Find A Grave - Hastings-on-Hudson

Adler, Clarence b. March 10, 1886 d. December 24, 1969
Musician. A pianist, he was a soloist for many leading orchestras in the United States and abroad. He was the private music instructor for composer Aaron Copland.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Ansorge, Martin Charles b. January 1, 1882 d. February 4, 1967
US Congressman. He served in the United States Army during World War I. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 21st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923. He was the co-author of the Edge-Ansorge Bill, which created the New York Port Authority.
Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Boucicault, Dion b. December 26, 1822 d. September 18, 1890
Playwright, Actor.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Bushmiller, Ernie b. 1905 d. August 15, 1982
Cartoonist. Ccreated the "Nancy" comic strip in 1925.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Cantor, Jacob Aaron b. December 6, 1854 d. July 2, 1921
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1915. Also served as a Member of the New York State Assembly in 1885, and Member of the New York State Senate in 1887. (Bio by: K)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Cavallaro, Carmen b. May 6, 1913 d. October 12, 1989
Pianist, Conductor, Composer. A New York City native, he was a classically-trained musician who was became known in jazz circles as "The Poet of the Piano". In 1933 he began a four-year job with the Al Kavelin Orchestra and then performed with Rudy Vallee and big bands led by Enrico Madriguera, Abe Lyman and Meyer Davis. Cavallaro debuted his first band, a five-piece combo, in 1939 at the St. Louis Hotel and launched a fourteen-piece orchestra in Hollywood 1944. He hosted the NBC Radio...[Read More] (Bio by: Amy Baker)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Chase, Ilka b. April 8, 1905 d. February 15, 1978
Actress, Novelist. Educated in the United States, Great Britain and France, she made her theatrical debut in the 1924 Broadway play "Red Falcon." She appeared in nearly two dozen Broadway productions spanning over four decades. Her theatrical accomplishments include: "Embers" (1926), "The Happy Husband" (1928), "The Animal Kingdom" (1932), "Days Without End" (1934), "On to Fortune" (1935), "Keep Off the Grass" (1940) and Barefoot in the Park from 1963 to 1967. She made her motion picture debut...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Clark, Kenneth B. b. 1914 d. May 2, 2005
Psychologist, Professor, Civil Rights Activist. Born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1914, he came to New York City when he was 4½ years old. He was a distinguished professor emeritus at City College. He also taught at Columbia and Harvard universities and the University of California. For 20 years, he served as the first black member of the New York State Board of Regents. He had been a former president of the American Psychological Association. His pioneering experiment conducted using black and...[Read More] (Bio by: Edmond Spaeth)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Dannay, Frederic b. October 20, 1905 d. September 3, 1982
Author. Co-creator with his cousin, Manfred B. Lee, of the very popular detective series, "Ellery Queen." The detective series was published from 1929 to 1969, it consisted of 35 novels and 7 short stories. The Ellery Queen series was also made into a television series and a long-running radio program.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Dryfoos, Orville b. November 8, 1912 d. May 25, 1963
Journalist, Publisher. The son-in-law of noted publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger, he began his career as a reporter at the New York Times in 1942. He later became the publisher of the newspaper from 1961 until his death in 1963. (Bio by: K)
Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Elman, Mischa b. January 20, 1891 d. April 20, 1967
Violinist. Born Mikhail Saulovich, by age 6, he was first in his class at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1904, he made his debut with sensational acclaim in Berlin and in Paris that same year. In 1905, he made his first appearance in London to great acclaim. In 1908, he made his U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall New York, as soloist in an extraordinary performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto with Altschuler and the Russian Symphony Orchestra. He was hailed as one of the greatest virtuosos of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Feininger, Lyonel b. 1871 d. 1956
An American painter, he was born in the United States but active in Germany until persecution by the Nazis drove him back to the U.S. His gentle geometric style often featured sailboats and skyscrapers. He work can be seen at the Museum of Modern Art and the Met. (Bio by: Rick Watson)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Freeman, Harry Lawerence b. October 9, 1869 d. March 24, 1954
