Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)

The cemetery was established in 1895 and immediately attracted some of the most notable names in the city.{{cite web| title=Our Heritage| url=http://woodlawncemeterydetroit.com/Our_Heritage_318975.html| access-date=December 21, 2010| publisher=Woodlawn Cemetery Detroit}} The grounds encompass {{convert|140|acres|abbr=on}} and were planned by civil engineer Mason L. Brown and horticulturalist Frank Eurich. At the time of the first burial in 1896, Woodlawn was outside the city limits. Eurich also developed Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo.

• Clara Arthur (1858–1929) - American suffragist.
• Waldo Avery (1858–1914) – founder of United States Gypsum{{cite book| first=A. Dale| last=Northup| title=Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery| publisher=Arcadia Press| year=2003| page=14| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWckd3IAPqQC&q=detroit's+woodlawn+cemetery| isbn=0-7385-3156-1| access-date=2011-04-22}}
• Bella Marshall Barden (1950–2012) – wife of Don H. Barden and Wayne County Chief Operating Officer
• Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959) – American Poet known as the People's poet
• Bishop John Seth Bailey (1896–1984) – First Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ
• Don H. Barden (1943–2011) – Casino Gaming and Cable Television entrepreneur
• Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1937–2005) – Member of Motown's Four Tops
• Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936) – Industrialist, automaker and U.S. Secretary of Commerce{{cite web| title=Index to Politicians-Chandless to Chapline| website=The Political Graveyard| date=5 October 2010| access-date=2011-04-04| url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html}}
• Albert Cobo (1893–1957) – Mayor of Detroit{{cite web| website=The Political Graveyard| title=Index to Politicians: Cobb-hunter to Cochlin| date=5 October 2010| url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobbin-cochel.html| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Howard A. Coffin (1877–1956) – Congressman{{cite web| title=Howard A. Coffin| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000590| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929){{spaced ndash}} Attorney, Congressman and father-in-law of George M. Holley
• James J. Couzens (1872–1936 ) – U.S. Senator and Mayor of Detroit{{cite web| title=James Couzens| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000812| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Edgar Culbertson (1935–1967) – U.S. Coast Guardsman and recipient of the Coast Guard Medal

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• Anna Thompson Dodge (1866–1970) – Widow of Horace Dodge and philanthropist
• Horace Elgin Dodge (1868–1920) – Businessman and co-founder of Dodge Motors{{cite web| first=Michael W.| last=Skinner| website=Grosse Pointe Historical Society| title=The Dodge Family and the Grosse Pointes| access-date=2011-04-04| url= http://www.gphistorical.org/autobarons/dodge/index.htm}}
• John Francis Dodge (1864–1920) – Businessman and co-founder of Dodge Motors
• George Duffield, Jr. (1818–1888) – Presbyterian minister and composer of Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus{{cite web| title=George Duffield, Jr.| website=hymntime.com| url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/d/u/f/duffield_g.htm| access-date=2018-12-10}}
• Dee Edwards (1945–2006) – Soul singer
• Daisy Elliott (1917–2015) – Author and Co-sponsor of Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Delegate to 1961–62 Constitution of Michigan convention and Michigan State Representative
• Duke Fakir (1935-2024) - Member of Motown's Four Tops{{cite news| title=Friends, family and a 'grateful city' bid farewell to the Four Tops' Duke Fakir| url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2024/08/02/four-tops-singer-duke-fakir-celebrated-at-detroit-funeral/74654188007/| first=Brian| last=McCollum| date=August 2, 2024| newspaper=Detroit Free Press| quote=...and he was laid to rest Friday afternoon at Woodlawn Cemetery.| access-date=August 10, 2024}}
• Henry Fambrough (1938-2024),- Member of the R&B quintet The Spinners{{cite news| title=The Spinners' Henry Fambrough celebrated at funeral as family man, generous spirit| url=https://www.aol.com/spinners-henry-fambrough-celebrated-funeral-211248404.html| first=Brian| last=McCollum| date=February 17, 2024| newspaper=Detroit Free Press| via=AOL| access-date=August 10, 2024| quote=Fambrough was interred Saturday afternoon at Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery...}}
• Homer S. Ferguson (1889–1982) – U.S. Senator, judge and diplomat{{cite web| title=Homer S. Ferguson| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Edsel Ford (1893–1943) – Ford Motor Company president and son of Henry Ford{{cite web| title=The Ford Family| website=Grosse Pointe Historical Society| access-date=2018-12-10| url=http://www.gphistorical.org/autobarons/ford/index.htm}}
• Eleanor Clay Ford (1896–1976) – Wife of Edsel Ford and niece of retailer J. L. Hudson
• William Clay Ford Sr. (1925–2014) – grandchild of Henry Ford
• Aretha Franklin (1942–2018), Gospel and Rhythm & Blues (R&B) singer known as The Queen of Soul{{cite news| title=Fans Will Be Able to Pay Tribute to Aretha Franklin Before Her Funeral Later This Month| url=https://people.com/music/aretha-franklin-dead-funeral-details-public-viewings/| journal=People| last=Pasquini| first=Maria| date=17 August 2018}} {{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/aretha-franklin-will-have-public-viewing-private-family-funeral-1202447906/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818001207/https://deadline.com/2018/08/aretha-franklin-will-have-public-viewing-private-family-funeral-1202447906/| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 18, 2018| title=Aretha Franklin Will Have Public Viewing, Private Family Funeral| last=Haring| first=Bruce| date=17 August 2018| journal=Deadline Hollywood| access-date=19 August 2018}}
• Clarence L. (C.L.) Franklin (1915–1984) – Baptist minister and father of singers Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=clarence+franklin+woodlawn&pg=PA258| title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| last=Wilson| first=Scott| date=August 19, 2016| publisher=McFarland| page=257| isbn=978-1476625997| edition=3rd}}
• Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988) – Gospel and R&B singer and younger sister of Aretha Franklin
• Erma Franklin (1938–2002) – Gospel and R&B singer and older sister of Aretha Franklin
• Harvey Fruehauf (1893–1968) – son of August Fruehauf and president of Fruehauf Trailer Corporation

