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Walter Stephan Baring, Jr. (1911-1975) —
also known as Walter S. Baring, Jr. —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev., September
9, 1911.
Son of Walter Stephen Baring and Emilie Louise (Froelich) Baring.
Democrat. Furniture
business; chair of
Washoe County Democratic Party, 1936; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1936-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1949-53, 1957-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Eagles;
Sertoma.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1975 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (1940-2005) —
also known as Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. —
of Fountain Inn, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 24,
1940.
Son of Carroll Ashmore Campbell and Anne (Williams) Campbell.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-74; defeated, 1969;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. Jim
Edwards, 1975; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1976-78; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1979-87; Governor of
South Carolina, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1996;
lobbyist;
CEO, American Council of Life
Insurers, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Died, of a heart
attack while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in Lexington Medical Hospital,
West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C., December
7, 2005 (age 65 years, 136
days).
Interment at All
Saints Waccamaw Episcopal Church Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, S.C.
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Sam Fratto (b. 1914) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Price, Carbon
County, Utah, July 24,
1914.
Son of John Fratto and Victoria (Romano) Fratto.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; department
store; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1949-51.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Optimist
Club; Sertoma; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1951.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Margaret Cowper. |
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Ernest Frederick Hollings (b. 1922) —
also known as Ernest F. Hollings; Fritz Hollings;
"Foghorn Leghorn" —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-55; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1956,
1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Sertoma.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Kerrey —
of Nebraska.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
27, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Nebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1989-; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Lions;
Sertoma.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when he lost a
leg.
Still living as of 2009.
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Rodney Marvin Love (1908-1996) —
of Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Democrat. State court judge in Ohio, 1945-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1965-67.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Sertoma.
Died in 1996
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (b. 1931) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Son of William Arthur Lukens and Edith (Greene) Lukens.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio state
senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried and
convicted.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Marsh (1924-2001) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb., April 27,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Nebraska, 1953-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1971-75; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Methodist.
Welsh
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sertoma; Alpha
Phi Omega.
Died, of pulmonary
fibrosis, Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March 10,
2001 (age 76 years, 317
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Wesley C. Mues (1948-1999) —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., May 5,
1948.
Lawyer;
Judge, Nebraska Court of
Appeals, 1994-99; died in office 1999.
Lutheran.
Member, Sertoma.
Injured in a traffic
accident on Highway 281, and died soon after, at St. Francis Medical
Center, Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., October
25, 1999 (age 51 years, 173
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Walter Vincent Nordstrom (1914-1967) —
also known as Walter Nordstrom —
of Brandon, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Garretson, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., February
24, 1914.
Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1955-58;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1959-67 (7th District 1959-66, 11th District
1967); died in office 1967.
Lutheran.
Member, Sertoma.
Died May 29,
1967 (age 53 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Leona Hagen. |
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Louis S. Viverito —
of Burbank, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1995-.
Member, Sertoma; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2002.
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Macon Lenny Weaver (1919-1995) —
also known as Macon L. Weaver —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
6, 1919.
Son of James W. Weaver and Pearl (Brown) Weaver.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions;
Sertoma.
Died February
9, 1995 (age 76 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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