Selected officials of Cuyahoga County

(not intended to be complete)

Sherlock J. Andrews (Prosecuting Attorney, 1830) Seth C. Taft (County Commissioner, 1971)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cuyahoga County

• Bedford Bedford Cemetery
• Brook Park Holy Cross Cemetery
• Cleveland Unknown location
• Cleveland Calvary Cemetery
• Cleveland Erie Street Cemetery
• Cleveland Highland Park Cemetery
• Cleveland Lake View Cemetery
• Cleveland Monroe Street Cemetery
• Cleveland Riverside Cemetery
• Cleveland Woodland Cemetery
• Cleveland Heights Mayfield Cemetery
• Mayfield Heights Knollwood Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Vincent Albert Taylor (1845-1922) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1845. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1888; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1891-93. Died in 1922. Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• Anthony Joseph Celebrezze (1910-1998) — also known as Anthony J. Celebrezze — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Anzi, Italy, September 4, 1910. Father of Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Ohio state senate, 1951-53; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1953-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1962-65; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1965. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died October 29, 1998. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  
• Ralph J. Perk (c.1914-1999) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1971-77; defeated, 1969, 1977 ( primary); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1974. Died April 21, 1999. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  
• Anthony Alfred Fleger (1900-1963) — also known as Anthony A. Fleger — of Ohio. Born in Austria-Hungary, October 21, 1900. Democrat. State court judge in Ohio, 1930-32; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1933; mayor of Parma, Ohio, 1934-35; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1937-39; defeated, 1940. Died in Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Va., July 16, 1963. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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• William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) — also known as William A. Barstow — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock County, Wis. Born in Plainfield, Windham County, Conn., September 13, 1813. Son of William A. Barstow; married 1844 to Maria Quarles. Democrat. Secretary of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., December 13, 1865. Interment somewhere.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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• Frank John Lausche (1895-1990) — also known as Frank J. Lausche — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 14, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1937-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1941-44; Governor of Ohio, 1945-47, 1949-57; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1957-69. Catholic. Member, Delta Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 21, 1990. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) — also known as Frank P. Corrigan — of Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 14, 1881. Father of Robert Foster Corrigan. Physician; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47. Catholic. Member, American Medical Association; Rotary. Assisted with the first modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic. Died in 1968. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas A. Burke (1898-1971) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898. Democrat. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1945-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1952, 1956, 1960; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1953-54. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 5, 1971. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Martin Leonard Sweeney (1885-1960) — also known as Martin L. Sweeney — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 15, 1885. Father of Robert E. Sweeney. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1913-14; municipal judge in Ohio, 1924-32; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1931-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932; candidate for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1933, 1941; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1944. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 1, 1960. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• John Joseph Babka (1884-1937) — of Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 16, 1884. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 22, 1937. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• Joshua Mills (1797-1843) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1797. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-43; defeated, 1840, 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 29, 1843. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  
• John William Allen (1802-1887) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., 1802. Son of John Allen. Whig. Lawyer; director, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad, 1834; member of Ohio state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, 1845; postmaster. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 5, 1887. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Hoadley (1781-1857) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Connecticut, December 15, 1781. Father of George Hoadly. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1846-47. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 20, 1857. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  
• Jabez W. Fitch — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1878-80. Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Hampshire, 1797. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-38; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) — also known as J. W. Gray — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Died May 26, 1862. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  
  

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• Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known as Harold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1888. Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, June 15, 1912, to Selma Florence Smith. Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Company and Utah Light & Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1929; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1944; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Exchange Club; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Rotary; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Crosser (1874-1957) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, June 7, 1874. Son of James Crosser and Barbara Crosser; married, April 18, 1906, to Isabelle D. Hogg. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1911-12; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1913-19, 1923-55 (at-large 1913-15, 21st District 1915-19, 1923-55). Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 3, 1957. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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• Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) — also known as J. W. Gray — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Died May 26, 1862. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
  
  

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• James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); father of James Rudolph Garfield. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects of the wound and treatment, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881. Interment at Lake View Cemetery; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: William S. Maynard
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
  
  
• John Milton Hay (1838-1905) — also known as John Hay — of Washington, D.C. Born in Salem, Washington County, Ind., October 8, 1838. Son of Dr. Charles Hay and Helen (Leonard) Hay; married 1874 to Clara Stone; father of Alice Hay (who married James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.); grandfather of John Hay Whitney. Private secretary and assistant to President Abraham Lincoln; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-98; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898-1905; died in office 1905. Died in Newbury, Merrimack County, N.H., July 1, 1905. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Spencer F. Eddy
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about John Milton Hay: Michael Burlingame, ed., At Lincoln's Side : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings; Robert L. Gale, John Hay (out of print); Howard I. Kushner, John Milton Hay : The Union of Poetry and Politics; Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay
  
