buried at Lakewood Cemetery.

Keith Fahnhorst

1952–2018 (age 66)

Lakewood Cemetery

Keith Fahnhorst (1952–2018) was an American NFL offensive tackle who spent his career with the San Francisco 49ers.

Scott Nimerfro

1961–2016 (age 55)

Lakewood Cemetery

Scott Nimerfro (1961–2016) was an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as Hanniba...

Fred Stone Truxal

1922–2017 (age 95)

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Fred Stone Truxal (1922–2017) was laid to rest at Inglewood Park Cemetery.

Toby Kimball

1942–2017 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Toby Kimball (1942–2017) was an American professional basketball forward/center who played for teams including the Bos...

Stanley Cavell

1926–2018 (age 92)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Stanley Cavell (1926–2018) was an influential American philosopher of ordinary language and a longtime Harvard profess...

William von Eggers Doering

1917–2011 (age 94)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

William von Eggers Doering (1917–2011) was an American organic chemist whose work on carbocations and mentorship shape...

Bud Collins

1929–2016 (age 87)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Bud Collins (1929–2016) was an American tennis journalist and broadcaster who became the voice of the U.S. Open.

Leo Beranek

1914–2016 (age 102)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Leo Beranek (1914–2016) was an American acoustical engineer and co-founder of Bolt Beranek and Newman, contributing to...

Stanisław Barańczak

1946–2014 (age 68)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, and Harvard professor renowned for his translati...

Roy Innis

1934–2017 (age 83)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Roy Innis (1934–2017) was an American civil rights activist and longtime national chairman of the Congress of Racial E...

Gene Mako

1916–2013 (age 97)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Gene Mako (1916–2013) was an American tennis player who won multiple Grand Slam doubles titles in the 1930s and later ...

Ann Rutherford

1917–2012 (age 95)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Ann Rutherford (1917–2012) was a Canadian-American actress best known for playing Polly Benedict in the Andy Hardy fil...

Joan Leslie

1925–2015 (age 90)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Joan Leslie (1925–2015) was a Detroit-born American film actress celebrated for her performances in 1940s Hollywood cl...

Miriam Seegar

1907–2011 (age 104)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Miriam Seegar (1907–2011) was an American actress whose career in the late silent era and early talkies included appea...

Cammie King

1934–2010 (age 76)

Holy Cross Cemetery

Cammie King (1934–2010) was an American child actress best remembered for playing Bonnie Blue Butler in 'Gone with the...

Elisabeth Jane Blake

1924–2010 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Elisabeth Jane Blake (1924–2010) is remembered through her burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

John H. Davis

1929–2012 (age 83)

Woodlawn Cemetery

John H. Davis (1929–2012) spent his final years in Manhattan and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Erwin N. Hiebert

1919–2012 (age 93)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Erwin N. Hiebert (1919–2012) was a Waldheim native who later found his resting place at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Josef Anton Hofmann

1924–2010 (age 86)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Josef Anton Hofmann (1924–2010) began life in London and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Wolfgang Martin Freitag

1924–2012 (age 88)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Wolfgang Martin Freitag (1924–2012) originally hailed from Berlin and is among those interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery...

Richard Kindleberger

1942–2010 (age 68)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Richard Kindleberger (1942–2010) was a Baltimore native whose name lives on at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

John H. Miller

1941–2017 (age 76)

San Juan Island

John H. Miller (1941–2017) is buried on San Juan Island.

Ornette Coleman

1930–2015 (age 85)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ornette Coleman (1930–2015) was a Fort Worth-born jazz saxophonist and composer who helped pioneer the free jazz movem...

Diahann Carroll

1935–2019 (age 84)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Diahann Carroll (1935-2019) was a trailblazing American actress and singer who made history on stage and television.

E. L. Doctorow

1931–2015 (age 84)

Woodlawn Cemetery

E. L. Doctorow (1931-2015) was an American novelist celebrated for his historical fiction.

Clarice Taylor

1917–2011 (age 94)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Clarice Taylor (1917-2011) was an American actress best known for playing Olivia Jefferson on The Jeffersons and for her...

