Famous Graves in Iowa
381 records found
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The Day the Music Died Memorial
unknown – 3 Feb 1959Erected in 1988, the memorial is on the crash site where music...
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Herbert Clark Hoover
10 Aug 1874 – 20 Oct 196431st United States President. He had the misfortune to inherit an...
West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Don Arthur Ameche
31 May 1908 – 6 Dec 1993Actor, Singer. He was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha,...
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Thomas Francis Sullivan
24 Jan 1883 – 1 Mar 1965Folk Figure. Father of the five Sullivan brothers who died in...
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Harry Reasoner
17 Apr 1923 – 6 Aug 1991Television Broadcast Journalist. A graduate of Stanford...
Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa, USA
Grant Wood
13 Feb 1891 – 12 Feb 1942Painter. One of the three leaders of the Regionalist movement of...
Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, USA
Chief Blackhawk Cenotaph
1767 – 4 Oct 1838American Sauk Indian Leader. Born at Saukenuk, Illinois, he was...
Selma, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Meredith Willson
18 May 1902 – 15 Jun 1984Conductor, Composer, Songwriter, and Playwright. He is best...
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Chief Taimah Cenotaph
1790 – 1830Fox Chief. Taimah which roughly translates to ‘man who makes the...
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
SGT Ralph George Neppel
31 Oct 1923 – 27 Jan 1987World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award from...
Lidderdale, Carroll County, Iowa, USA
Fran Allison
20 Nov 1907 – 13 Jun 1989Actress. Born in La Porte City, Iowa, she began working as a...
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Chief War Eagle
1785 – 1851He was the last Sioux Chief to reside in the Iowa territory. He...
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Chief Wapello
1787 – 15 Mar 1842Fox Primary Chief. Born in what is present day Wisconsin, he...
Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
John Friestad Thorson Jr.
10 May 1920 – 28 Oct 1944World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United...
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA
Capt Darrell Robins Lindsey Cenotaph
30 Dec 1919 – 9 Aug 1944World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Jefferson, Iowa...
Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa, USA
St. Ann's Guild World War II Monument
Birth and death dates unknown.Erected by the St. Ann's Guild Committee in June 1946, the...
Long Grove, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Chief Waubonsie
1765 – 1848Potawatomi Indian Chief. He was the leader of the Potawatomi...
Mills County, Iowa, USA
Dr Ira Blanchard
30 Sep 1808 – 11 Aug 1872Abolitionist, Physician, Scholar, Religious Leader. Along with...
Benton Township, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Arthur Otto Beyer
20 May 1909 – 16 Feb 1965World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award from...
Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
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