Famous Graves

Jeptha Wade

1811–1890 (age 79)

Lake View Cemetery

Co-founder of Lake View Cemetery and Western Union Telegraph Company, honored by Wade Memorial Chapel completed in 1901.

Hiram Walker

1816–1899 (age 83)

Elmwood Cemetery

Entrepreneur and founder of Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery.

Eber Brock Ward

1811–1875 (age 64)

Elmwood Cemetery

Detroit's first millionaire.

Franklin Wharton

1767–1818 (age 51)

Trinity Church Cemetery

Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1804 to 1818.

Oscar Wilde

1854–1900 (age 46)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Irish poet and playwright, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.

Alpheus S. Williams

1810–1878 (age 68)

Elmwood Cemetery

American Civil War general and U.S. Representative from Michigan.

John R. Williams

1782–1854 (age 72)

Elmwood Cemetery

First and sixth Mayor of Detroit under the second charter and namesake of John R. Street.

Thomas Williams

1815–1862 (age 47)

Elmwood Cemetery

American Civil War general killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

Hugh Williamson

1735–1802 (age 67)

Trinity Church Cemetery

American politician and signer of the Constitution of the United States.

Eric Wright

1964–1995 (age 31)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American rapper and founding member of N.W.A, known as Eazy-E.

Lee Ya-Ching

Mountain View Cemetery

China's First Lady of Flight and first female pilot graduated from Geneve-Cointrin and Boeing School of Aeronautics.

Ellen Beach Yaw

1869–1947 (age 78)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American opera singer known for her extensive vocal range.

Coleman Young

1918–1997 (age 79)

Elmwood Cemetery

Mayor of Detroit from 1974 to 1994.

John Peter Zenger

1697–1746 (age 49)

Trinity Church Cemetery

Newspaper publisher whose libel trial helped establish the right to a free press.

Chris von der Ahe

1851–1913 (age 62)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings, which later became the St. Louis Cardinals.