Find A Grave - Lancaster County

Abel, Hazel Hempel b. July 10, 1888 d. July 30, 1966
US Senator. She was elected as a Senator from Nebraska to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dwight Griswold. She served from November 8, 1954 to December 31, 1954, when she resigned.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Anderson, Victor Emanuel b. March 30, 1902 d. August 15, 1962
Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1955 to 1959.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Brooks, Ralph Gilmour b. July 6, 1898 d. September 9, 1960
Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1959 until his death in 1960.
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Bryan, Charles Wayland b. February 10, 1867 d. March 4, 1945
Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1923 to 1925, and 1931 to 1935. Also served as a Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska from 1915 to 1917, and 1935 to 1937, he was defeated in 1926, 1928, and 1938, and Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1924. He was the brother of William Jennings Bryan. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burkett, Elmer Jacob b. December 1, 1867 d. May 23, 1935
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Nebraska's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899 to 1905. Also served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1905 to 1911, Member of the Nebraska State Legislature, and Candidate for Republican Nomination for Vice-President in 1916.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Cobb, Amasa b. September 27, 1823 d. July 5, 1905
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. Served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1863 to 1871. Also served as a Member of the Wisconsin State Legislature in 1860, Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska in 1873, and Justice of the Nebraska State Supreme Court in 1878. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 6, Lot 383
Cochran, Robert LeRoy b. January 28, 1886 d. February 23, 1963
Nebraska Governor. Served in the United States Army During World War I, and as a Colonel in the United States Army during World War II. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1935 to 1941. (Bio by: K)
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Copeland, Oren Sturman b. March 16, 1887 d. April 10, 1958
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 to 1943. Also served as the Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1937 to 1940.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Crosby, Robert Berkey b. March 26, 1911 d. January 7, 2000
Nebraska Governor. He was known as "The Boy Governor from North Platte." He was the husband of State Senator LaVon Kehoe Crosby. He was born in North Platte on March 26, 1911. Republican and a member of the Nebraska unicameral legislature from 1941-45. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1947-49 and Republican Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55. He was also a candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Nebraska in 1954. (Bio by: Ron Buchinski)
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Dennis, Sandy b. April 27, 1937 d. March 2, 1992
Actress. She is best remembered for her role of ‘Honey’ in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), for which she won an Oscar. She began her acting career in various roles on television, beginning with "The Guiding Light" soap opera, in 1956. She had a small part in the film, "Splendor in the Grass" (1961), but won two consecutive Tony awards for "A Thousand Clowns" and "Any Wednesday", which led to her being selected for an Oscar winning role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"(1966). She...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Ovarian Cancer
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Mauseleum Number 3, Wall A, Col. 1C (inside the mausoleum)
Devaney, Bob [original burial site] b. April 13, 1915 d. May 9, 1997
Legendary footbal coach who won two National Championships at Nebraska including the 1971 "Game of the Century" versus Oklahoma.
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: 50 yards straight in from the main entrance on the left side of the oval you see upon entering.
Dilworth, Caleb James b. April 8, 1827 d. February 3, 1900
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was the commanding oficer (Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel) of the 85th Illinois Vounteer Infantry during most of the Civil War. He served conspicuously during Sherman's campaign for Atlanta and was brevetted a Brigadier General for his gallant and meritorious service there. He was wounded at the Battle of Jonesboro on August 31 - September 1, 1864. He resumed his occupation of lawyer after the war and was Attorney General of the state of Nebraska...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 8, lot 1346
Epp, Theodore H. b. January 27, 1907 d. October 13, 1985
Founded "Back to the Bible" radio and publishing ministry, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska and broadcast around the world.
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Exon, John James b. August 9, 1921 d. June 10, 2005
US Senator, Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979 and as United States Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. He did not seek re-election in 1996. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Funke, Otto b. January 31, 1833 d. November 27, 1885
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was a printer before the war, and entered the army as a private in the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Within a short period of time he became a Colonel of the 11th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. At the end of the war he was brevetted a Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious service during the war. After the war he became a traveling agent, hotelkeeper, and postmaster. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Sec. 8, lot 1588
Hainer, Eugene Jerome b. July 16, 1851 d. March 17, 1929
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1897. He was defeated in 1896. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Harrison, Robert Dinsmore b. January 26, 1897 d. June 11, 1977
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Nebraska's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1951 to 1959. (Bio by: K)
Panama Cemetery, Panama, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Hollenbeck, Don b. March 30, 1905 d. June 22, 1954
CBS newscaster and commentator. Colleague of Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly. He was at one time employed by the newspaper, PM (Picture Magazine). Founded in 1940 by department store magnate Marshall Field III and published in New York, PM was a left-leaning newspaper, and it garnered accusations of being sympathetic to Communism even though it was critical of the Soviet Union for the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and of the American Communist Party for supporting it. The newspaper published...[Read More]
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 11, Lot 2323
Jensen, Robert b. July 31, 1940 d. January 27, 1958
Murder Victim. While on an outing, he and his girlfriend, Carol King, were kidnapped, robbed and killed by mass murderers Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate. He was 17 years old and Carol was 16. While on the run from the police for having killed Caril's parents and baby sister, Charles and Caril spent the night at the isolated farm outside Lincoln, Nebraska, owned by his family friend, August Meyer. On January 27, Starkweather killed Meyer, and the pair fled, sticking their car into the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Gunshot
Bennet Cemetery, Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Through main gate, grave is two rows back from the fence on the right
Laws, Gilbert Lafayette b. March 11, 1838 d. April 25, 1907
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1891. Also served as Secretary of the State of Nebraska from 1887 to 1889. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA

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