John D. Rockefeller Grave ID: 731 | This file appears in: Lake View Cemetery Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died in 1937 and was buried in Lake View beneath this 70 foot obelisk, the tallest marker in the cemetery. | Source: Image courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections. Download Original File SourceImage courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections. "John D. Rockefeller Grave" appears in: Lake View Cemetery