  
• Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) — also known as Newton D. Baker — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., December 3, 1871. Son of Newton Diehl Baker and Mary (Dukehart) Baker; married, July 5, 1902, to Elizabeth Leopold. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-15; U.S. Secretary of War, 1916-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, American Judicature Society; Phi Gamma Delta. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 25, 1937. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Mich., March 8, 1890. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57. Episcopalian. President of M.A. Hanna Company 1929-52s. Died January 20, 1970. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) — also known as Myron T. Herrick — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, October 9, 1854. Son of Timothy R. Herrick and Mary L. Herrick; married, June 30, 1880, to Carolyn M. Parmely (died 1918). Republican. Lawyer; banker; secretary-treasurer and president, Society for Savings, Cleveland; director and board chairman of railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1920; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1892; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1901; Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1916. Member, American Bankers Association. Died of a heart attack in Paris, France, March 31, 1929. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Theodore Elijah Burton (1851-1929) — also known as Theodore E. Burton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 20, 1851. Son of William Burton and Elizabeth (Grant) Burton. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1889-91, 1895-1909, 1921-28 (21st District 1889-91, 1895-1909, 22nd District 1921-28); resigned 1909, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1908, 1924, 1928; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1909-15, 1928-29; died in office 1929; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1929. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Wesley Frost
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• Raymond Henry Norweb (1894-1983) — also known as R. Henry Norweb — of Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Nottingham, England, May 31, 1894. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1936-37; Dominican Republic, 1937-40; Portugal, 1943-44; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1940-43; Portugal, 1944-45; Cuba, 1945-48. Died in 1983. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry Lyman Davis (1878-1950) — also known as Harry L. Davis — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 25, 1878. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1915-20, 1933-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916; Governor of Ohio, 1921-23; defeated, 1924. Baptist. Member, Moose. National organizer, Loyal Order of Moose. Died May 21, 1950. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna; "Dollar Mark" — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24, 1837. Father of Ruth Hanna McCormick (who married Joseph Medill McCormick). Republican. Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1904. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also McCormick family of Illinois
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Samuel Starkweather (1799-1876) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., December 27, 1799. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1844-46, 1857-58; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57. Died July 5, 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., November 30, 1810. Grandfather of Frances Payne Bolton; great-grandfather of Oliver Payne Bolton. Democrat. Member of Ohio state senate, 1849-50; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1875-77; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1885-91. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 9, 1896. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Austin Starkweather (1802-1876) — also known as David A. Starkweather — of Ohio. Born in Preston, New London County, Conn., January 21, 1802. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1833-35; member of Ohio state senate, 1836-38; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1839-41, 1845-47; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1854-57. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 12, 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. (1827-1905) — also known as Charles A. Otis — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio, January 30, 1827. Second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; son of William Augustus Otis and Eliza (Proctor) Otis; third cousin once removed of John Otis and James Otis; nephew of William Shaw Chandler Otis; married, September 8, 1853, to Mary Jane Sheppard (died 1860); married, October 14, 1863, to Ann Eliza Sheppard. Democrat. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-75. Founder, Otis Iron and Steel Co. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 28, 1905. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Otis family
  
  
• Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) — also known as Robert J. Bulkley — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Bratenahl, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 8, 1880. Son of Charles Henry Bulkley and Roberta (Johns) Bulkley; married, February 17, 1909, to Katharine Pope (died 1932); married, March 31, 1934, to Helen (Graham) Robbins. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1911-15; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1930-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1940. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 21, 1965. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Hampshire, 1797. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-38; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841. Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Rensselaer R. Herrick (1826-1899) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1826. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1879-82. Died in 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William Ganson Rose (1829-1899) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1829. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1877-78, 1891-92. Died in 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Robert E. McKisson (1863-1915) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1863. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98. Died in 1915. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William Case (1818-1862) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 10, 1818. Son of Leonard Case, Sr.. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1850-52. Died April 19, 1862. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William B. Castle (1814-1872) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1814. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1855-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868. Died in 1872. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Herman M. Chapin (1823-1879) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1823. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1865-67. Died in 1879. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Nathan P. Payne (1838-1885) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1838. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1875-77. Died in 1885. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• John D. Marshall (1885-1961) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, April 14, 1885. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936. Died May 17, 1961. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) — also known as Kingsley A. Taft — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 19, 1903. Son of Frederick L. Taft and Mary Alice (Arter) Taft; married, September 14, 1927, to Louise Dakin. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 28, 1970. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) — also known as Carl B. Stokes — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1927. Brother of Louis Stokes. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1962; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967-71; defeated, 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972; municipal judge in Ohio, 1983-94; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1994-95. Black. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi. Died of cancer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 3, 1996. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • Books about Carl B. Stokes: Leonard N. Moore, Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power
  