Clark Terry

1920–2015 (age 95)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Clark Terry (1920-2015) was an influential American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player who helped shape the swing and ...

Ralph MacDonald

1944–2011 (age 67)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Ralph MacDonald (1944-2011) was an American percussionist and songwriter whose rhythms anchored countless pop and R&B hi...

Jim Bunning

1931–2017 (age 86)

Fort Thomas

Jim Bunning (1931-2017) was an American Hall of Fame baseball pitcher who later served as a U.S. senator from Kentucky.

Catherine S. Lutz

1955–2014 (age 59)

Canton

Catherine S. Lutz (1955-2014) was an American cultural anthropologist known for her scholarship on military families and...

James L. Adams

1921–2014 (age 93)

Lakewood Cemetery

James L. Adams (1921-2014) was an Iron Mountain native now remembered among the interments at Lakewood Cemetery.

Kelly Catlin

1995–2019 (age 24)

Lakewood Cemetery

Kelly Catlin (1995-2019) was an American Olympic cyclist who captured multiple world titles in the team pursuit.

Mary Ann Feldman

1933–2019 (age 86)

Lakewood Cemetery

Mary Ann Feldman (1933-2019) was an American music critic and arts advocate whose writings chronicled Minnesota's cultur...

George S. Pillsbury

1921–2012 (age 91)

Lakewood Cemetery

George S. Pillsbury (1921-2012) was an American businessman and Minnesota state senator from the prominent Pillsbury fam...

Warren Simms Loud

1921–2010 (age 89)

Lakewood Cemetery

Warren Simms Loud (1921-2010) was a Minnesotan whose legacy rests at Lakewood Cemetery.

Huguette Marcelle Clark

1906–2011 (age 105)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906-2011) was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her reclusive life and vast art...

Ervin Zádor

1935–2012 (age 77)

Linden

Ervin Zádor (1935-2012) was a Hungarian water polo player whose goal in the 1956 'Blood in the Water' match against the...

Billy Bang

1947–2011 (age 64)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Billy Bang (1947-2011) was an American jazz violinist and composer whose adventurous work blended improvisation with soc...

Clarence Brandley

1951–2018 (age 67)

Oak Knoll Cemetery

Clarence Brandley (1951-2018) was a school custodian whose wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration highlighted flaw...

Sara Higgins

1920–2010 (age 90)

Mint Hill

Sara Higgins (1920-2010) lived in Greenville and was laid to rest in Mint Hill after a long life there.

Thomas Vennum

1934–2017 (age 83)

Lakewood Cemetery

Thomas Vennum (1934-2017) lived in Edina and was buried at Lakewood Cemetery.

Sally Pillsbury

1924–2018 (age 94)

Lakewood Cemetery

Sally Pillsbury (1924-2018) spent her later years in Minnesota before being laid to rest at Lakewood Cemetery.

J. Kimball Whitney

1927–2010 (age 83)

Lakewood Cemetery

J. Kimball Whitney (1927-2010) was a St. Cloud native whose life concluded with burial at Lakewood Cemetery.

Stanley Rogers Resor

1917–2012 (age 95)

Spring Grove Cemetery

Stanley Rogers Resor (1917-2012) served as U.S. Secretary of the Army during the Vietnam War era and later ran a major a...

Henry Heimlich

1920–2016 (age 96)

Spring Grove Cemetery

Henry Heimlich (1920-2016) was an American thoracic surgeon best known for creating the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge ch...

Bill Nimmo

1917–2011 (age 94)

Spring Grove Cemetery

Bill Nimmo (1917-2011) was an American radio and television personality who entertained audiences in Cincinnati and beyo...

Albin E. Lindblad

1919–2013 (age 94)

Bushnell

Albin E. Lindblad (1919-2013) spent his life in the Midwest before being buried at Bushnell.