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William A. Anderson (1873-1954) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Adams
County, Wis., October
19, 1873.
Son of Daniel Anderson and Cynthia E. (Harrison) Anderson.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1931-33; candidate for justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1934; municipal judge in
Minnesota, 1936-43; district judge in Minnesota, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Modern
Woodmen; Sons of Norway; Foresters.
Died December
12, 1954 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Olger Burton Burtness (1884-1960) —
also known as Olger B. Burtness —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Mekinock, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., March 14,
1884.
Son of O. O. Burtness and Mary (Anderson) Burtness.
Republican. Lawyer; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1911-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1916,
1936,
1948;
member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1921-33.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons of Norway.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., January
20, 1960 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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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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Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) —
also known as Orville L. Freeman —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; aide
to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1950; Governor of
Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,
1960; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles; Izaak
Walton League; Sons of Norway; Purple
Heart; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Peter Bergenius Garberg (1882-1951) —
also known as Peter B. Garberg —
of Reeder, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., December
25, 1882.
Son of Gunder Paulson Garberg (1852-1930) and Gunhild (Kjosness)
Garberg (1854-1935).
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1914-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920-23; candidate for North
Dakota state attorney general, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1929-33.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Sons of Norway.
Died in 1951
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Recaboth
Cemetery, Albee, S.Dak.
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Son of Gudbrand T. Hagen and Anna (Brovold) Hagen.
Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Son of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
20, 1912.
Mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons of Norway; Moose.
Died, in Arrowhead Health
Care Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
22, 2000 (age 87 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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Tim Kelly (b. 1944) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
15, 1944.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1976; member of Alaska
state senate District K, 1979-90, 1993-.
Member, American
Association of Retired Persons; Sons of Norway; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Warren Grant Magnuson (1905-1989) —
also known as Warren G. Magnuson —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., April 12,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Washington state constitutional convention, 1933; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-34; King
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1934-36; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1937-44; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1944-81; defeated, 1980; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons of Norway; Theta
Chi.
Died May 20,
1989 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre (1841-1927) and Jacob Pederson
Sathre (1842-1907).
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Wiley (1884-1967) —
of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., May 26,
1884.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1939-63.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of Norway; Moose; Kiwanis;
United
Commercial Travelers.
Died at High Oaks Christian Science Church Sanitarium,
in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 26,
1967 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
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