Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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James Sproull Cothran (1830-1897) —
also known as James S. Cothran —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
8, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1869; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1872;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1881-86; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1887-91.
Slaveowner.
Died, in a sanitarium in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1897 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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William Clayton Pickersgill (1846-1901) —
also known as W. Clayton Pickersgill —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Lancashire, England,
1846.
Consul-General
for Great Britain in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1901.
Died, from "African
fever", in a sanitarium at Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., July 19,
1901 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Pickersgill; married to Agnes Merrington. |
| | | Epitaph: "Peace, perfect peace, with
loved ones far away? "In Jesus' keeping, we are safe & they." (lyrics
from a hymn by Edward Henry Bickersteth) |
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memorial |
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James Malcolm Gleaves (1852-1901) —
also known as James M. Gleaves —
of Shasta, Shasta
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
10, 1852.
Republican. School
teacher; mining engineer;
Shasta
County Surveyor; member of California
state senate 2nd District, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1896;
U.S. Surveyor-General for California, 1898-1901; died in office 1901.
Died, in Waldeck Sanatorium, San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1901 (age 49 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Brooklyn Fire
Commissioner, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium, Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Oregon; Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1855-1909) —
also known as Miles B. McSweeney —
of Hampton
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
18, 1855.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1888,
1896,
1900;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Hampton County,
1894-96; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1897-99; Governor of
South Carolina, 1899-1903.
Died in Mt. Hope Retreat, Baltimore,
Md., September
29, 1909 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, S.C.
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Horace Garvin Platt (1852-1910) —
also known as Horace G. Platt —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; orator;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1881-83; Vice-Consul
for Russia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1892-1903; president of a San Francisco streetcar
line.
Died, in Adler Sanatorium, San
Francisco, Calif., August
29, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Adolph E. Methudy (1876-1913) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 30th District, 1907-12.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Highlands Sanatorium, Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., December
16, 1913 (age 37 years, 100
days).
Entombed at Hillcrest
Abbey, St. Louis, Mo.
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Loring Townsend Hildreth (1873-1915) —
also known as Loring T. Hildreth; Loring Thayer
Hildreth —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 24,
1873.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Siam in New
York, N.Y., 1902-07.
Member, Union
League.
Died, in a private sanitarium, at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1915 (age 41 years, 251
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles August Sauer (1866-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Sauer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Stratford, Ontario,
December
18, 1866.
Republican. Mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915; died in office 1915.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in St. Joseph's Sanitarium, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
6, 1915 (age 48 years, 353
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Conrad Sauer and Anna E. (Schenk) Sauer; married to Julia
Katherine Koch. |
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memorial |
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John C. Callbreath (1826-1916) —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Wrangell (unknown
county), Wash.
Born in New York, January
16, 1826.
Member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1856-57.
Died, from a gastric
ulcer, in the Kenney nursing home, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 6,
1916 (age 90 years, 81
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Callbreath and Mary (Finch) Callbreath. |
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Lawton Thomas Hemans (1864-1916) —
also known as Lawton T. Hemans —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Collamer, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
4, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1892-93, 1899-1900, 1906-10; defeated, 1893; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1901-04; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District,
1907-08; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908, 1910; chairman, Michigan Railroad Commission,
1911-16; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
17, 1916 (age 52 years, 13
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Edwin O. Call (1859-1918) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, April 7,
1859.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1902-05.
Died, in a sanitarium in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., November
16, 1918 (age 59 years, 223
days).
Interment at Dresden
Cemetery, Dresden, Tex.
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Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919) —
also known as Clark E. Carr —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Boston Corners, Erie
County, N.Y., May 20,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1861-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1864,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1889-93.
Died, in Mitchell Sanitarium, Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
28, 1919 (age 82 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) —
also known as Robert S. McCormick —
of Illinois.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., July 26,
1849.
Grain
brokerage business; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1902; Russia, 1902-05; France, 1905-07.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing home at Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., April
16, 1919 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank A. Towsley (1858-1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Galesburg, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April
11, 1858.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1908 (Republican primary), 1910 (Independent),
1913 (Republican primary), 1914 (Republican primary).
