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Porter County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Porter County


Index to Locations

  • Portage Calvary Cemetery
  • Valparaiso Adams Cemetery
  • Valparaiso Graceland Cemetery
  • Valparaiso Maplewood Cemetery
  • Near Valparaiso Blachly Cemetery


    Calvary Cemetery
    2701 Willowdale Rd.
    Portage, Porter County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      James Vincent Buckley (1894-1954) — also known as James V. Buckley — of Lansing, Cook County, Ill. Born in Saginaw County, Mich., May 15, 1894. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950. Member, United Auto Workers. Died in Hammond, Lake County, Ind., July 30, 1954 (age 60 years, 76 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Adams Cemetery
    Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) — also known as Gilbert A. Pierce — of Porter County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 11, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; journalist; newspaper editor; author; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893. Died at the Lexington Hotel, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35 days). Interment at Adams Cemetery.
      Pierce County, N.Dak. is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Graceland Cemetery
    Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Edgar Dean Crumpacker (1851-1920) — also known as Edgar D. Crumpacker — of Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind. Born in Westville, LaPorte County, Ind., June 27, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney 31st District, 1884-88; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1891-93; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1897-1913; defeated, 1912. Died in Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., May 19, 1920 (age 68 years, 327 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker; cousin of Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.. See Crumpacker family of Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr. (1917-1986) — of Indiana. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., February 13, 1917. Republican. U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1951-57. Died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., October 14, 1986 (age 69 years, 243 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Edgar Dean Crumpacker and Maurice Edgar Crumpacker. See Crumpacker family of Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Robert Lendon Bibler (1905-1978) — also known as Robert L. Bibler — of Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind. Born in Fulton County, Ind., October 1, 1905. Son of James Henry Bibler and Lola (Howard) Bibler. Republican. Chair of Porter County Republican Party, 1946-58; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948. Christian. Died in Daytona Beach Hospital, Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., February 13, 1978 (age 72 years, 135 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Washington Irving Howard; son of James Henry Bibler and Lola (Howard) Bibler; married, May 24, 1924, to Marjorie Jane Waid; second cousin of June Lois Merriman (who married Marion L. Pillsbury). See Howard-Bibler-Merriman-Pillsbury family of Indiana.


    Maplewood Cemetery
    Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) — also known as Mark L. De Motte — of Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind. Born in Rockville, Parke County, Ind., December 28, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member of Indiana state senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., September 23, 1908 (age 75 years, 270 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Blachly Cemetery
    368 Joliet Rd.
    Near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (1916-1986) — also known as Earl F. Landgrebe — of Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind. Born near Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., January 21, 1916. Son of Edward William Landgrebe and Benna Marie (Broderman) Landgrebe. Republican. Member of Indiana state senate, 1959-68; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1969-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1972. Lutheran. Member, Rotary. Died in Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., June 29, 1986 (age 70 years, 159 days). Interment at Blachly Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, July 12, 1936, to Helen Lucille Field.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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