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Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914) —
of Tennessee; New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., August
13, 1847.
Son of H. W. Pickett and Jane (Greer) Pickett.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives.
Died, from colon cancer, in Tombstone, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 12,
1914 (age 66 years, 333
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tombstone, Ariz.
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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs.
Democrat. Magazine
editor; author; playwright;
candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April 27,
1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
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Samuel Waddell Atkinson (1839-1925) —
also known as Samuel W. Atkinson —
of Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va.
Born in Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 28,
1839.
Son of John Atkinson (1800-1882) and Margaret (Trimble) Atkinson
(1801-1890).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1893-94.
Died, of intestinal cancer, in Wellsburg, Brooke
County, W.Va., July 22,
1925 (age 86 years, 85
days).
Interment at West
Alexander Memorial Cemetery, West Alexander, Pa.
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Carl Christian Hansen (1863-1929) —
also known as Carl C. Hansen —
of Lakawn (now Lampang), Thailand;
Bangkok, Thailand.
Born in Bornholm, Denmark,
May
15, 1863.
Physician;
U.S. Vice Consul in Bangkok, 1909-29.
Died, of intestinal cancer, in Bangkok, Thailand,
August
1, 1929 (age 66 years, 78
days).
Interment at Christian
Cemetery, Lampang, Thailand.
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg) Lowden.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of the
Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 20,
1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Henry Watkins Anderson (1870-1954) —
also known as Henry W. Anderson —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
20, 1870.
Son of William Watkins Anderson and Laura Elizabeth (Marks) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
active in Red Cross relief work in the Balkans at the end of World
War I; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1920;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1921; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Died, from colon cancer, January
7, 1954 (age 83 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Otto Emanuel Haab (1880-1957) —
also known as Otto E. Haab —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Freedom Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
16, 1880.
Son of Michael Haab and Caroline (Schneeberger) Haab.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1916.
Died, from colon cancer, peritonitis
following surgery, and pneumonia,
in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
15, 1957 (age 77 years, 30
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) —
also known as Frank A. Bond —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 11,
1889.
Son of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1960 (age 71 years, 69
days).
Interment at South
View Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) —
also known as William A. Cunnea —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1905.
Son of William
Alexander Cunnea.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of colon cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 22,
1963 (age 57 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883).
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers
Hotel,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover
(1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
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Garland Smith Garriss (1908-1968) —
also known as Garland S. Garriss —
of Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C.
Born in Margarettsville, Northampton
County, N.C., February
23, 1908.
Son of Walter Garriss and Mamie (Smith) Garriss.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1947-48, 1959-60, 1964-65.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Died, of pneumonia
and colon cancer, in Moore Regional Hospital,
Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., July 21,
1968 (age 60 years, 149
days).
Interment at Glendon
Christian Church Cemetery, Glendon, N.C.
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Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of intestinal cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days). A U.S. Navy submarine was named for
him.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) —
also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bialystock, Poland,
April
1, 1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1976,
1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1983-87; died in
office 1987.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, of colon cancer, at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1987 (age 61 years, 306
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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James H. Donovan (1923-1990) —
of Chadwicks, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
12, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-90 (51st District 1966, 46th District 1967-82,
47th District 1983-90); died in office 1990; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Represented Oneida County in the New York State Senate longer than
any other senator in the history of the county.
Died, of colon cancer, in Chadwicks, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
31, 1990 (age 66 years, 292
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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Rudolph George Perpich (1928-1995) —
also known as Rudy Perpich; "Governor
Goofy" —
of Hibbing, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Carson Lake (now part of Hibbing), St. Louis
County, Minn., June 27,
1928.
Democrat. Dentist;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1963-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1971-76; Governor of
Minnesota, 1976-79, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1984.
Catholic.
Croatian
ancestry.
Died of colon cancer, in Minnetonka, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
21, 1995 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Patrick Layton Paulsen (1927-1997) —
also known as Pat Paulsen —
Born in South Bend, Pacific
County, Wash., July 6,
1927.
Actor;
comedian;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972,
1976;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1996.
Ill with colon and brain
cancer, he died of complications from pneumonia
and kidney
failure, in Tijuana, Baja
California, April 24,
1997 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Doris Allen (1936-1999) —
of California.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1982-95; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995; candidate for California
state senate, 1990.
