Find A Grave - Queens County

Abbandando, Frank b. July 11, 1910 d. February 19, 1942
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "The Dasher", he was a member of a murder-for-hire gang made up of Jewish and Italian street gangsters working out of Brooklyn, New York City, New York during the 1930s. This gang, who came to be known in the news media as "Murder Inc.", carried out gangland murders in the New York City area under the direction of mob bosses Lepke Buchalter and [Read More]
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 12, Plot P, Grave 75
Abzug, Bella Savitzky b. July 24, 1920 d. March 31, 1998
US Congresswoman. She was elected as a Democrat to represent two different New York Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, first representing the 19th District from 1971 to 1973, then the 20th District from 1973 to 1977. She unsuccessfully ran for United States Senator in 1976, and for New York City Mayor in 1977. She was the first Jewish woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Addabbo, Joseph Patrick b. March 17, 1925 d. April 10, 1986
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent three different New York Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1961 to 1986. He first represented the 5th District from 1961 to 1963, then the 7th District from 1963 to 1983, then finally the 6th District from 1983 to 1986.
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Celia b. 1891 d. January 31, 1979
Actress. A member of the famed Adler theatre family, she was known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre". She was the daughter of noted stage actor Jacob Adler, and the half sister to actors Jay Adler and Luther Adler, and actress [Read More]
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Yiddish Theatre Section
Adler, Jacob b. February 12, 1855 d. April 1, 1926
Actor. He was a major figure in early 20th Century Yiddish theatre.
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Jay b. September 26, 1896 d. September 23, 1978
Actor. He appeared in 21 television series/shows and 45 motion pictures, including "Scandal Sheet," "The Bad and The Beautiful," "Love Me or Leave Me," "The Brothers Karamazov," "The Story on Page One," and "The Family Jewels". He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section F
Adler, Luther b. May 4, 1903 d. December 8, 1984
Actor. He appeared in 28 television series/shows and 33 motion pictures, including "The Loves of Carmen," "D.O.A.," "The Last Angry Man," "Cast a Giant Shadow," "Voyage of the Damned" and "Absence of Malice", He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section F
Adler, Sarah b. 1858 d. April 28, 1953
Actress. She is best remembered for her numerous acting roles on the stage before the advent of movies and television. She was also the mother of a dynasty of actors and actresses, her seven children with Jacob Adler all entered the theater and became noted in their own right. She was noted as the first actress to act naturally on the Yiddish stage. She would make the audience forget that they were watching an actress...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Stella b. February 10, 1901 d. December 21, 1992
Actress. She appeared in the motion pictures "My Girl Tisa" (1948), "Shadow of The Thin Man" (1941), and "Love On Toast" (1938), and appeared in the television series "Suspense" (1949 to 1954). She was a well-known acting teacher who used the Stanislavsky 'Method' of acting and a member of the famed Adler Yiddish theatre family (her parents were actor Jacob Adler and actress [Read More] (Bio by: K)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Aleichem, Sholem b. March 5, 1859 d. May 13, 1916
Author. Born Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich in Voronko, Russia, he became to be considered one of the great Yiddish writers, being best known for his humorous tales of life among the poverty-ridden and oppressed Russian Jews of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works include five novels, many plays, and some 300 short stories. In the last years of his life he lived in the United States; he died in New York City, New York where he helped to found the Yiddish Art Theater. Many of his works...[Read More] (Bio by: Eamonn)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Amberg, Herman 'Hyman' d. November 3, 1926
Organized Crime Figure. Along with his brothers Louis "Pretty" and Joseph Amberg, they were the most feared gangsters in the Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City, New York during the 1920s and 1930s. Hyman was arrested for the murder of a Brooklyn jeweler in 1926 and placed in the "Tombs" jail in Manhattan to await trial. On November 3, 1926, he and another prisoner (armed with guns) tried to escape from the jail. They got as far as the prison wall but were trapped by the guards...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide by gunshot
Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Block 97, Row 6R, Grave 53, Gate 82/S
Amberg, Joseph b. 1892 d. September 30, 1935
Organized Crime Figure. He along with his brothers Louis "Pretty" and Hyman Amberg were the most feared gangsters in the Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City, New York during the 1920s and 1930s On September 30,1935, Joseph Amberg and Morris Kessler (one of his henchmen) were lined-up against the wall of an auto repair garage in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and shot to death by three gunmen of "Murder, Inc".