Composer. Wrote operas, which include "Voodoo," "The Octoroon, and "The Martyr." Among his other works is a ballet, "The Slave Ballet." His symphonic poem "The Slave," tells the tale of a day in the life of a slave. (Bio by: Laurie)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Gardella, Danny b. February 26, 1920 d. March 6, 2005
Professional Baseball Player. He was a New York Giants outfielder famous for challenging baseball's reserve clause in a 1947 federal lawsuit. He played with the Giants in 1944 and '45, but the following year he joined the Mexican League rather than return to the minors. In April 1946, commissioner Happy Chandler imposed a ban of at least five years on all players who had gone to the Mexican League. The next year, Gardella sued baseball, seeking $300,000 in damages. He argued that baseball was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 86, Lot 20, Grave 479
Garfield (Garfinkle), John (Julius) b. March 4, 1913 d. May 21, 1952
Actor. Hollywood leading man in the 1930's and 1940's. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor, once in 1939 for Four Daughters, and again in 1948 for Body and Soul. Other noteworthy films include They Made Me A Criminal, The Sea Wolf, Destination Tokyo, Gentleman's Agreement, Humoresque, and The Postman Always Rings Twice. An active liberal, he was accused of being a Communist in the late 1940's and was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in April, 1951...[Read More] (Bio by: Decal)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Gershwin, George b. September 26, 1898 d. July 11, 1937
Composer. He is best remembered for his compositions with his equally talented lyricist older brother, Ira Gershwin. They are responsible for such hit songs as "Someone to Watch over Me" (1926), "Love Walked In" (1937), "Love is Here to Stay" (1937), "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924), and for such musicals as "Of Thee I sing" (1931 - the first musical to ever win a Pulitzer Prize), and "Porgy and Bess" (1935). Born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Brain Tumor
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: George Gershwin Mausoleum near the office
Gershwin, Ira b. December 6, 1896 d. August 17, 1983
Lyrical composer, best remembered for his compositions with his equally talented younger brother, George Gershwin. They are responsible for such hit songs as "Someone to Watch over Me" (1926), "Love Walked In" (1937), "Love is Here to Stay" (1937), "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924), and for such musicals as "Of Thee I sing" (1931 - the first musical to ever win a Pulitzer Prize), and "Porgy and Bess" (1935). Born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, he was trained on the piano early...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: George Gershwin Mausoleum near the office
Godowsky, Leopold b. February 13, 1870 d. November 21, 1938
Polish pianist, composer, and teacher. He has been described as the "Pianist of Pianists". He was teacher at the New York College of Music. He also worked in Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia, and in the Chicago Conservatory, where he headed the piano department. A successful European concert tour in 1900 landed him in Berlin, where he divided his time between performing and teaching. From 1909 to 1914 he taught master classes at the Vienna Academy of Music. When the World War I began...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Grauer, Ben b. June 2, 1908 d. May 31, 1977
Television and Radio Personality. Grauer was born on June 2, 1908, in Staten Island, New York. He began his career first appearing in such films as, "The Mad Woman" (1919), "His Woman" (1919), "The Idol Dancer" (1920), "Annabel Lee" (1921), and "My Friend The Devil" (1922), before entering into television and radio. Grauer went onto host and narrate many films, documentaries, television, and radio programs. They include, "Gaslight Follies" (1945), as narrator, "Screen Snapshots No. 6" (1947)...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Harvey, Alfred b. October 6, 1913 d. July 4, 1994
Publisher. He was a comic-book publisher and animation producer who founded Harvey World Comics in 1940 when he was 26. He introduced to the world the characters of "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Wendy the Good Little Witch", "Little Dot",and "Richie Rich", all of which made Harvey the leading comic book publisher during the 1950s. (Bio by: Michael J, McFadden)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Larchmont Temple Section

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