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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
9, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948 (11th District), 1952 (3rd District); postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1958-82 (acting, 1958-59).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Theta Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March
18, 1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Parke Monroe Banta (1891-1970) —
also known as Parke M. Banta —
of Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.; Arcadia, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Berryman, Crawford
County, Mo., November
21, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; chair of
Washington County Republican Party, 1925-27; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1926-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1940, 1948, 1950; general counsel, U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, 1953-61.
Methodist
or Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., May 12,
1970 (age 78 years, 172
days).
Interment at New
Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
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Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) —
also known as Marion T. Bennett —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., June 6,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1943-49; defeated,
1948; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1972-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Delta Theta Phi.
Co-author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Inova Mount Vernon Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 2000 (age 86 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Henry Ide Eager (b. 1895) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., July 16,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1955-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ben F. Eager and Carrie (Downer) Eager; married, December
2, 1922, to Claudine Gossett. |
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D. W. Gilmore (b. 1911) —
of Benton, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in East Prairie, Mississippi
County, Mo., December
25, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-48; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1949-51; resigned 1951; president,
Young Democratic Clubs of America, 1949-51.
Christian.
Member, Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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G. Derk Green (b. 1904) —
of Marceline, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Chariton
County, Mo., 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Linn
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-40; circuit judge in Missouri
12th Circuit, 1941-47.
Member, Delta Theta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to
Marcelle Patterson. |
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Lee Hannibal Hamlin (b. 1902) —
also known as Lee H. Hamlin —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
16, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 10th District,
1943-46, 1955-56.
Member, Delta Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eudora Caroline Winger. |
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George A. Spencer (b. 1906) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Centralia, Boone
County, Mo., February
5, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Boone County, 1947-52;
candidate for Missouri
state senate 19th District.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Delta Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) —
also known as John B. Sullivan —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,
1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta Theta Phi; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1951 (age 53 years, 111
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Joseph J. Ward (b. 1893) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 11,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1937-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta Theta Phi; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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