Educator Graves & Memorials

Elizabeth Duncan Koontz

1919–1989 (age 70)

Oakdale Union Hill Cemetery

Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (1919-1989) was a Salisbury native and educator who lived to age 70.

Lidii︠a︡ Burachynsʹka

1902–1999 (age 97)

Philadelphia

Lidii︠a︡ Burachynsʹka (1902-1999) was a Ukrainian-American educator and cultural figure.

L. Zenobia Coleman

1898–1999 (age 101)

Talladega

L. Zenobia Coleman (1898-1999) was an American educator and college administrator associated with Talladega College.

James Hulme Canfield

1847–1909 (age 62)

Woodlawn Cemetery

James Hulme Canfield (1847–1909) was an educator and university administrator who concluded his life at Woodlawn Cemet...

Bruce Ryburn Payne

1874–1937 (age 63)

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Bruce Ryburn Payne (1874–1937) was an influential educator who helped shape the Peabody College of education and is in...

George Edwin MacLean

1850–1938 (age 88)

Mahaiwe Cemetery

George Edwin MacLean (1850-1938) of Rockville was an American educator whose leadership in higher education shaped insti...

Charles Ernest Chadsey

1870–1930 (age 60)

Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum

Charles Ernest Chadsey (1870–1930) was an American educator who served as superintendent of public schools in Clevelan...

Cornelia Bowen

1865–1934 (age 69)

Oakwood Cemetery

Cornelia Bowen (1865–1934) was an educator tied to Tuskegee University and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery.

Robert Herring Wright

1870–1934 (age 64)

Greenwood Cemetery

Robert Herring Wright (1870–1934) was an educator who became the first president of East Carolina Teachers College and...

James Cameron Mackenzie

1852–1931 (age 79)

Lawrenceville Cemetery

James Cameron Mackenzie, born in 1852 and deceased in 1931, was interred at Lawrenceville Cemetery after a lifetime conn...

Marion Talbot

1858–1948 (age 90)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Marion Talbot (1858-1948) was an educator and advocate for women in higher education who was laid to rest at Mount Aubur...

Roscoe Conkling Bruce

1879–1950 (age 71)

Woodlawn Cemetery

Roscoe Conkling Bruce (1879–1950) lived in Washington, D.C., and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Charlotte Andrews Stephens

1854–1951 (age 97)

Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery

Charlotte Andrews Stephens (1854–1951) was a pioneering African American educator in Little Rock whose grave is at Oak...

Georgia Washington

1851–1952 (age 101)

Georgia Washington Middle School

Georgia Washington (1851–1952) was an African American educator who founded the school that later bore her name in Vir...

Ina Dillard Russell

1868–1953 (age 85)

Russell Memorial Park Cemetery

Ina Dillard Russell (1868–1953) devoted her life to education and community affairs in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, bef...

Ida Smoot Dusenberry

1873–1955 (age 82)

Provo City Cemetery

Ida Smoot Dusenberry was a devoted educator and community supporter whose gentle guidance touched many lives.

Virginia Herndon Perrin

1881–1968 (age 87)

Cave Hill Cemetery

Virginia Herndon Perrin (1881–1968) lived in the Louisville area and was interred at Cave Hill Cemetery.

John D. O'Bryant

1931–1992 (age 61)

Forest Hills Cemetery

John D. O'Bryant (1931-1992) was a Boston educator and civic leader who is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery.

J. Paul Leonard

1901–1995 (age 94)

Oakmont Memorial Park

J. Paul Leonard (1901–1995) was an American educator who led San Francisco State College as president and is buried at...

Blyden Jackson

1910–2000 (age 90)

Monte Vista Park Cemetery

Blyden Jackson (1910-2000) was a scholar of African American literature and education who is buried at Monte Vista Park ...

William Vitarelli

1910–2010 (age 100)

Jaws

William Vitarelli, the New York City-born educator and community builder dedicated to Pacific Island development, passed...

Abby Marlatt

1916–2010 (age 94)

Sunset Cemetery

Abby Marlatt (1916-2010) was a Manhattan-based educator and women’s rights advocate whose grave is at Sunset Cemetery.

Isabell Masters

1913–2011 (age 98)

Mount Hope Cemetery

Isabell Masters (1913–2011) was an educator and perennial political candidate from Oklahoma City now at Mount Hope Cem...

Dvora Lachower

1895–1962 (age 67)

Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery

Dvora Lachower was a Polish-born Israeli educator and cultural figure who contributed to Hebrew education in pre-state I...

Abraham Jacob Neumark

1878–1961 (age 83)

Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery

Abraham Jacob Neumark was a Russian-born Israeli educator and scholar who dedicated his life to Jewish education in Isra...

Benjamin Zvieli

1918–2004 (age 86)

Har HaMenuchot

Benjamin Zvieli (1918-2004) was a Polish-born Israeli educator and scholar who contributed to Israeli education.

Raya Blatman

1927–2013 (age 86)

Har HaMenuchot

Raya Blatman (1927-2013) was born in Sokyriany and later settled in Israel where she lived until her death.

Jagdish Gandhi

1936–2024 (age 88)

Baháʼí Cemetery

Jagdish Gandhi was an Indian educator and Baháʼí who lived from 1936 to 2024 and was buried at Baháʼí Cemetery.