Abner C. Surpless (c.1884-1960) — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Howard
W. Ameli; city council member, New York City, 1937-40;
magistrate, New York City, 1942-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in the White Nursing Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 11,
1960. Burial
location unknown.
Florence Lee Sandidge Skees (1875-1963) — also known
as Florence Tyler; Mrs. B. J. Skees — of Fort
Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.; Newport, Campbell
County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., 1875.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Baptist.
Kentucky Women's Club leader. Died, at Baptist Home, Newport,
Campbell
County, Ky., July 16,
1963. Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
Beatrice L. Hooper (c.1894-1974) — of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central
Committee, 1927. Female. Church of
God. Died, in Cedar Knoll Rest Home, Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., July 25,
1974. Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
Henry O. Roberts (c.1897-1986) — also known as
Hank Roberts — of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind. Married to Alice Johnson. Republican. Served in the
U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1952;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1952-55. Died, in Regina Continuing Care
Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September
9, 1986. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
Edmund Forsman Mansure (1901-1992) — also known as
Edmund F. Mansure; Ned Mansure — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Mateo
County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 14,
1901. Son of E. L. Mansure; married to Julia Carroll. Republican.
Textile
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1940;
head of the U.S. General Services Administration, 1953-56. Died, from
Alzheimer's
disease, in a convalescent hospital at Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
25, 1992. Cremated; ashes
scattered.
George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) — also known as
George J. Feldman — of New York. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904. Married to Marion Schulman. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69. Chief author of a Congressional study
which led to the creation of NASA as a civilian space agency. Died in
the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994. Burial
location unknown.
Robert A. Wall (c.1910-1995) — of Connecticut.
Common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1958-66; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1966-79. Died in Litchfield Woods Rest
Home, Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
19, 1995. Burial
location unknown.
Thomas F. Murphy (c.1906-1995) — Born in New York,
New York
County, N.Y. Brother of "Fireman" Murphy (professional
baseball player with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox). Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1951. Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick. As assistant U.S. attorney in New York in
1949-50, he was assigned to be the lead prosecutor in the trial of
Alger Hiss. In 1950-51, he served as New York City Police
Commissioner. Died, in a nursing home at Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
26, 1995. Burial
location unknown.
James Castle Turner (c.1917-1996) — also known as
J. C. Turner; "Mr. Labor" — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Member, Urban
League. President of
the International Union of Operating Engineers, 1975-85. Died, after
a series of strokes,
in Day Shore Convalescent Center, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April 13,
1996. Burial
location unknown.