  
• David Kellogg Cartter (1812-1887) — also known as David K. Cartter — of Massillon, Stark County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson County, N.Y., June 22, 1812. U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1861-62; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1863. Died April 16, 1887. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Sherrill Flint (1819-1902) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1819. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1861-63. Died in 1902. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Nicholas Dockstadter (1802-1871) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 4, 1802. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840-41. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 9, 1871. Original interment at Woodland Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Josiah A. Harris (1808-1876) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1808. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1847-48. Died in 1876. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas James Herbert (1894-1974) — also known as Thomas J. Herbert — of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 28, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer; Ohio state attorney general, 1939-45; Governor of Ohio, 1947-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Methodist. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died October 26, 1974. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Lorenzo A. Kelsey (1803-1890) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1803. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848-49. Died in 1890. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Brenton D. Babcock (1830-1906) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1830. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1887-88. Died in 1906. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederick Kohler (1864-1934) — also known as Fred Kohler — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 2, 1864. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1922-23; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Died January 31, 1934. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward Blythin (1884-1958) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Parma Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Newmarket, Wales, October 10, 1884. Son of Peter Blythin and Elizabeth (Roberts) Blythin; married, April 5, 1913, to Jane Rankin. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1940-41; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1949. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Theta Phi. Died February 14, 1958. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Rufus P. Ranney (1813-1891) — of Trumbull County, Ohio. Born October 30, 1813. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Trumbull County, 1850-51; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1851-57, 1863-65; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1857; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Died December 6, 1891. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne Bingham — of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 29, 1885. Granddaughter of Henry B. Payne; daughter of Charles William Bingham and Mary Perry (Payne) Bingham; married, September 14, 1907, to Chester Castle Bolton; mother of Oliver Payne Bolton. Republican. Member of Ohio Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Female. Presbyterian. Member, League of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the American Revolution. First woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955. Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 9, 1977. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Atlee Beidler (1852-1912) — also known as Jacob A. Beidler — of Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pa., November 2, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1901-07. Died near Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, September 13, 1912. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rufus Paine Spalding (1798-1886) — of Ohio. Born in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., May 3, 1798. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1849-52; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1863-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 29, 1886. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Thomas Begg (1877-1963) — also known as James T. Begg — of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. Born near Lima, Allen County, Ohio, February 16, 1877. Son of John Begg and Mary Ellen (Kalb) Begg; married, August 26, 1903, to Grace Mohler. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1919-29; defeated, 1942; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died March 26, 1963. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Leonard Paul Howland (1865-1942) — also known as L. Paul Howland — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, December 5, 1865. Son of W. P. Howland and Esther Elizabeth (Leonard) Howland; married, January 18, 1905, to Jessie F. Pruden. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1942. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Amos Townsend (1821-1895) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1821. Republican. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1877-83. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., March 17, 1895. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) — also known as Chester C. Bolton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 5, 1882. Son of Charles C. Bolton and Julia (Castle) Bolton; married, September 14, 1907, to Frances Payne Bingham; father of Oliver Payne Bolton. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1923-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1929-37, 1939; died in office 1939. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Rotary. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 29, 1939. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
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• John Crowell (1801-1883) — of Ohio. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., September 15, 1801. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1847-51. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 8, 1883. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Martin Ambrose Foran (1844-1921) — also known as Martin A. Foran — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1844. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1883-89. Died in 1921. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) — also known as Oliver P. Bolton — of Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1917. Great-grandson of Henry B. Payne; son of Chester Castle Bolton and Frances Payne Bolton; married, October 4, 1940, to Adelaide Brownlee. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., December 13, 1972. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Bolton-Payne family of Ohio
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• John Hutchins (1812-1891) — of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 25, 1812. Cousin of Wells Andrews Hutchins. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1859-63. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 20, 1891. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Clifton Bailey Beach (1845-1902) — also known as Clifton B. Beach — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Sharon, Medina County, Ohio, September 16, 1845. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1895-99. Died in Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 15, 1902. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Lycurgus Luther Marshall (1888-1958) — also known as L. L. Marshall — of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, July 9, 1888. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1920-21; member of Ohio state senate, 1921-34; U.S. Representative from Ohio at-large, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Lutheran. Died in 1958. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William Collins (1818-1878) — of New York. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., February 22, 1818. Son of Ela Collins; uncle of Helen Herron (who married William Howard Taft). Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1847-49. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1878. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  • See also Taft family of Ohio
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• Sherlock James Andrews (1801-1880) — also known as Sherlock J. Andrews — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., November 17, 1801. Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, 1830; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1841-43; superior court judge in Ohio, 1848-50; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1850-51; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 11, 1880. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Henry Ivory Emerson (1871-1953) — also known as Henry I. Emerson — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Maine, March 14, 1871. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1915-21; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1924, 1926. Died October 28, 1953. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• Richard Chappel Parsons (1826-1899) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., October 10, 1826. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1858-61; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1873-75. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 9, 1899. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William John White (1850-1923) — also known as William J. White — of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland), Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Rice Lake, Ontario, October 7, 1850. Republican. Candy and chewing gum manufacturer; mayor of West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 16, 1923. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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• William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) — also known as W. R. Hopkins — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., July 26, 1869. Son of David J. Hopkins and Mary Jeffreys Hopkins; married 1903 to Ellen Louise Cozad. Republican. Lawyer; industrial real estate developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916; Cleveland city manager, 1924-30; founder of Cleveland Municipal Airport, later named for him. Died February 9, 1961. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) — of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Westmoreland County, Pa., July 29, 1786. Father of William Case. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1824-27. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, December 7, 1864. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Carabelli (1850-1911) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1850. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1908; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1908. Died in 1911. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Liberty Emery Holden (1833-1913) — of Ohio. Born in Raymond, Cumberland County, Maine, June 20, 1833. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888, 1896. Died in 1913. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• George A. Myers (1859-1930) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1859. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1892, 1900; member of Ohio Republican State Executive Committee, 1897-98. Black. Died at the New York Central Railroad ticket office in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 17, 1930. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• Dudly Stuart Blossom (1879-1938) — of Ohio. Born in 1879. Member of Ohio state house of representatives. Died in 1938. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• William R. Van Aken (1912-1993) — of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1912. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1943-44, 1947-48; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960. Died in 1993. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  
• John Bourne Dempsey — also known as John B. Dempsey — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  

