Interesting Endings- Headstones of some well known locals

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Most know of the Dodge Brothers mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, but there are others whose final markers were surprisingly simple as I visited various sights in the area last month.
The most famous architect in the area, Albert Kahn- [[a small box in a wall)

'Doctor Death'- Jack Kevorkian-

'Back to the Future' John DeLorean- if only he had added the flux capacitor to the street models-

And the 'Gray' of Grayhaven, Mr. Edward Gray- Henry Ford's Chief Engineer- almost impossible to even find a photo of him now- no first name, no dates, nothing but a last name. Three other family members buried there too.

[CassTechGrad]

Tom Tyler, born Vincent Markowsk. Popular cowboy and western films actor. Lived in Hamtramck and attended St. Florian Elementary School and Hamtramck High School. He appeared in over 150 films including:

Stagecoach [[1939) with John Wayne
Drums Along the Mohawk [[1939) with Henry Fonda
Gone With the Wind [[1940) with Clark Gable
The Westerner [[1940) with Gary Cooper
John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath [[1940)
The Mummy's Hand [[1940)
San Antonio [[1945) with Errol Flynn
They Were Expendable [[1945)
Red River [[1948)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon [[1949) with John Wayne
Badman's Territory [[1946) with Randolph Scott
Captain Marvel in the 1941 serial film The Adventures of Captain Marvel

At the time of his death in 1954, he was living in Detroit on Moenart Street between Luce St. and Rowley St. He’s buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, at the intersection of Van Dyke and 6 mile Road.

[1953]

So, Kevorkian was a beloved brother and uncle - does that mean he was not valued as a son or grandson?

[Pam]

Fred Sonic Smith has a cool stone:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&PIpi=71340260

[Honky Tonk]

Fred Sonic Smith has a cool stone:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&PIpi=71340260

Very cool, I like it.

[canuck]

So, Kevorkian was a beloved brother and uncle - does that mean he was not valued as a son or grandson?

That goes without saying; Dead or Alive...

[CassTechGrad]

Jimmy Hoffa vanished in late July 1975, having last been seen outside the Machus Red Fox, a suburban Detroit restaurant. His disappearance gave rise to many theories as to what happened to him. He was declared legally dead in 1982.

[Honky Tonk]

Tom Tyler, born Vincent Markowsk. Popular cowboy and western films actor. Lived in Hamtramck and attended St. Florian Elementary School and Hamtramck High School. He appeared in over 150 films including:

Stagecoach [[1939) with John Wayne
Drums Along the Mohawk [[1939) with Henry Fonda
Gone With the Wind [[1940) with Clark Gable
The Westerner [[1940) with Gary Cooper
John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath [[1940)
The Mummy's Hand [[1940)
San Antonio [[1945) with Errol Flynn
They Were Expendable [[1945)
Red River [[1948)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon [[1949) with John Wayne
Badman's Territory [[1946) with Randolph Scott
Captain Marvel in the 1941 serial film The Adventures of Captain Marvel

At the time of his death in 1954, he was living in Detroit on Moenart Street between Luce St. and Rowley St. He’s buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, at the intersection of Van Dyke and 6 mile Road.

I bet he drew a lot of attention to himself walking through the neighborhood to the gas station for a "loose".......

[yaktown]

Odd stone for an architect. I found this one while wandering around a random cemetery about 8 years ago.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...7&PIpi=6515154

[EastsideAl]

Odd stone for an architect. I found this one while wandering around a random cemetery about 8 years ago.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...7&PIpi=6515154

I love that very rough-hewn and natural Japanese feel it has, like a stone in a traditional Japanese rock garden.

[CassTechGrad]

Who is going to write your epitaph?

[Jimaz]

GetGreatCodes.com

[p69rrh51]

Headstone on steroids!
Designed by Albert Kahn. Couzens mausoleum Woodlawn Cemetery 19975 Woodward Avenue built in 1919 Detroit, MI.

[p69rrh51]

Designed by Louis Kamper for Merrill B. Mills. Mills Mausoleum Section 11 Woodlawn Cemetery 19975 Woodward Avenue built in 1905 Detroit, MI.

[p69rrh51]

Designed by George D. Mason & Company. Siegel Family Mausoleum Woodmere Cemetery 9400 West Fort Street built in 1908 Detroit, MI.

The image was taken before the bronze doors were stolen.

[p69rrh51]

Designed by McKim, Mead & White. Hecker Mausoleum 19975 Woodward Avenue built in 1927 Woodlawn Cemetery Detroit, MI.

[1953]

[EastsideAl]

Henry and Clara Ford graves. In the Ford Family Cemetery on Joy Rd. west of Greenfield.

[EastsideAl]

Dodge family mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery.

[EastsideAl]

Lewis Cass, Elmwood Cemetery

[EastsideAl]

Former Carmelite monastery [[couvent des Carmes), later a prison, now Salle Paul Descazeaux community center, 10 Rue Paul Descazeaux, Castelsarrasin, France. Reportedly the final resting place of the original Detroiter, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac

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A couple of interesting sightings on those mausoleums- someone arranged pennies at the Dodge mausoleum when I visited in September-

And the other side-

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I was checking out the stained glass window at the back when I spotted that hornet nest-

Got close and heard the buzzing-