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from myocarditis,
in the Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 23,
1919 (age 61 years, 103
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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Alston Gordon Dayton (1857-1920) —
also known as Alston G. Dayton —
of Upshur
County, W.Va.; Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Born in Philippi, Barbour
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879; Barbour
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1895-1905;
resigned 1905; U.S.
District Judge for West Virginia, 1905.
Died,in a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 30,
1920 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment at Fraternity
Cemetery, Philippi, W.Va.
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William Horace Frankhauser (1863-1921) —
also known as William H. Frankhauser —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Wood
County, Ohio, March 5,
1863.
Republican. Hillsdale
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1921; died in office
1921.
Died in a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., May 9,
1921 (age 58 years, 65
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Mich.
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Alva Adams (1850-1922) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in a log
cabin in Iowa
County, Wis., May 14,
1850.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; member of Colorado state legislature, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President), 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Colorado, 1887-89, 1897-99, 1905; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1908-.
Member, Freemasons.
Died at a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
1, 1922 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Adolph Delisle Straus (1839-1925) —
also known as Adolph D. Straus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany,
May
13, 1839.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
reporter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; export
commission merchant; Vice-Consul
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1891-94; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1895-96, 1900-02.
Jewish.
Died, in the Madison Sanitarium, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1925 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Straus and Babetta (Schwarz) Straus; married, September
13, 1875, to Emilie Saarbach. |
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William P. Hackney (1842-1926) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Jefferson
County, Iowa, December
24, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-77, 1905-06; member of Kansas
state senate, 1881-84; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1887-88.
Died in Sawtelle Soldiers Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 28,
1926 (age 83 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) —
also known as Eugene V. Debs —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
5, 1855.
Socialist. Locomotive
fireman on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad;
secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; founder in
1893 and president
(1893-97) of the American Railway Union; arrested
during a strike
in 1894 and charged
with conspiracy
to commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he was jailed
for six months for contempt
of court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for President
of the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),
1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a
founder
of the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to
organize all workers in "One Big Union"; convicted
under the Sedition
and Espionage Act for an anti-war
speech he made in 1918, and sentenced
to ten years in federal prison;
released in 1921.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Lindlahr Sanitarium, Elmhurst, DuPage
County, Ill., October
20, 1926 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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William Percival Whitlock (1884-1927) —
also known as William P. Whitlock —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
26, 1884.
Manager, Cincinnati Zoo; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1916-25.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in a nursing home at Epinay-sur-Seine, France,
April
26, 1927 (age 42 years, 151
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Harvey Wallis Salmon (1839-1927) —
also known as Harvey W. Salmon —
of Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., January
26, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Missouri
state treasurer, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904.
Injured in an accidental fall,
suffered a broken arm and other complications, and died in Missouri
Baptist Sanitarium, St.
Louis, Mo., April
27, 1927 (age 88 years, 91
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekiel James Salmon and Narcissa R. (Merritt) Salmon; married to
Katherine Kimbrough. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Louis Donald (1861-1928) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Saint John, New
Brunswick, December
22, 1861.
Shipbroker;
steamship
agent; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Mobile,
Ala., 1902-07; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Mobile,
Ala., 1903; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Mobile,
Ala., 1906-07.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Saint John Home for Incurables, Saint John,
New
Brunswick, March
17, 1928 (age 66 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Donald and Louisa Agnes (Wilson) Donald; married 1890 to Edith
Dawson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Louis DeWitt Gibbs (1880-1929) —
also known as Louis D. Gibbs —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodz, Poland,
October
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1913; survived
an assassination
attempt, when a bomb intended to kill him exploded at the Bronx
Court House, October 31, 1914; county judge in New York, 1914-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925-29; died in office
1929.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith; Order
Brith Abraham.
Died, in the Glen Springs Sanitarium, Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y., March 1,
1929 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isadore Gibbs and Pauline (Greenbaum) Gibbs; married, October
14, 1906, to Anna White. |
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James Anthony Hughes (1861-1930) —
also known as J. A. Hughes —
of Kentucky; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Corunna, Ontario,
February
27, 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1888-90; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1895-98; postmaster at Huntington,
W.Va., 1898-1901; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1901-15, 1927-30 (4th District
1901-03, 5th District 1903-15, 4th District 1927-30); died in office
1930.
