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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.
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 ...
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]
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]
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]
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
Marker of John Norvell's grave. Russell A. Alger (1836–1907), Governor of Michigan (1885–1887), U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War; William Edmond Armitage (1830–1873), second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin (1870–1873) John Biddle (1792–1859), delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, Mayor of Detroit (1827 ...
[8] The names of over 4,000 of the 7,100 people buried in the cemetery [9] were added to Find A Grave. [A] Patricia Ibbotson worked as a nurse at Eloise before it was closed. She is also the author of the book, Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839–1984. She raised money for the historic marker.