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Thomas Harold Werdel (1905-1966) —
also known as Thomas H. Werdel —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Emery, Hanson
County, S.Dak., September
13, 1905.
Member of California
state assembly 39th District, 1943-47; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1952;
States Rights candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., September
30, 1966 (age 61 years, 17
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Arthur A. Arvizu (1927-1997) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Arvin, Kern
County, Calif., February
11, 1927.
Son of Arthur Ortiz Arvizu and Rachel (Vargas) Arvizu.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; fire
fighter; president,
Kern County Fire Fighters Union; chair of
Kern County Democratic Party, 1964-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972
(alternate).
Catholic.
Died December
5, 1997 (age 70 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) —
also known as Sylvester C. Smith —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
26, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of California
state senate, 1894-1902; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated,
1902; died in office 1913.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 54 years, 153
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Charles Averill Barlow (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles A. Barlow —
of San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 17,
1858.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1897-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920.
Died in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., October
3, 1927 (age 69 years, 200
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Clarrise Haberfelde Reavis (c.1898-1989) —
also known as Clarrise Haberfelde Main —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born about 1898.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1932.
Female.
Died in 1989
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Dwight Lyman Hulse (1908-1990) —
also known as Dwight L. Hulse —
of Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, March 16,
1908.
Mayor
of Arcadia, Calif., 1955-56.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
4, 1990 (age 82 years, 233
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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