Died in a sanitarium at Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, March 2,
1930 (age 69 years, 3
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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William Christie Benet (1846-1930) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Scotland,
March
22, 1846.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1888-90.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Beallmont Park Sanatorium, Black Mountain, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1930 (age 84 years, 148
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Patrick R. Griffin (c.1878-1931) —
also known as Paddy Griffin —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1878.
Democrat. Bartender;
mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 1915-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924.
Catholic.
Died, in Dr. John Lamb's Sanitarium, near Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
14, 1931 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Bernard Downing (1869-1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1869.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-31 (11th District 1917-18, 14th District
1919-31); died in office 1931.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in the Loomis Sanitarium, Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 25,
1931 (age 61 years, 284
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Downing and Margaret (Oakes) Downing. |
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William Henry Marigold (1858-1933) —
also known as William H. Marigold —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
17, 1858.
Republican. Mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1891-93; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1895-96; postmaster at Bridgeport,
Conn., 1897-1914.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Masonic Home, Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
8, 1933 (age 75 years, 21
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) —
also known as Victor J. Dowling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1894; member
of New
York state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1911-31.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage in the office
of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and died soon after, in
Harbor Sanitarium, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1934 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling; married, June 16,
1891, to Mary Agnes Ford. |
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article |
| | | Image source: New York Times, March 24,
1934 |
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James Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934) —
also known as Webb C. Hayes —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
20, 1856.
Co-founder and vice-president of National Carbon
Company, manufacturer of electric batteries; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; member of Ohio state legislature,
1910.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1902 for action at Vigan, Luzon, Philippines,
December 4, 1899.
Died at Sawyer sanitarium, Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, July 26,
1934 (age 78 years, 128
days).
Interment at Rutherford
B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.
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Lindsay R. Rogers (1866-1935) —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1896; law partner of Tillman
D. Johnson, and later of Charles
S. Zane; vineyard
owner.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died a month later, in a sanatarium at Fresno,
Fresno
County, Calif., March 3,
1935 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Charles Rogers and Lucinda Louise 'Lou' (Scott)
Rogers; married, April
18, 1888, to Alice Beaton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Fresno Bee, March 4,
1935 |
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Harry Bennett Anderson (1879-1935) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., November
5, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926-35;
died in office 1935.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in Crook Sanitarium, Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 9,
1935 (age 55 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Jasper Record (1852-1935) —
also known as T. J. Record —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., January
26, 1852.
Merchant;
Lamar
County District Clerk, 1879-84; banker; mayor of
Paris, Tex., 1932-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, in the Sanitarium of Paris, Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., July 13,
1935 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) —
also known as Cosmo A. Cilano —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis,
at the Ray Brook Sanitarium, Ray Brook, Essex
County, N.Y., September
29, 1937 (age 44 years, 191
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Charles D. Capelle (1882-1939) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born August
5, 1882.
Democrat. Mayor
of Independence, Mo., 1922-23; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 7th District,
1933-34.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Independence Sanitarium, Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., May 14,
1939 (age 56 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John O. Capelle and Bettie (Duncan) Capelle. |
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Joseph Wallace Oman (1864-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Light Street, Columbia
County, Pa., August
15, 1864.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; rear
admiral, U.S. Navy, 1918; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Died, in a nursing home at London, England,
July
1, 1941 (age 76 years, 320
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Smith (1883-1942) —
also known as John W. Smith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1883.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
steamfitter;
deputy
sheriff; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1921-22; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1922-24; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1924-28, 1933; defeated, 1927, 1929, 1930,
1937; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1934.
Died, from tuberculosis
and diabetes,
in the Detroit Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1942 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Peter B. Carey (1886-1943) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
3, 1886.
Democrat. President, Chicago Board of Trade, 1932-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Cook
County Sheriff, 1942-43.
