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Elmwood Chapel at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne County. Eastside Historic Cemetery District in Detroit; NRHP-listed; Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit; NRHP-listed, MSHS-listed ...
White Chapel Memorial Cemetery or simply White Chapel Cemetery is a memorial cemetery at 621 West Long Lake Road in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.In the 1920s, a group of investors led by Clarence J. Sanger had a new vision for a cemetery and proposed their idea to Detroit architect Alvin Harley.
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) – Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor [17] Francis Petrus Paulus (1862-1933) — Artist, teacher, and trustee of the Detroit Museum of Art [21] Rosa Parks (1913–2005) – Civil Rights activist [22] Edward Patten (1939–2005) – Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized on July 8, 1867, by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen who purchased approximately 250 acres to establish a rural cemetery for the city of Detroit. [3] Woodmere's layout was designed by Adolph Strauch, who also designed Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. [4]
The Wahbememe Burial Site and Monument, also known as the Chief White Pigeon Monument, is a monument located at the junction of U.S. Routes 12 and 131 near White Pigeon, Michigan. It is the burial place of Potawatomi chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon), who died in approximately 1830. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 ...
William Tocco, known member of the Detroit Mafia; Walter Briggs Sr., owner of the Detroit Tigers [4] Al Cicotte, baseball player for the Detroit Tigers [5] Charles Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and noted radio commentator during the 1930s and 1940s [6] John Francis Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit, 1958–1980, created Cardinal in 1969 [7]
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