Find A Grave - Colorado

Begole, George Davis b. May 28, 1877 d. December 22, 1956
Denver Mayor. He served as Denver, Colorado auditor from 1921 to 1931 and then was elected to serve as Mayor from 1931 to 1935, against the incumbent Mayor Stapleton. During his last year in office, he stole a police car that was left running unattended, to bring attention to economic issues to city administration. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Belford, James Burns b. September 28, 1837 d. January 10, 1910
US Congressman. In 1876, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress and served until 1877, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Patterson, who contested his election. In 1879, he was elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving until 1885. Unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he engaged in the practice of law in Denver, Colorado until his death. His cousin was US Congressman Joseph McCrum Belford. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Bell, John Calhoun b. December 11, 1851 d. August 12, 1933
US Congressman. Elected to represent Colorado's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1903. Also served as State Court Judge in 1889, and Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals from 1913 to 1915. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Bell, Shannon Wilson d. 1874
Murder Victim. He was an alleged murder victim of cannibal Alfred Packer. Bell and 4 other people were killed and eaten by Packer between February and April 1874 and buried here. Packer was later convicted and sentenced to death, but his sentence was later changed to 40 years in prison. Packer was released on parole in January 1901. He died in 1907. The incident inspired a movie and a song by musician Phil Ochs.
Cannibal Plateau, Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
Bennet, Hiram Pitt b. September 2, 1826 d. November 11, 1914
US Congressman. He was elected to represent the territory of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the first Colorado State Senate in 1876. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Berko, Ferenc b. January 28, 1916 d. March 18, 2000
Photographer. Born in Hungary, he was orphaned as a child and raised by friends of the family in Germany, where he was exposed to the artists of the Bauhaus movement. When the Nazis came to power he fled to England in 1933, where he studied with the photographer Otto Emil Hoppe. In 1938 he moved to India, where he first worked as a cameraman for an Indian film company. He opened his own studio, and made films for the British military. In 1947 he was invited to teach at the Chicago Institute...[Read More] (Bio by: Ginny M)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
Bernall, Cassie Rene b. November 6, 1981 d. April 20, 1999
Murder Victim. Victim of the Columbine High School Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999.
Golden Cemetery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Berthoud, Capt. Edward Louis b. 1825 d. June 13, 1908
Old-West Explorer. With famed mountain man Jim Bridger as his guide, discovered "Berthoud Pass" in 1861. Capt. Berthoud was the Chief Engineer for the Colorado Central Railroad. He was also the Chief Engineer for the famous Georgetown Loop Railroad. The town of Berthoud, Colorado was named for him. (Bio by: Kenneth D. Bogard)
Golden Cemetery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Biggs, Richard James b. March 18, 1960 d. May 22, 2004
Actor. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Biggs is best remembered for his role as 'Dr. Stephen Franklin' on the television sci-fi series, "Babylon 5" from 1994 to 1998. He also appeared in "Days Of Our Lives" as 'Marcus Hunter' from 1987 to 1992, "Any Day Now" as 'Bill Moody' from 1998 to 1999, "The Guiding Light" as 'Clayton Boudreaux' from 2001 to 2004, "Tremors" as 'Roger Garret' from 2003 to 2004, and in several other television appearances including, "T.J. Hooker", "The Twilight Zone", "Diagnois...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Block 39
Bjorkman, Ernest H b. December 18, 1881 d. September 16, 1912
US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Ordinary Seaman in the US Navy. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on the rocks of Block Island, Rhode Island. His citation reads "On board the USS Leyden, 21 January 1903, Bjorkman displayed heroism at the time of the wreck of that vessel." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Block 26, Lot 122, Space 9
Blanchard, William H. 'Butch' b. February 6, 1916 d. May 31, 1966
Air Force Officer. He served as Air Force Vice Chief of Staff and was second in command. During World War II he was a heavy-bomber pilot who planned air raids on Japan and while serving with Curtis LeMay planned the atomic attack on Hiroshima. During the next 15 years of his career, he helped build the Strategic Air Command during what time he was awarded four stars all by the age of 48.