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• Susie Garrett (1929–2002) – Actress, star of Punky Brewster and sister of actress Marla Gibbs
• Alex Groesbeck (1873–1953) – Michigan Governor and Attorney General{{cite web| title=Alex Groesbeck and M-97| publisher=Macomb County Historical Commission| url=http://www.macombcountymi.gov/historicalcommission/historytales.htm#6| date=22 March 2011| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Major Edward Hartwick (1871-1918) – Military officer and lumberman
• Frank J. Hecker (1846–1927) – Railroad car manufacturer and business partner of art collector Charles Lang Freer
• Billy Henderson (1939–2007) – Lead singer of The Spinners
• George M. Holley Sr. (1878–1963) – Automotive engineer, designer and founder of Holley Carburetor
• DeShaun Dupree "Proof" Holton (1973–2006) – Rap musician
• Joseph L. Hudson (1846–1912) – Department store magnate{{cite web| title=Detroit History Tour: Woodlawn Cemetery| publisher=The Night Train| date=18 March 2010| access-date=2011-04-05| url= http://nighttraintodetroit.com/2010/03/18/detroit-history-tour-woodlawn-cemetery/}}
• James Jamerson (1938–1983) – Motown bass guitarist
• James (Prophet) Jones (1907–1971) – prominent national and local religious leader during the 1940s and 1950s who was the first African American televangelist of Detroit and founder of the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc.{{cite news| title=Detroit's Flamboyant Prophet Jones| author=Zena Simmons| date=13 September 1007| url= http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=182| work=The Detroit News| access-date=2012-04-04}}
• Marv Johnson (1938–1993) – Motown/R&B singer
• Julanne Johnston (1900–1988) – Silent film actress
• Ed Killian (1876–1928) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Rev. James Lofton Sr. (1911–1973) – Founder and pastor of "Church of Our Prayer" in Detroit
• Alfred Lucking (1856–1929) – Congressman{{cite web| title=Alfred Lucking| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000878| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Frederick C. Martindale (1865-1928) – Michigan Secretary of State
• Wade H. McCree (1920–1987) – Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Solicitor General
• Blair Moody (1902–1954) – US Senator and newspaper reporter{{cite web| title=Arthur Edison Blair Moody| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000500| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909) – Architect of the Colorado, Michigan and Texas State Capitols
• James K. Okubo (1920–1967) – World War II US Army recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) – Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor
• Francis Petrus Paulus (1862-1933) — Artist, teacher, and trustee of the Detroit Museum of Art{{cite news| newspaper=The New York Times | title = Francis Paulus Dies… | date = 4 February 1933 | access-date = 2023-02-23 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/04/archives/ifrancis-paulus-dies-painter-and-etcher-former-associate-director.html}}
• Rosa Parks (1913–2005) – Civil Rights activist{{cite news| newspaper=USA Today| title=Parks' funeral looks forward as well as back| date=3 November 2005| first=Sharon Sikle| last=Carty| access-date=2011-04-04| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-02-parks-service_x.htm}}
• Edward Patten (1939–2005) – Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Lawrence Payton (1938–1997) – Member of Motown's Four Tops
• Barbara Randolph (1942–2002) – Motown/R&B singer
• David Ruffin (1941–1991) – Lead singer of The Temptations
• Ed Siever (1875–1920) – Major League baseball pitcher
• Howard Sims (1933–2016) – architect in Detroit
• Levi Stubbs (1936–2008) – Lead singer of Motown's Four Tops
• George W. Trendle (1884–1972) – Creator of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet
• Carl M. Weideman (1898–1972) – Congressman{{cite web| title=Carl May Weideman| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000254| work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date=2011-04-04}}
• Ronald White (1938–1995) – Member of Motown's The Miracles
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) – Composer of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and other hymns{{cite web| title=Richard Storrs Willis| website=CyberHymnal| url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/i/l/willis_rs.htm| year=2011| access-date=2011-07-20}}
• Earl Wilson (1934–2005) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Matilda Dodge Wilson – (1883–1967) Widow of John Dodge and Alfred Wilson, benefactor of Michigan State University – now Oakland University and Detroit's Music Hall and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
• Pop Winans (1934–2009) – gospel singer and patriarch of the gospel group the Winans family
• Ronald Winans (1956–2005) – gospel singer and member of the gospel group the Winans family
• There is one British Commonwealth war grave of a Canadian Private who served in World War I and died in 1919.{{cite web| title=Casualty Details: Haldane, David| url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4010318/HALDANE,%20DAVID| website=CWGC| date=25 June 1919| access-date=2014-02-26}}

{{reflist}}

• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Cemetery Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
• Nawrocki, Dennis Alan and Thomas J. Holleman, Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980
• Northup, A. Dale, Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery, Arcadia Publishing, 2003

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• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY5.html#R9T0XKEUI The Political Graveyard – Politicians buried in Woodlawn Cemetery]
• {{Find a Grave cemetery|2003|Woodlawn Cemetery}}
• [http://www.woodlawncemeterydetroit.com/about-us Woodlawn Cemetery website]

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