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• Irvine Masters (1819-1865) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1819. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1863-64. Died in 1865. Interment at Monroe Street Cemetery.
  
  

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• Frederick Pelton (1827-1902) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in 1827. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1871-73. Died in 1902. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  
  

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• Reuben Wood (1792-1864) — of Ohio. Born in 1792. Democrat. Justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1833-47; Governor of Ohio, 1850-53; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1853-54. Died October 1, 1864. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• John Brough (1811-1865) — of Ohio. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, September 17, 1811. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1838-39; Ohio auditor of state, 1839-45; Governor of Ohio, 1864-65; died in office 1865. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 29, 1865. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• George W. Gardner (1834-1911) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., 1834. Republican. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90. Died December 18, 1911. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• Frederick William Green (1816-1879) — of Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Frederick County, Md., February 18, 1816. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1851-55 (6th District 1851-53, 9th District 1853-55). Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1866-74. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1879. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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• Edward Wade (1802-1866) — of Ohio. Born in Massachusetts, 1802. Brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade. U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61. Died in 1866. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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• Jacob Mueller (1822-1905) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Alsenz, Germany, March 9, 1822. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1872; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County, 1873; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1885-91. German ancestry. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 31, 1905. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  
• Van R. Humphrey (1800-1864) — of Summit County, Ohio. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., July 28, 1800. Married to Stella Beach (1799-1832). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Died September 5, 1864. Original interment at Hudson Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio; reinterment in 1871 at Woodland Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Nicholas Dockstadter (1802-1871) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 4, 1802. Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840-41. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 9, 1871. Original interment at Woodland Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
  
  

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• Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) — also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator No"; "Headline Howard" — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 4, 1917. Cousin of James Metzenbaum. Democrat. Lawyer; airport parking lot and car rental business; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio state senate, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1952; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970. Jewish. Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade County, Fla., March 12, 2008. Interment at Mayfield Cemetery.
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• George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) — also known as George H. Bender — of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 29, 1896. Republican. Insurance executive; member of Ohio state senate, 1920-30; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1939-49, 1951-54 (at-large 1939-49, 1951-53, 23rd District 1953-54); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1956; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1954-57. Protestant. Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1961. Interment at Knollwood Cemetery.
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• George John Urban (1906-1978) — also known as George J. Urban — of South Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, May 14, 1906. Republican. Mayor of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72. Methodist. German and Czech ancestry. Member, Lions. Died, of cancer, in a nursing home at Oil City, Venango County, Pa., March 25, 1978. Cremated; ashes interred at Knollwood Cemetery.
  
  

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