William Knox Schroeder
May 4, 1970
William Knox Schroeder (July 20, 1950 – May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings. Schroeder was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Florence Ella (Endebrock) and Louis Arthur Schroeder. He had an older sister, Nancy, and a younger brother,...
Sona O. Keinath
Dec 31, 1969
Sona O. Keinath , age 46, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2008, in Cincinnati, . She was born February 19, 1962, in Cheolwon, KO.
Visitation is from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm, on Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Walker Funeral Home - Mt. Healthy, 7272 Hamilton Avenue , Mt. Healthy (45231). The funeral service will...
Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr.
Sep 8, 1969
Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr. June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969
George Washington
Mar 3, 1969
George Washington was born August 1, 1898 in Danville, Kentucky, to the late Will Washington and Betty Crawford Washington. He passed away on March 3, 1969, at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He is survived by his wife, Olivia Buford Washington.
Service 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 6, 1969, at Walker Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave.,...
Gerald Bowles
Jan 1, 1969
BOWLES, GERALD was born 21 December 1919, and died January 1, 1969 Burial Maysville Cemetery Maysville, Kentucky
Dr. Alexander Oscar Gettler Ph.D.
Aug 4, 1968
Alexander Oscar Gettler (August 13, 1883– August 4, 1968 was a toxicologist with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) between 1918 and 1959, and the first forensic chemist to be employed in this capacity by a U.S. city. His work at OCME with Charles Norris, the chief medical examiner, created the foundation...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Apr 4, 1968
In Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his now famous 'I have a dream' speech. It electrified the United States. He delivered it in measured tones to the 200,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and to countless others who watched on television. Five short years after that speech, King was assassinated in...
Chester Paul Beeks, Sr.
Mar 23, 1968
Chester Paul Beeks, Sr. was born July 20, 1928. He passed March 23, 1968.
Husband of Dorothy Beeks.
Interment Weslyan Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Walker Funeral Home, 930 Findlay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sydney "Syd" Nathan
Mar 5, 1968
Syd Nathan was an old-school music-business entrepreneur who launched the careers of James Brown, Hank Ballard and other R&B greats on his King Records label and its affiliates. A frustrated musician who yearned to be a jazz drummer, he instead transformed the musical landscape with his King Records Company. He went from owning a record store in downtown Cincinnati...
John Theodore Mcnaughton
Jul 19, 1967
John Theodore McNaughton (November 21, 1921 – July 19, 1967) born in Pekin, Illinois was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[1] and Robert S. McNamara's closest advisor.[citation needed] He died in a plane crash at age 45, less than two weeks before he would have become Secretary of the Navy.
Cemetery Details Location Arlington...
Captain Raymond F. Schulte
Jul 19, 1967
Schulte, Raymond F. (Capt.) Born: 4-8-1918 Passed Away 7-19-1967 Date of Interment: 17-24-1967 CC G32 IM Captain Piedmont Airlines. Wife: Catherine Bourke Schulte. Veteran WWII. Place of Death: Henderson, NC Interment St. Marys Cemetery
Harry Herman Schwachter
Oct 14, 1966
Harry Herman Schwachter was born November 2, 1888 in Hungary. He entered eternal rest on October 14, 1966, in Williamson, West Virginia. He was 77.
Mr. Harry Herman Schwachter was born in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. He lived on a typical Hungarian farm and attended a one room school up until the 5th grade. He...
Col. James Pershing Zwayer
Jan 25, 1966
James Pershing Zwayer Birth: Feb. 26, 1918 Bryan Williams County Ohio, USA Death: Jan. 25, 1966 New Mexico, USA Parents: Clyde Hall Zwayer (1893 - 1982) Elsie M King Zwayer (1898 - 1977) Spouse: Lucille Ruth Delay Zwayer (1919 - 2006)* Sibling: James Pershing Zwayer (1918 - 1966) Roger Dee Zwayer (1922 - 2004) COL US AIR FORCE; WORLD...
Rev. Jonathan Myrick Daniels
Aug 20, 1965
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965.
Rev. James Reeb
Mar 11, 1965
James Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) While participating in the Selma Voting Rights Movement actions in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, he was murdered by white segregationists, dying of head injuries in the hospital two days after being severely beaten.
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Feb 26, 1965
Jimmie Lee Jackson Biography Civil Rights Activist (1938–1965) www.Biography.com Jimmie Lee Jackson OCCUPATION Civil Rights Activist BIRTH DATE December 16, 1938 DEATH DATE February 26, 1965 PLACE OF BIRTH Marion, Alabama PLACE OF DEATH Selma, Alabama AKA Jimmie Jackson FULL NAME Jimmie Lee Jackson Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by an Alabama state trooper in 1965; his...
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
Nov 22, 1963
John Fitzgerald 'Jack' Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the...
Clyde Kennard
Jul 4, 1963
Clyde Kennard June 12, 1927 – July 4, 1963 Clyde Kennard was from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and he was a Korean War veteran. He was among the thousands of local activists in the 1940s and 1950s who pressed for their rights. After Kennard published a letter in the local paper about integrated education, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a state-supported...
Medgar Wiley Evers
Jun 12, 1963
Medgar Wiley Evers was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After returning from overseas military service in World War II and completing his secondary education, he became active in the civil rights movement. He became a field secretary for the NAACP. Evers was assassinated by Byron De...
