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Adams, Jack (John James) b. July 14, 1895 d. May 1, 1968
Hall of Fame Professional Hockey Player. He played the position of Center for the Toronto Arenas from 1917 to 1919, the Vancouver Millionaires from 1919 to 1922, the Toronto St. Pats from 1922 to 1926, and the Ottawa Senators from 1926 to 1927. After his playing days he spent a total of 36 years in the organization of the Detroit Red Wings, coaching them for 20, and guiding them to three Stanly Cup championships (1936, 1937 and 1943). He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959.
Cause of death: Heart Attack
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Ambrose, Eileen 'Terry' b. July 1, 1925 d. February 17, 2004
Actress, Model. She was a television and print model during the 1940s and 1950s. Her image helped sell automobiles, refrigerators and other items, and graced the pages of national magazines and newspapers. She established the first Screen Actors Guild chapter in Michigan after becoming involved in the Guild while working in Hollywood. (Bio by: Always with Love)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Beemer, Brace Bell b. December 9, 1902 d. March 1, 1965
Radio Actor. He was the 3rd actor to play the voice of 'The Lone Ranger' on radio. He played the voice from 1941 to 1954.
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 1207, Space 2, near the Polar Bear Monument
Clark, Russell Lee b. August 9, 1898 d. December 24, 1968
Organized Crime Figure. Born in Vigo County, Indiana, he was known as the good natured mobster of the John Dilinger gang. He began his criminal career in 1919, after being dishonorably discharged from the US Marine Corps. He was a partner of Ralston "Blackie" Linton during the early 1920s and together they robbed a series stores and roadhouses. He was finally caught after a robbery in Huntertown, Indiana and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in December 1927. A popular jokester among...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: heart attack
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
DeLorean, John Zachary b. January 6, 1925 d. March 19, 2005
John DeLorean was one of a handful of American entrepreneurs who had the audacity to form a American automobile company in the last seventy-five years, and like many others failed to compete successfully with mainstream companies in the end. DeLorean a native of Detroit, and Army veteran of the Second World War was a General Motors executive who in 1964 was responsible for the creation of the world's first muscle car the "GTO". By the time DeLorean left GM in 1973 he was a unconventional...[Read More] (Bio by: John Patton)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Fruehauf, Roy August b. October 1, 1908 d. October 30, 1965
Businessman. Fruehauf was Chairman of the Board for the Fruehauf Trailer Corporation. He became chairman after his brother, Harvey Fruehauf retired. He helped produce semi-trailers equipped to ride railroad flatcars.
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Kahn, Albert b. March 21, 1869 d. December 8, 1942
Industrial Architect. He is remembered for designing a number of historical architectural buildings, and for pioneering the use of concrete construction, which opened up large tracks of interior building space unhampered by support beams. His basic industrial design style was based on simple construction, use of standard materials, and ease of construction, all of which held down construction costs, yet provided useful, functional, reliable buildings. He has been called the Architect of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Kevorkian, Jack b. May 26, 1928 d. June 3, 2011
Assisted Suicide Advocate. He was a medical pathologist and a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Known as "Dr. Death," he was convicted and sentenced to prison in 1999 for the assisted suicide death of Thomas Youk in September 1998. A jury of seven women and five men found him guilty of providing Mr. Youk, a sufferer of Lou Gehrig's disease, with a lethal injection of a potassium chloride which resulted in his death. During the decade of the 1990s, Kevorkian admitted to...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section H, 6178
Koshorek, Clem b. June 20, 1925 d. September 8, 1991
Major League Baseball Player. The 5-foot-6 infielder made his debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, hitting .261 with 17 doubles and no other extra-base hits. The following year he went hitless in one at-bat, his last as a big leaguer. The right-handed swinger hit .260 lifetime with 15 runs batted in, 27 runs scored and four stolen bases. (Bio by: Ron Coons)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Garden of Prayer, Section 638-1
McCarthy, Joseph Priestly 'J.P.' b. March 22, 1936 d. August 16, 1995
Radio Personailtiy He was the morning radio personality at WJR radio and the major media personality in the history of Detroit. WJR, Detroit's 50,000 watt AM station know widely as "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes.", but many applied this title to J.P. himself. He won a Marconi Award, was named National Radio Personality of the Year four times, and was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992, the first local Detroit broadcaster to be inducted. He was widely regarded as the one of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John Sheets)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Ramsay, Douglas b. 1945 d. February 15, 1961
US Junior Figure Skating champion. He was the US men's 4th place skating alternate for the Worlds Figure Skating Championship in 1961. He was a member of the 1961 US Figure Skating Team who perished on their way to the 1961 Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He made the trip because the Bronze medal winner, Tim Brown, could not participate due to health reasons. (Bio by: Stephanie)
Cause of death: Plane crash
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Rose, Mauri b. May 26, 1906 d. January 1, 1981
Three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1941, 1947 and 1948. Was portrayed as an Indianapolis 500 rival of Clark Gable's "Mike Brannan" character in the racing movie, "To Please A Lady." Rose was also a talented automotive engineer. After appearing among the guests of honor at the 1980 Indianapolis 500, Rose died on New Year's Day, 1981. (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Garden of Prayer, Section C, Grave #275
Shumard, Robert R b. September 7, 1920 d. April 24, 1967
United States Army World War II Veteran. He was the assistant engineer aboard the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Van Wagoner, Murray D. b. March 18, 1898 d. June 12, 1986
38th Governor of the state of Michigan from 1941 to 1942.
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Veach, Bobby b. June 29, 1888 d. August 7, 1945
Major League Baseball player. Veach was an outfielder in fourteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and the Washington Senators. He was part of a impressive offensive lineup that included Hall of Famer Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. Veach drove in 100 or more RBIs six times and batted .300 or better twelve times during his career. His lifetime batting average is an outstanding .310. He has 2063 career hits. His slugging percentage was better that .500 in 1919 and 1921. (Bio by: C.S.)
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy (Oakland County), Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, First Floor, Section #1212

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