Died, amidst a scandal
in his department, from a heart
ailment, in Sacred Heart Sanitarium, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1943 (age 56 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Frances Angsten. |
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James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944) —
also known as James T. Lloyd —
of Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo.; Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.; Canton, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Canton, Lewis
County, Mo., August
28, 1857.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; lawyer; Shelby
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1897-1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1908.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and subsequently died as a result, in a nursing
home at Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April 3,
1944 (age 86 years, 219
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
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Alfred Willoughby Smith (1870-1947) —
also known as Alfred W. Smith —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine),
of American parents, September
22, 1870.
Lawyer;
lecturer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Odessa, 1906-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Moscow, as of 1914.
Died, of pulmonary
tuberculosis, in the Vermont Sanatorium, Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March
14, 1947 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred C. Brooks (c.1897-1947) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., about 1897.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1931-34.
Died, in the Pine Acres Nursing Home, Madison, Morris
County, N.J., July 18,
1947 (age about 50
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Brooks; married to Irene Harriman. |
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing
executive; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1927, 1933;
candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1932.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and French
ancestry. Member, War
Resisters League.
Died, in the Wood Nursing Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Herbert Culver (1870-1949) —
also known as Charles H. Culver —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
5, 1870.
Republican. Police
officer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper
publisher; founder, Little Stick (satirical paper); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915-18, 1921-32; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1946;
member, Michigan Crime Commission, 1929-34; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in the Arnold Home for the Aged, Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
13, 1949 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Margaret M. Hanna (c.1873-1950) —
of Kansas; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., about 1873.
U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1937-38.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Died, in Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., March
28, 1950 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edwin Phillips Hanna and Lucretia (Hynes)
Hanna. |
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Francis Patrick Machler (1880-1950) —
also known as F. Patrick Machler —
of Washington,
D.C.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., March
17, 1880.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; physician;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, 1944.
Catholic.
Died, in Sacred Heart Sanitarium, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 10,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Byrd Dow (1860-1950) —
also known as John B. Dow —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., March 5,
1860.
School
teacher; lumber
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901; mayor
of Cookeville, Tenn., 1911; postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1914-22.
Died, in a convalescent home, at Sparta, White
County, Tenn., July 7,
1950 (age 90 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Frank S. Ablett (1867-1950) —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born January
12, 1867.
Democrat. Mayor of
Cohoes, N.Y., 1936-39; Cohoes Industrial Commissioner, 1940-50.
Died, in a convalescent home at Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950 (age 83 years, 274
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Ablett and Julia Ablett; married to Mary Ellen
Stanton. |
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Thomas Ray Hamer (1864-1950) —
also known as Thomas R. Hamer —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho.
Born in Vermont, Fulton
County, Ill., May 4,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1909-11; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Died, from heart
disease, in Butler Rest Home in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
22, 1950 (age 86 years, 232
days).
Cremated at
Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Edward J. McGoldrick (c.1871-1951) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1920, 1922-41; appointed
1920; defeated, 1920; appointed 1922.
Catholic.
Died, in a rest home, Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
8, 1951 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Lemuel Ertus Slack (1874-1952) —
also known as L. Ert Slack —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., October
8, 1874.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1901-05; member of Indiana
state senate, 1905-09; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1908; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1916-18; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1927-29; superior court judge in Indiana,
1936-38.
Died in the Masonic Home in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., February
24, 1952 (age 77 years, 139
days).
Interment somewhere
in Franklin, Ind.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
1905, to Rosalie Pendleton. |
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Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) —
also known as Vicente Sifuentes Tuero —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Durango,
January
26, 1881.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; streetcar
conductor; financial
secretary and Treasurer,
Street Carmen's Union; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero and
others were indicted
in federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place the
dynamite; a trial
was held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero were
dismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Laurelwood Rest Home, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 9,
1953 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment somewhere
in San Antonio, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
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James Clapp Allen (1863-1954) —
also known as James C. Allen —
of Clinton Corners, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Salt Point, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1863.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1915-18.
Died, in the Stickler Nursing Home, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
26, 1954 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Upton Lake Cemetery, Clinton Corners, N.Y.
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Edward C. Peirce (c.1895-1955) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born about 1895.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944,
1952;
mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 1952-53; convicted
in 1953 on charges of conspiracy to
protect gambling, and sentenced
to four years in prison;
served twenty months.
