Umpawaug Cemetery

Redding, Connecticut

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Umpawaug Cemetery is located at 149 Umpawaug Road, opposite Diamond Hill Road, in Redding, Connecticut. It is the final resting place of Jazz legend, Dave Brubeck, and Mary Travers, of '60s folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary ("Puff the Magic Dragon"). This is also the burial spot for several veterans, actresses and artists. There are many interesting monuments located in Umpawaug. The earliest burials date from the late 1700s.

Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 1511.

Photos were taken 29 April 2015 and 3 May 2020.

The oldest stone I came across:

"In Memory of

Noah Sherwood

who died

March 2, 1798,

in the 29th year

of his age."

"STELLA F.

daughter of Daniel O. & Charlott A.

RIDER

died Dec. 17th 1863.

Aged 10 years & 3 mo's."

"CIVIL WAR

HENRY PLATT

Co. E. 23rd C. V. I.

Died Nov. 26, 1923

AE. 83"

"Edwin Willard Deming

1860 - 1942

His beloved wife,

Therese Osterheld Deming"

(No dates given.)

Edwin Willard Deming was a painter and sculptor who,

after traveling to Indian territory in Oklahoma,

decided to dedicate his career to depicting

the Native Americans. His murals are featured in the American Museum

of Natural History and the Museum of the American Indian in New York.

"SALLY RYAN

July 13, 1916

June 29, 1968

Sculptor - Painter"

From Wikipedia:

Sarah "Sally" Tack Ryan was an American artist and sculptor best known

for portrait style pieces and her association with the Garman Ryan Collection.

Sally Ryan's artistic career began in Canada in 1933, where she exhibited her

first sculpture at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in Toronto. The following year

she went on to study with the sculptor Jean Camus in Paris, where she achieved an

'honourable mention' at the annual Salon. She exhibited work at The Royal Academy of Arts

in London in 1935. In 1940, Ryan's work was included in Philadelphia's International

Sculpture Exhibition, prior to her second one-woman show in New York the following autumn.

Ryan used much of the inheritance she received from her grandfather to build a wide-ranging

art collection alongside her life-long friend, Kathleen Garman. A number of her works are in the

public collection of The New Art Gallery Walsall (England).

She bequeathed her art collection to Kathleen Garman.

"ONTRA

Buddy Anthony

1900 - 1960

Rosita

1910 -1983

In God We Trust"

"Robert Oliver Banks

1915 - 1987"

US Army

World War II

"I bore you on eagle's wings and brought you to me.

Ex. 19:4

Harlow John Reed

May 5, 1918 - May 1, 1971

Jaqueline De La Valtaire Smyth Reed

February 26, 1922 - July 5, 1988

Fedor Benyei

July 22, 1908 - June 19, 1987"

The Chases.

Stuart Chase (1888 - 1985) was an author who wrote over 35 books.

His wife, Marian Tyler Chase (1896 - 1989) was his sometime co-author.

"The journey continues.

BELLES

James

Aug. 2 1977 - Nov. 5, 1993

Arthur

Jan 10, 1939 (no other date)

Kathryn

Mar. 3, 1944 (no other date)"

"Rudolf O. Paltauf

LT COL

US Air Force

Korea

Vietnam

Aug. 26, 1930

Dec. 9, 2000"

"BRUNISSEN

Charles H.

May 24, 1911

December 26, 2009"

Mary Travers, of folk group, Peter, Paul and Mary.

The trio were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

("Puff the Magic Dragon," "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Blowin' in the Wind").

"Mary Allin Travers

1936 - 2009

Mother

Wife

Friend

Activist

Voice of a generation that echoes through the ages"

Dave Brubeck was a jazz legend, a pianist and composer and winner of multiple awards,

including the National Medal of Arts, from the National Endowment for the Arts,

a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a BBC Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award

and Kennedy Center Honors.

"Brubeck

Honored and Loved by Their Family

David Warren

Dec. 6, 1920

Dec. 5, 2012

Iola Whitlock

Aug. 14, 1923

Mar. 12, 2014

Partners in Life & Music for 70 Years

"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!

Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music creep in our ears;

soft stillness and the light become the touches of sweet harmony."

Act V. Scene 1 - The Merchant of Venice"

"Frank Joseph Riccio II

1958 - 2014

Artist and Disciple of Nature"

Riccio illustrated many children's books.

"WALSH

William

June 6, 1943

Sept. 4, 2016

Marcia E.

Nov. 5, 1943

(No other dates given.)

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