Regional Gravesites
Mary Atkins – Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1836-1911) Elmwood Cemetery
George Caleb Bingham – Painter (1811-1879) Union Cemetery
Jim Bridger – Mountain Man (1804-1881) Mt. Washington Cemetery
Louis Curtiss – Architect (1865-1924) Mt. Washington Cemetery
Joyce C. Hall – Hallmark Cards (1891-1982) Forest Hall Cemetery
Ella C. Loose (1860-1945) and Jacob L. Loose (1850-1923) – Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company Elmwood Cemetery
John Calvin McCoy – Founder of Westport (1811-1889) Union Cemetery
James Hyatt McGee – Early Settler (1786-1840) Elmwood Cemetery
August Meyer – Parks (1851-1905) Elmwood Cemetery
William Rockhill Nelson – Kansas City Star (1841-1915) Mt. Washington, Nelson Chapel
J.C. Nichols – Country Club Plaza (1880-1950) Forest Hill Cemetery
Leroy “Satchel” Paige – Baseball Pitch (c.1904-1982) Forest Hill Cemetery
Charlie “Yardbird” Parker – Jazz Great (1920-1955) Lincoln Cemetery
Tom Pendergast – Machine Boss (1872-1945) Calvary Cemetery
Dr. Katharine Richardson – Children’s Mercy Hospital (c.1860-1933) Mt. Washington Cemetery
Clara Stover (1882-1975) and Russell Stover (1888-1954) – Eskimo Pie and Stovers Candy Mt. Moriah Mausoleum
Col. Thomas H. Swope – Swope Park (1827-1909) Swope Memorial, Swope Park
Regional Cemeteries
Kansas City
Boone-Hays Cemetery, northwest of 63rd Street and Brooklyn Avenue
Calvary Cemetery, 6901 Troost Avenue, 816-523-2114
Elmwood Cemetery, 4900 East Truman Road, 816-231-0373
Forest Hill Cemetery, 6901 Troost Avenue, 816-523-2114
Lincoln Cemetery, 8604 East Truman Road, Independence
Mt. Carmel Cemetery, 5529 Ditzeler Ave, Raytown, 816-353-4196
Mt. Moriah Cemetery, 10507 Holmes Road, 816-942-2004
Mt. St. Mary’s Cemetery, 2201 Cleveland Avenue, 816-241-7663
Mt. Washington Cemetery, 614 South Brookside Avenue, Independence, 816-252-4141
Rose Hill Cemetery, 712 East 69th Street
Shawnee Indian Cemetery, 59th Terrace east of Nieman Road, Shawnee
Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery, Johnson Drive, Fairway, 913-262-0867
Sheffield Cemetery, 6200 Wilson Road, 816-231-6191
Swope Memorial Cemetery, Swope Park, end of Swope Memorial Drive
Union Cemetery, 227 East 28th Terrace
St. Louis
Bellefontaine Cemetery, 4947 West Florissant Avenue, 314-381-0750
Calvary Cemetery, 5239 West Florissant Avenue, 314-381-1313
National Gravesites
Herman Melville – Author (1819-1891) Woodland Cemetery; Bronx, New York
Margaret Mitchell Marsh – Novelist (1900-1949) Oakland Cemetery; Atlanta, Georgia
John Louis Kerouac – “Beat” Writer (1922-1969) Edson Cemetery; Lowell, Massachusetts
Louisa May Alcott – Author (1832-1888) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; Concord, Massachusetts
Walter (Walt) Whitman – Poet (1819-1892) Harleigh Cemetery; Camden, New Jersey
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson – Poet (1830-1886) West Cemetery; Amherst, Massachusetts
Robert Lee Frost – Poet (1874-1963) First Congregational Church Cemetery; Old Bennington, Vermont
Meriwether Lewis - Explorer (1774-1809) Meriwether Lewis Park; Lewis County, Tennessee
William Clark – Explorer (1770-1838) Bellefontaine Cemetery; St. Louis, Missouri
Carry Amelia Moore Nation – Saloon Smasher (1846-1911) Belton Cemetery, Belton Missouri
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Leader (1929-1968) Ebenezer Baptist Church; Atlanta Georgia
George Washington Carver – Agronomist (1864? -1943) Tuskegee Institute; Tuskegee, Alabama
George Herman (Babe) Ruth – Baseball Player (1895-1948) Gate of Heaven Cemetery; Hawthorne, New York
Judy Garland – Actress, Singer (1922-1969) Ferncliff Cemetery; Hartsdale, New York
Ichabod B. Crane – Military Hero (1787-1857) Asbury Church of the Nazarene Cemetery; Staten Island, New York
John Brown – Abolitionist (1800-1859) John Brown Farm; North Elba, New York
George Gershwin – Composer (1898-1937) Westchester Hills Cemetery; Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