Died, of cancer,
in a nursing home at New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
31, 1955 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Connell (c.1871-1955) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born about 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1939.
Died, in a convalescent home, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
22, 1955 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eldred C. Pitkin (1870-1956) —
of Marshfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Marshfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
29, 1870.
Republican. Butter
box manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Marshfield, 1910.
Methodist.
Died, from acute
myocarditis and dementia,
in the Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., August
6, 1956 (age 85 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere
in Marshfield, Vt.
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Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956) —
also known as Ern G. Eagleson —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
13, 1864.
Railroad
and mining engineer;
City
Engineer of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901, 1911-12; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1919-21, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died, in a nursing home at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
17, 1956 (age 92 years, 217
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, May 6,
1907, to Viola Scully. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Boise |
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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Howard Fenton Latourette (1884-1957) —
also known as Howard F. Latourette —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Oregon, 1884.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Oregon State House of Representatives, 1935; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1939-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1950.
Died in a rest home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., June 29,
1957 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Latourette and Sedonia (Shaw) Latourette; brother of Earl
C. Latourette; married to Rose Turner and Eleanor
Rothermel. |
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William Grant Edens (1863-1957) —
also known as William G. Edens —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., November
27, 1863.
Republican. Railway
conductor; banker;
president, Illinois Highway Improvement Association, 1912-20; leading
advocate for construction of hard surface roads; campaign manager for
U.S. Sen William
B. McKinley, 1920 and 1926; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American
Bankers Association; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died, in the Villa St. Cyril old age home, Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., November
14, 1957 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Minor L. Moore (1876-1958) —
of California.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
5, 1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928; superior court judge in
California, 1931-39; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1939-58; died in office 1958.
Suffered a stroke,
and died about two months later, in a sanitarium in Sunland,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
4, 1958 (age 81 years, 30
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Davis Elkins (1876-1959) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911, 1919-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, cardio-renal
disease, and senility,
in Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Leslie Aris Wikel (1884-1959) —
also known as Leslie A. Wikel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Union City, Randolph
County, Ind., November
19, 1884.
Democrat. Druggist;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1948; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949.
Died, following a stroke,
in Whitehall Convalescent Home, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 9,
1959 (age 74 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Wiley Wikel and Lola Wikel; married to Lucy L.
Goodlander. |
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Annie Mathews (1866-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; New
York County Register, 1922-29; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1924,
1928;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died, in Glenwood Nursing Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
24, 1959 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norris Brown (1863-1960) —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, May 2,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Buffalo
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-96; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1908,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Resolutions
Committee); law partner of Irving
F. Baxter.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a rest home at Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
5, 1960 (age 96 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Edward Hanson Knabenshue (1869-1960) —
also known as E. H. Knabenshue —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Elk City, Barbour
County, W.Va., April
14, 1869.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1927-28.
Died, in Maples Rest Home, Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., March 4,
1960 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abner C. Surpless (c.1884-1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Howard
W. Ameli; city council member, New York City, 1937-40;
magistrate, New York City, 1942-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in the White Nursing Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
11, 1960 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edith Weir Van de Water (1874-1961) —
also known as Edith W. Van de Water; Edith
Weir —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, November
12, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1932-44.
Female.
Died, in Olive View Sanitarium, Sylmar, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
21, 1961 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) —
also known as William Z. Foster; William Edward
Foster —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Fred J. Brittingham (1894-1962) —
of Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del.; Gumboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., July 26,
1894.
Democrat. Feed
dealer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 6th District,
1951-52.
Methodist.
Died, in Maple Grove Convalescent Home, Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del., February
5, 1962 (age 67 years, 194
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvester O. Brittingham and Mary Elizabeth (Andrews) Brittingham;
married to Ethel M. Parsons. |
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memorial |
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Frederick Irving Cox (1870-1962) —
also known as Frederick I. Cox —
of Budd Lake, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Rockaway, Morris
County, N.J., May 25,
1870.
