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John Hugo Aronson (1891-1978) —
also known as J. Hugo Aronson; "The Galloping
Swede" —
of Montana.
Born in Sweden,
September
1, 1891.
Republican. Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1938; member of Montana
state senate, 1944; Governor of
Montana, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Montana, 1960.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in the Veterans Hospital
at Columbia Falls, Flathead
County, Mont., February
25, 1978 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Davenport, Wash.
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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown (1865-1935) and Annette (Thompson)
Brown (1885-1959).
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Leif Erickson (1906-1998) —
of Richland
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cashton, Monroe
County, Wis., July 29,
1906.
Son of Oluf Erickson and Dora B. (Swanson) Erickson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richland
County Attorney, 1936-38; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1938-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1946; Montana
Democratic state chair, 1956-58; member of Democratic
National Committee from Montana, 1962-73.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died at the Riverside Health
Care Center, Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., December
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 146
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Richard R. Jones (1910-2008) —
also known as Dick Jones —
of Powell, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., September
5, 1910.
Son of Alfred Jones and Elsa Jones.
Republican. Founder and owner of Dick Jones Trucking
Company; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1955-56; member
of Wyoming
state senate from Park County, 1957-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1964
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1974.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Powell, Park
County, Wyo., August
20, 2008 (age 97 years, 350
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Jones and Elsa Jones; married 1932 to Estes
'Jackie' Clarke (died 1984); married 1987 to Evelyn
Nelson. |
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