Cause of death: Shot to death
Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Block 97, between North 8th and 9th Streets
Amberg, Louis 'Amberg' b. 1897 d. October 23, 1935
Organized Crime Figure. During the 1920s and 1930s he, along with his brother Joseph, were the most feared gangsters in the Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City, New York. On October 23, 1935 (the same day gangster Dutch Schultz was murdered) Louis Amberg's body was found in a burning car in Brooklyn. He was killed with an ax and a shotgun blast, put in a car and set on fire. The murder contract was carried out by Abe Reles and his men in "Murder Inc".
Cause of death: Murdered
Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Block 2, Row 12R, Grave 4
Anfuso, Victor L'Episcopo b. March 10, 1905 d. December 28, 1966
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1951 to 1953, then from 1955 to 1963.
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Ardolino, Emile b. May 9, 1943 d. November 20, 1993
Motion Picture Director. He spent his career presenting the art of classical dance on film and on stage. His best known work is the hit movie "Dirty Dancing," which he directed. He also produced the Joffrey Ballet's rendition of "Astarte," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "Oh! Calcutta!," for which he won an Obie award. He caught on film some of the finest work of the world's premiere dancers and choreographers in the Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center series, for which he won a total...[Read More] (Bio by: Fan of the Site)
Cause of death: AIDS related
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Family plot
Armstrong, Louis 'Satchmo' b. August 4, 1901 d. July 6, 1971
Jazz Musician. Born in the slums of segregated New Orleans, Louisiana, neglected with no supervision, he spent most of his time on the streets, singing with neighborhood kids for loose change and searching garbage cans for food. Delinquency landed him in the New Orleans Waif's Home, where under the tutelage of the Home's band instructor he received his first formal music lessons and was given his first cornet. His release from the facility found him completely unprepared, and, having no...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield (inactive))
Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 9
Atlas, Charles b. October 30, 1892 d. December 24, 1972
American Folk Figure. Born Angelo Siciliano in Acri, Calabria, Italy, he and his mother emigrated to the United States in 1904. He grew up in Brooklyn a sickly child. As a teen, he had sand kicked in his face by a lifeguard at Coney Island and resolved to improve his health and physique. Using a system of isometric exercises, which he later dubbed "Dynamic Tension," he built up his body, winning a "Most Perfectly Developed Man" contest at Madison Square Garden in 1922. He had doubled his weight...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Baker, Belle b. December 23, 1893 d. April 29, 1957
Singer, Actress. Born in New York City, she began her singing on the stage and in Vaudeville. Known as "red hot mama" she could sing a Yiddish Ballad and modern jazz with equal ease. She was most noted for introducing hundreds of songs to the American public to include "All Of Me", "Cohen Owes Me $97", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Blue Skies". In the 1930s, she appeared in several editions of the Ziegfeld Follies, performed on radio for the Columbia Network and played music halls in England...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Mount Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens County, New York, USA
Baker, LaVern (Delores Williams) b. November 11, 1929 d. March 10, 1997
Singer. She was known for such hits as "Tweedle-Dee," "I Cried a Tear," and "Jim Dandy." She was the second woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, entering in 1991.
Cause of death: Heart ailment due to Type II diabetes
Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Barondess, Joseph b. July 3, 1863 d. June 19, 1928
Social Reformer, Labor Leader. This native of Kamenetz Podolsk Russia moved to New York in 1885 to pursue an acting career. Unable to find a job in the theater he went to work in the garment industry. In 1888 he helped establish the Cloakmaker's Union. He was a dynamic speaker with a magnetic personality and he used those characteristics to become a major player in the New York labor movement becoming known as the "King of the Cloakmakers." In 1900 he presided over the conference that led to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA

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