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Blinder, Meyer b. September 15, 1921 d. February 26, 2004
Businessman. The son of a Brooklyn candy store owner from Kiev, Russia, he was cofounder of Blinder Robinson and Company, a now defunct penny stock brokerage firm. After returning from military service during World War II where he earned a Purple Heart in Normandy, France, he started a photo-supply business and later joined his brother Morris, in operating a coffee vending company. In 1969 he and his brother went into the stock brokerage business and opened Blinder, Robinson and Company in...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Mount Nebo Memorial Park, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
Bloomfield, Ira Jackson b. November 27, 1835 d. March 26, 1911
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A Colonel of the 26th Illinois Infantry, he was brevetted brigadier general on March 13, 1865 for gallant and meritorious service during the war. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Monte Vista Cemetery, Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 36
Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer b. December 21, 1860 d. February 2, 1933
Newspaper Publisher. After working in banking and real estate, he moved to Denver in 1895 and, with Harry Heye Tammen, purchased the "Evening Post", renaming it the "Denver Post". With a theatrical approach to journalism, they made it one of the most sensational newspapers in the country. In 1900, both Bonfils and Tammen were seriously wounded by a lawyer who took issue with their attacks on public figures and officials. At the time of his death, he was engaged in a libel suit against Roy W...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Bowen, Thomas Meade b. October 26, 1835 d. December 30, 1906
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Senator, Idaho Governor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the 13th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Promoted Colonel in 1863, he commanded a brigade with the Seventh Army Corps for the entire Frontier Campaign. For his military service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in 1865. After the war he settled in Arkansas and was justice of the supreme court of Arkansas, 1867 to 1871...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Block 13, Lot 412
Bradford, Allen Alexander b. July 23, 1815 d. March 12, 1888
Legislator and Jurist. He moved to Missouri, became a lawyer and served as Clerk of the Atchison County Court from 1845 to 1851. He then moved to Iowa, where he was a District Court Judge from 1852 to 1855. Bradford relocated to Nebraska Territory in 1855 and served in the Legislature from 1856 to 1858. He took up residence in Colorado in 1860, and in 1862 he was appointed a Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court, holding his seat on the bench until 1864. He was elected to Congress as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Pueblo Pioneer Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Brady, Pat (Robert E.) b. December 31, 1914 d. February 27, 1972
Actor, sidekick to Roy Rogers; drove jeep named Nellybelle. Member of the "Son's of the Pioneers" singing group. He appeared in a dozen films between 1938-51, including "West of Cheyenne" (1938), "Man from Sundown" (1939), "The Durango Kid" (1940), "Song of Texas" (1943), "Bells of Coronado" (1950), and "South of Caliente" (1951).
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Military section, plot 139-B
GPS coordinates: 38.8186798, -104.8031082 (hddd.dddd)
Brazle, Al (Alpha) b. October 19, 1913 d. October 24, 1973
Major League Baseball Player. The herky-jerky 6-foot-2 left-hander was 29 years old when he made his big-league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals during the war year of 1943. He was 8-2 with a 1.52 earned run average and eight complete games in nine starts. Then he, too, served two years in the military (1944-45). He came back just as good as ever. He was 11-10 with a 3.29 ERA in 1946, 14-8 with a 2.84 ERA in 1947 and 14-8 with a 3.18 ERA and a career-high 206 innings pitched in 1949. By 1950...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
Bromwell, Henry Pelham Holmes b. August 26, 1823 d. January 7, 1903
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois and served in the US Congress from 1865 to 1869. In 1879 he was appointed to compile the general statutes of Colorado. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Brooks, Franklin Eli b. November 19, 1860 d. February 7, 1916
US Congressman. Elected as a Republican representing Colorado At-large in the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses, he served from 1903 to 1907. Born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Brooks was educated at Brown University and Boston University's law school before being admitted to the bar in 1888. In 1891 he set up a legal practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and became increasingly involved in state politics. He was a delegate to the Republican State Conventions of 1900 and 1907...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA

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