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Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) —
also known as G. Mennen Williams;
"Soapy" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1911.
Son of Henry Phillips Williams and Elma Christina (Mennen) Williams.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Michigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1968-69; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-86; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Amvets; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Order of
Ahepa; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
World Federalists.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1988 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
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Glenn S. Allen, Jr. (1914-2001) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., January
8, 1914.
Son of Glenn S. Allen, Sr. and Annette (Brenner) Allen.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk to Justices William
W. Potter and Emerson
Boyles, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1951-59; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1974-86; appointed 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in DeWitt, Clinton
County, Mich., November
6, 2001 (age 87 years, 302
days).
Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Glenn S. Allen, Sr. and Annette (Brenner) Allen; married to
Virginia Verdier (1917-1974; daughter of Leonard
D. Verdier). |
| | | Epitaph: "He loved his state, steeped
in its soil, washed in its waters. You're Michigan now, Michigan
forever." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bela Chapman —
of Chippewa
County, Mich.
Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 16th District, 1835.
Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
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Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) —
also known as Philip A. Hart —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1950; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.
Member, Urban
League.
The Hart Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1976 (age 64 years, 16
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery.
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W. F. Doyle (1897-1988) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., November
13, 1897.
Son of Michael
J. Doyle.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1933-34.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1988
(age about
90 years).
Interment at St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery.
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