Peter Cooper Hewitt was an inventor. His inventions are the direct ancestors of many types of modern light. Places like the Murray Feiss stores couldn’t even exist without his inventions! His patent on arc lighting started it all. As a side note, he is also the brother of the famous Erskine Hewitt. Peter Cooper Hewitt is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. He is in a plot in Section 97, Lot 3932.

Ghost hunters and grave hunters tend to do an awful lot of traveling, and when airlines and buses are involved, there are a lot of problems, the worst, maybe, being mislaid luggage. We carry a lot of expensive equipment, and this is just a reminder… a lot of “fiscal years” are coming to an end out there. Don’t forget to renew your travel health insurance and luggage insurance. When you need it is not the best time to find out that you accidentally let it lapse!

Caroline H. Knapp was an author whose books detailing her victory over both alcoholism and anorexia were very well accepted. Many parents used her books to help them find telltale signs in their children, such as overuse of weight loss pills or behavioral issues that supported one or both conditions. Caroline H. Knapp is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge Massachusetts.

Gypsy Rose Lee, orRose Louise Hovick, was not just a renowned stripper, but an actress with twelve movies and a televisio9n show to her credit. Unlike modern strippers who seem to think their sexual appeal is all makeup and thigh high boots, Gypsy Rose Lee did her acts with a touch of class. Later, she even became an author, and her last work, her autobiography, was quite a success. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles California in Pinecrest Plot, Lot 1087, Grave 8.

Nathan S. Ancel was the co-founder of the Ethan Allen furniture stores chain. He and his partner pioneered the idea of the showcase style settings for selling furniture, and that, coupled with the high quality of the products they sold, rocketed them to the top of the industry. He also, with a gift of nearly a million dollars, helped establish the Ansell School of Business in Connecticut. In the eighties, he even taught at that school. He is buried in the Sharon Gardens Cemetery in New York, plot Section Temple Israel White Plains, Lot 12 GPS: 41.08491 -73.78925.

Winston Churchill was arguably one of the greatest statesmen that ever lived. His speeches are still cited in classrooms around the world. He was an extremely complicated man. Apparently, he realized this himself, as it is reflected in his chosen epitaph:

I am ready to meet my Maker.

Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal
of meeting me is another matter.

Rest in peace, Mr. Churchill.

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William Shakespeare’s work has been the bane of high school and college students for decades. Perhaps these students should be very glad they didn’t have to be responsible for analyzing his epitaph as well, since it’s almost as confusing as his comedies. Apparently, the Bard couldn’t even leave this world behind without trying to solilequize:

GOOD FREND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE TO
DIGG THE DUST ENCLOASED HEARE.
BLEST BE YE MAN YT SPARES THES STONES AND
CURST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES

Ah, well. Rest in peace, Mr. Shakespear…. whatever you said.

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Gary Gygax, co-creator of the game Dungeons and Dragons, passed away on March 4th. He was 69 years old. It is perhaps a sad commentary on our society that someone who caused such worldwide culturalo change could pass almost unnoticed from this world. His passing has barely recieved a nod from the news media, and, for the most part, even the zealous addicts of the game he made famous have been silent.