Female.
Was recalled from
office in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic
support.
Died, of stomach
and colon cancer, at a hospice
in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
22, 1999 (age 63 years, 119
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cripple Creek, Colo.
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Charles B. Garrigus (1914-2000) —
also known as Gus Garrigus —
of Reedley, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born June 13,
1914.
Democrat. College
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1956,
1960;
member of California
state assembly, 1958-66; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960.
California poet
laureate, 1996-2000.
Died, of colon cancer, at Hinds Hospice,
Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., 2000
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Reedley
Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Thomas C. Maloney (c.1942-2000) —
also known as Tom Maloney —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., about 1942.
Democrat. Mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1973-77; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1976.
Died, of colon cancer, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 19,
2000 (age about 58
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) —
also known as Bill McCuen —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., about 1943.
Democrat. School
teacher; Arkansas
land commissioner, 1981-85; secretary of
state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.
After leaving office as Secretary of State, he admitted
accepting kickbacks
from two supporters he gave jobs, and not
paying taxes on the money. He also admitted
to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled
from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted
on corruption charges
in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he pleaded
guilty to felony counts of tax
evasion and accepting a kickback;
he pleaded
no contest to a misdemeanor count of trading
in public office. Sentenced
to 17 years in prison,
and fined.
Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.
Died of colon cancer and a stroke, in
Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark., September
9, 2000 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Van Buren, Ark.
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Edward J. Bonior (1922-2001) —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born February
21, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of East Detroit, Mich., 1963-67; defeated, 1967; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Died, of colon cancer, in Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., January
5, 2001 (age 78 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Loree Sumling (1932-2002) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
2000.
Female.
Died, of colon cancer, October
3, 2002 (age 70 years, 108
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Memorial Gardens, Livonia, Mich.
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Vince Demuzio (1941-2004) —
of Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in Gillespie, Macoupin
County, Ill., May 7,
1941.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1974-2004; died in office 2004; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980,
1988,
1996,
2000;
Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1986-89.
Died, of colon cancer, in Macoupin
County, Ill., April 27,
2004 (age 62 years, 356
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill.
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Mark John Dalton (c.1915-2004) —
also known as Mark Dalton —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., about 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Judge John
C. Mahoney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
his intelligence report from Utah Beach, Normandy, paved the way for
the D-Day invasion; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954; aide to President John
F. Kennedy.
Died, of colon cancer, in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 2,
2004 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Dover, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1949
to Barbara Higgins. |
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Peter F. Flaherty (1924-2005) —
also known as Pete Flaherty; "Nobody's
Boy" —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 25,
1924.
Son of Pete Flaherty and Anne (O'Toole) Flaherty.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1970-77; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1974, 1980; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1978; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Died, from colon cancer, in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 18,
2005 (age 80 years, 297
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, South Hills, Pa.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper;
member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark (1927-1994). |
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James Elton West (1951-2006) —
also known as James E. West; Jim West —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March 28,
1951.
Son of Jack West.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1982-86; member of Washington
state senate 6th District, 1986-2003; mayor of
Spokane, Wash., 2004-05.
Member, Rotary; Gay.
Following a scandal
involving use
of his position to obtain
sex with young men, and an FBI investigation,
he was recalled
from office as mayor in 2005.
Died, from complications of colon cancer, in the University of
Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 22,
2006 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Prather Jontz (1951-2007) —
also known as Jim Jontz —
of Brookston, White
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
18, 1951.
Son of Polly Jontz.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1974-84; member of Indiana
state senate, 1984-86; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1994.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of colon cancer, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April 14,
2007 (age 55 years, 117
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) —
also known as Juanita M. McDonald —
of Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
7, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1984,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of colon cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 22,
2007 (age 68 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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William B. Fitzgerald, Jr. (1942-2008) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 12,
1942.
Son of William
B. Fitzgerald.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1971-74 (4th District 1971-72,
12th District 1973-74); member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1975-78; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1978, 1982 (primary).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, of colon cancer, February
3, 2008 (age 65 years, 236
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Louis Dickinson (1925-2008) —
also known as William L. Dickinson; Bill
Dickinson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., June 5,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Alabama, 1953-59; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1959-63; assistant vice president, Southern Railway
System, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1965-93.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from colon cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 31,
2008 (age 82 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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