Find A Grave - Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Baldrige, Howard Malcolm b. June 23, 1894 d. January 19, 1985
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during both World Wars. Served in World War I as Captain of Battery F, 338th Field Artillery. During World War II he served in the US Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945, rising to Colonel. He was elected to represent Nebraska’s 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1933. His son, H. Malcolm Baldrige, served as US Secretary of Commerce during both terms of President Ronald Reagan. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Boozer, Bob b. April 26, 1937 d. May 19, 2012
Professional Basketball Player, US Olympic Gold Medalist. For eleven seasons (1960 to 1971), he played at the forward position in the National Basketball Association with the Cincinnati Royals, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics and Milwaukee Bucks. Born Robert Lewis Boozer, he attended Omaha Technical High School (Nebraska) and played collegiate basketball at Kansas State University. While with the Wild Cats, he was a key contributor to their clinching of...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Boyd, James E.
Mayor of Omaha, Neb., 1881-1883, 1885-1887; Governor of Nebraska, 1891, 1892-1893.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Brown, Norris b. May 2, 1863 d. January 5, 1960
Senator from Nebraska; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1883; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa; moved to Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebr., in 1888 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Buffalo County 1892-1896; deputy attorney general of Nebraska 1900-1904; attorney general of Nebraska 1904-1906; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate...[Read More]
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Buffett, Howard b. August 13, 1903 d. April 30, 1964
US Congressman. The father of billionaire Warren Buffett.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Butler, Hugh Alfred b. February 28, 1878 d. July 1, 1954
US Senator.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Coffee, Harry Buffington b. March 16, 1890 d. October 3, 1972
US Congressman. He was born in Harrison, Nebraska and raised in Chadron. He was a successful businessman working in the real estate and insurance business as well as organizing the Coffee Cattle Company. He served as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corp during World War I. He was a Congressman for his home state from 1935 to 1943. In 1942 he lost his bid to become a United States Senator so he re-entered private business where he was president of both the Union Stockyard Company and the South...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Criss, Clair C. b. April 10, 1879 d. March 9, 1952
Doctor and founder (with his wife) of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies. They are buried together in their family mausoleum.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Criss Mausoleum, Mausoleum Row, Section 27
Criss, Mabel L. b. May 1, 1881 d. 1978
Founder (with her husband) of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies. They are buried together in their family mausoleum.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Criss Mausoleum, Mausoleum Row, Section 27
Dennis, John b. May 23, 1835 d. December 26, 1894
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Enlisted as a Private in the 6th Massachusetts Militia at the outbreak of the Civil War. He then served as a Captain in the 7th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, participating with the regiment in the late 1862 operations in South Carolina, and being severely wounded at the Battle of Pocotaligo. He recovered sufficiently to be present at the July 1863 Union assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, where he was in command of a 10-inch siege mortar. At the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 8, Lot 92
Estabrook, Experience b. April 30, 1813 d. March 26, 1894
US Congressman.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Harris, Charles b. August 24, 1834 d. October 11, 1910
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with whom he fought in the Shenandoah Valley in July 1861. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He led the unit in a July 1862 heavy skirmish at Hills’ Plantation near the Cache River Bridge in Arkansas, where he sustained a severe wound, but remained on his horse to lead his men. Upon his recovery in late 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 3, Lot 27
Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell b. September 18, 1859 d. February 3, 1934
Democrat Congressman from Nebraska. He was elected to the House of Representatives twice serving from 1903-1905 and from 1907-1911. He also served in the US Senate from 1911-1923. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Hoagland, Peter Jackson b. November 7, 1941 d. October 30, 2007
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Nebraska's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1989 to 1995. He was defeated for reelection in 1994. He also served as a law clerk to the United States District Court Judge Oliver Gasch from 1969 to 1970, and as a Member of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature representing it's 6th District from 1979 to 1986. Hoagland served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He passed away from...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Howell, Robert Beecher b. January 21, 1864 d. March 11, 1933
US Senator. He served in the United States Navy during the War with Spain and during World War I, rising to the rank of Lieutenant. He was elected as a Republican Senator from Nebraska to the United States Senate, serving from 1923 until his death in office in 1933.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Jefferis, Albert Webb b. December 7, 1868 d. September 14, 1942
US Congressman.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Josselyn, Simeon T. b. January 14, 1842 d. April 4, 1905
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in Company C, 13th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battel of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863. His citation reads "While commanding his company, deployed as skirmishers, came upon a large body of the enemy, taking a number of them prisoner. Lt. Josselyn himself shot their color bearer, seized the colors and brought them back to his...[Read More]
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Keith, Miguel b. June 2, 1951 d. May 8, 1970
Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the War in Vietnam as a Lance Corporal in Combined Action platoon 1-3-2, 111 Marine Amphibious Force. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam on May 8, 1970. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machine gunner with Combined Action platoon 1-3-2. During...[Read More]
Cause of death: Killed in action
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Kiewit, Peter b. 1900 d. 1979
Peter Kiewit took over the small Omaha, Nebraska construction company, Keiwit Construction Co., from his father (also Peter Kiewit) and grew it into one of the largest major construction companies in the world. His company built the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado, subways in New York City, and many major world-class projects throughout the world.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: near the northeastern tip of section 23, in the first row facing the street on the northern edge of Section 23
Leahy, Eugene A. b. May 8, 1929 d. January 18, 2000
Mayor of Omaha from 1969 to 1973. Was one of, if not the most popular Mayor in the history of Omaha. Instrumental in the redevelopment of Omaha's downtown. The Central Park Mall, a major part of his river front development plan, was renamed the Gene Leahy Mall in his honor. While serving as Mayor he also hosted a Sunday morning TV show where he read the Sunday Funnies to children. Once wore a bunny costume to a press conference to help raise funds and awareness for a charity. Served only one...[Read More]
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA

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