Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Wallace Edgar Pierce (1881-1940) —
also known as Wallace E. Pierce —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Black Brook, Clinton
County, N.Y., December
9, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1917-19; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1927-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1939-40; died in
office 1940.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the Congressional physician's office, in the U.S.
Capitol, Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1940 (age 58 years, 25
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) —
also known as Edward N. Ament —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Arcata, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 30,
1860.
Furniture
business; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1932-39.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died, of heart
failure, in his dentist's waiting room, Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., February
24, 1949 (age 88 years, 209
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Edward Joseph Kelly (1876-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Kelly; "Big
Ed" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 1,
1876.
Democrat. Chief engineer,
Sanitary District of Chicago; park district commissioner, 1922-34;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1933-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1940-47.
Irish
ancestry.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
20, 1950 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) —
also known as Richard J. Daley; "The
Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 15,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of
Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
speaker, 1968;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1976 (age 74 years, 219
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle; father of Richard
Michael Daley and William
Michael Daley. |
| | | Political family: Daley
family of Chicago, Illinois. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike
Royko, Boss
: Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & Elizabeth
Taylor, American
Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the
Nation — Hugh Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Roger Biles, Richard
J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of
Chicago — Eugene C. Kennedy, Himself!
The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley — Len O'Connor,
Requiem
: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era —
F. Richard Ciccone, Daley
: Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan, Legend:
The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley —
Milton Rakove, Don't
Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the
Daley Machine |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 23,
1962 |
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Lorna J. Kesterson (1925-2012) —
also known as Lorna Jolley —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, December
30, 1925.
Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Henderson, Nev., 1985-93.
Female.
Mormon.
Died, in her doctor's office, Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., January
16, 2012 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Southern
Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.
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