Find A Grave - Woodmere Cemetery

Bagley, John Judson b. July 24, 1832 d. July 27, 1881
Bagley was the 16th Governor of the State of Michigan from 1873-1877.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 149
Bella (Margitza), Ziggy b. June 14, 1910 d. August 29, 1989
Violinist / Orchestra Leader.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Hillsdale, Lot 282
Buick, David Dunbar b. September 17, 1854 d. March 5, 1929
Scottish-American inventor and automotive pioneer, best known for starting the car company that became the Buick Motor Division of General Motors Corporation (GM). He was born David Dunbar Buick on September 17, 1854 at 26 Green Street, Arbroath, Scotland. His father, Alexander Buick, a joiner, emigrated to America with his wife and son when David was two years old. As a young man, David settled in Detroit, where he started manufacturing plumbing materials. Buick and his partner William...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Cause of death: Colon cancer
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Allendale section
Clarke, Jay Justin 'Nig' b. December 15, 1882 d. June 15, 1949
Major League Baseball Player. He was a catcher for five teams in nine years in the majors. He played for the Detroit Tigers (1905), Cleveland Naps (1905 to 1910), St. Louis Browns (1911), Philadelphia Phillies (1919), and finished with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920). In 1,536 plate appearances he batted a modest .254 with 127 runs batted in. Although he only hit 6 home runs in the majors, on June 15, 1902, he reportedly hit 8 home runs in 8 at bats playing for the Corsicana Oil Citys in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Field, Moses Whelock b. February 10, 1828 d. March 14, 1889
US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1875. He was defeated in 1874. (Bio by: K)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Gilmer, Albert Hatton b. December 31, 1878 d. June 5, 1950
Playwright. A professor of speech and drama, he rote the plays 'The Edge of the World', 'Old John Brown', and 'A Wade or a Wedding'. (Bio by: Laurie)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section F Lot 73-cremated remains
Griffin, Levi Thomas b. May 23, 1837 d. March 17, 1906
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1895.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Heineman, David Emil b. October 17, 1865 d. 1935
Michigan State Legislator. He also designed the flag for the City of Detroit in 1907.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section NF in a mausoleum
Higgins, Fred b. 1821 d. 1910
President of Woodmere Village.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section F
Hunt, Lynn Bogue b. 1878 d. October 12, 1960
Artist. He specialized in 20th Century national wildlife painting published in periodicals. His paintings and illustrations of ducks, hunters, charging elephants, fish, and other wildlife appeared on the covers of ‘Field and Stream” magazine, beginning in August, 1904 and lasting through the 1940s. His work also appeared on the covers of such publications as the “Saturday Evening Post”, “Boy's Life”, “The New York Herald Tribune”, “Rotarian”, “Better Homes and Gardens”, “Natural History”, and “...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Passic, Albion Historian)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section I, Grave 11. Cremains
Krapp, Eugene Hamlet b. May 12, 1887 d. April 13, 1923
Major League Baseball Player. Known as "Rubber Arm" for his durability, he pitched in the Southern Michigan League with Tecumseh and Flint before moving on to Portland of the Pacific Coast League. It was there that he gained prominence as a top pitcher, so much so that his contract was purchased by the American League Cleveland Naps, for whom he appeared in 44 games total in 1911 and 1912. In August of 1912 he was suspended by the "Cuyahogas" over a contract dispute. Sent to back to Portland...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Leland, Henry Martyn b. February 16, 1843 d. March 26, 1932
Automobile Magnate.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: section G, grave plot 119
Pridgeon, John b. August 1, 1852 d. March 16, 1929
Mayor of Detroit. He owned the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Co., with his father. Pridgeon was vice president of the Detroit River Savings Bank, afterwards the Marine Savings Bank, which was merged into the Dime Savings Bank, and also director Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad. He served as mayor of Detroit from 1889 to 1890 and was the youngest man to hold that position at the time. (Bio by: J Witkowski)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section F
Reinert, Rilla Marie b. September 22, 1890 d. April 6, 1946
Rilla was the daughter of Sherman Henry Sprinkle & Mary Catherine Miller.

She married Robert Reinert.

They had two daughters: Lucille & Mary Rosena (Bastow).

Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Elmwood Section, Lot 169
Siegel, Benjamin b. March 15, 1860 d. 1936
Founded B Siegel and Company.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section NF in a mausoleum
Siegle, Jacob b. 1841 d. 1924
Founded American Lady Corset company.
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section NF in a mausoleum
Slovik (Wisniewski), Antoinette b. 1913 d. September 7, 1979
Widow of last U.S. soldier executed for desertion. Antoinette Wisniewski was born with epilepsy and one leg three inches shorter than the other, which was followed up by infantile paralysis and limited her ability to walk. She worked at Montella Plumbing Company in Dearborn, Michigan. It was there that she met Edward Donald Slovik who had just been paroled from reform school. Despite these handicaps, the couple was determined to marry and did so on November 7, 1942. When Eddie got a job at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Slovik, Eddie (Edward Donald) b. February 18, 1920 d. January 31, 1945
The last US Solider to be exectuted for desertion, and the only soldier to be executed for this crime during World War II. He was a member of Company G, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, and had deserted them in late October 1944, right after he had joined the division as a replacement from the US. The division had just finished leaving the Battle of the Hurtengen Forest, where it had taken heavy casualties. Slovik had twice confessed to deserting, in writing, and stated that...[Read More]
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Vernor Sr., James b. April 11, 1843 d. October 29, 1927
Detroit florist and pharmacist. Creator of Vernor’s Ginger Ale that was introduced to the public in 1866 from his Woodward Avenue drug store. Shortly after moving to Detroit with his parents, he got a job at the Higby and Stern’s Drug Store in 1858, where he learned the business and became a pharmacist. Enlisted in the Fourth Michigan Cavalry as a Union Army Hospital Steward in 1862. Proving to be adept at military sciences, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and served to the end of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Dave)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Vreeland, Gen. Michael James b. October 20, 1838 d. January 18, 1876
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In support of the Union he enlisted in the Grand Army of the Potomac and was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, June 1861. With the 4th Michigan in 1862, he led his troops in engagements at the Peninsula Campaign, the Battles of Malvern Hill, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, Virginia. On July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he was mortally wounded securing the "Wheatfield" after being pushed...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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