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Hazel Hempel Abel 7 (1888-1966) —
also known as Hazel Pearl Hempel; Mrs. George P.
Abel —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Neb., July 10,
1888.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1954; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1954; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1956
(delegation chair).
Female.
German and English
ancestry.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., July 30,
1966 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Maximilian Joseph Baehr (1858-1934) —
also known as Max J. Baehr —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany,
August
2, 1858.
Republican. Candidate for Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1898-99; Magdeburg, 1900-02; Cienfuegos, 1902-14; Berne, 1914-15.
German ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 7,
1934 (age 75 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Blasius Baehr and Josefine (Forstmair) Baehr; married, February
17, 1885, to Marie A. Zeminek. |
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Theodore D. Deutsch (1861-1936) —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Richland
County, Wis., February
28, 1861.
Mayor
of Scottsbluff, Neb., 1921-22; defeated, 1927.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen.
Died August
18, 1936 (age 75 years, 172
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Deutsch and Catherine (Lewis) Deutsch; married 1888 to Laura
Ammerman. |
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Charles Henry Dietrich (1853-1924) —
also known as Charles H. Dietrich —
of Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
26, 1853.
Republican. Banker; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1901-05.
German ancestry.
Died in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., April
10, 1924 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Albert William Elsasser (1888-1961) —
also known as Albert W. Elsasser —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
8, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923-24.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Suffered a stroke,
and died eight days later, in a hospital
at Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
9, 1961 (age 73 years, 182
days).
Interment at Westlawn-Hillcrest
Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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William Ernst (born c.1845) —
of Tecumseh, Johnson
County, Neb.
Born in Prussia,
about 1845.
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1912.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Earl Harrington (b. 1881) —
of University Place (now part of Lincoln), Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Delmar, Clinton
County, Iowa, February
6, 1881.
Business
executive; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1923-26.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor
of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Socialist Labor candidate for
New
York state attorney general, 1942; Industrial Government
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945 (Socialist Labor), 1949 (Industrial
Government), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965
(Socialist Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; resigned or
expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969; librarian.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Heimrod (1845-1921) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Bad Nenndorf, Prussia (now Germany),
November
30, 1845.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887-89; Douglas
County Treasurer, 1896-1900; U.S. Consul General in Apia, 1901-06; Nuku'alofa, as of 1902-05; U.S. Consul in Apia, 1906-08; Berne, 1908-14.
German ancestry.
Died December
12, 1921 (age 76 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Heinrich Heimrod and Wilhelmina (Leisemann) Heimrod; married, March 4,
1873, to Elise Redecker. |
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Augustus Kountze (1826-1892) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Stark
County, Ohio, November
19, 1826.
Republican. Banker; real estate
investor; treasurer
of Nebraska Territory, 1861-67; director, Union Pacific Railroad;
Nebraska
state treasurer, 1867-69.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1892 (age 65 years, 163
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,
Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-66.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 21,
1966 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Norman A. Otto (b. 1918) —
Born in Gering, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb., July 5,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1955-61; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1960; chief of staff to Gov. Frank
Morrison, 1961-64, and to Gov. J.
James Exon, 1971-79.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Franklin. Sarman (1857-1945) —
also known as Henry F. Sarman —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Russellville, Cole
County, Mo., June 27,
1857.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904.
German ancestry.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., April 5,
1945 (age 87 years, 282
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Wayne R. Swanson (b. 1914) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
31, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; excavating
business; plumber;
member of Nebraska
railway commission, 1957-67; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1967-75.
Baptist.
Swedish,
German, and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Eilert Wenke (b. 1898) —
also known as Adolph E. Wenke —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Pender, Thurston
County, Neb., January
22, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
district judge in Nebraska 9th District, 1938-43; appointed 1938; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Congregationalist.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Wenke and Henrietta (Athen) Wenke; married, June 7,
1925, to Gertrude H. Bauer. |
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager; married,
June
28, 1922, to Lena E. Deeg. |
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