Republican. Silk
manufacturing executive; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1921-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Reeder Rest Home, Allamuchy, Warren
County, N.J., March
31, 1962 (age 91 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Backster Cox and Carolyn (Cooper) Cox; married, November
24, 1897, to Anna A. Simpson. |
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Culbert Levy Olson (1876-1962) —
also known as Culbert L. Olson —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, November
7, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Utah
state senate, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1920;
member of California
state senate, 1935-39; Governor of
California, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-43; California
Democratic state chair, 1944-46.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died at a rest home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
13, 1962 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Orvis Chester Randall (1873-1963) —
also known as O. C. Randall —
of Nebraska.
Born in Bowenburg, Hancock
County, Ill., September
6, 1873.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1929-31.
Baptist.
Died in Baptist Home, Holdrege, Phelps
County, Neb., 1963
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Holdrege, Neb.
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William H. Smart (1868-1963) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.; Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
4, 1868.
Founder and president, Keystone Bottle
Manufacturing Company; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1919-23.
Member, Elks.
Died, in the Elks National Home retirement facility, in
Bedford, Bedford
County, Va., February
17, 1963 (age 94 years, 166
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Smart and Jane Smart; married 1890 to Addie
L. Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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John Homer Cudmore (1883-1963) —
also known as J. Homer Cudmore —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1883.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1934, 1936.
English
and German
ancestry.
Died, in Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1963 (age 79 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William John Wallin (1879-1963) —
also known as William J. Wallin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to Evelyn
M. Walsh. |
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memorial |
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Florence Lee Sandidge Skees (1875-1963) —
also known as Florence Tyler; Mrs. B. J.
Skees —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.; Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., 1875.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Baptist.
Kentucky Women's Club leader.
Died, at Baptist Home, Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., July 16,
1963 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Burnice Matthew Bowen (1883-1964) —
also known as B. M. Bowen; Burnia Mathew
Bowen —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Dillon
County, S.C., December
10, 1883.
Republican. Cotton mill
superintendent; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1936.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion due to arteriosclerosis,
in The Haven Nursing Home, Lexington, Davidson
County, N.C., July 28,
1964 (age 80 years, 231
days).
Interment at Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C.
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Louis James Rosenberg (1876-1964) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Riga, Latvia,
August
3, 1876.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Seville, 1906-09; Pernambuco, 1909-10; Honorary
Consul for Panama in Detroit,
Mich., 1923-49; Honorary
Consul-General for Panama in Detroit,
Mich., 1949-51.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Navy
League; Rotary;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, in the Jewish Home for the Aged, Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
16, 1964 (age 88 years, 74
days).
Interment at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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Perry Gittean Williams (1876-1965) —
also known as Perry G. Williams —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born October
29, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Lewis
County District Attorney, 1907-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1920,
1928,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1915;
chair
of Lewis County Republican Party, 1932; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938.
Died, in the Sunset Nursing Home, Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
29, 1965 (age 89 years, 0
days).
Interment at Constableville Cemetery, Constableville, N.Y.
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John Frederick Shepard (1881-1965) —
also known as John F. Shepard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, January
30, 1881.
Progressive. Psychologist;
university
professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949; candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1952.
Died, following a cerebral-vascular
accident, in Whitehall Convalescent Home, Pittsfield
Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
25, 1965 (age 84 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Frederick Shepard and Alice Jane (French) Shepard; married
to Berenice Barnes. |
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Benjamin Joseph Ainlay (1875-1966) —
also known as Benjamin J. Ainlay —
of Belgrade, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Brussels, Ontario,
April
5, 1875.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 50th District, 1915-17; member of
Nebraska
state senate 50th District, 1919; chair of
Nance County Republican Party, 1940; Nance
County Assessor, 1944-54.
Methodist.
Died, in Fullerton Nursing Home, Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb., January
25, 1966 (age 90 years, 295
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer Morrison Byington (1879-1966) —
also known as Homer M. Byington —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
19, 1879.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1900-08; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1908-09; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1909-13; Leeds, 1913-17; Hull, 1917-19; Palermo, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1923-29; Antwerp, as of 1935; Montreal, as of 1936-43.
Episcopalian.
Died, in a nursing home at Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1966 (age 86 years, 291
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Chester H. Rhodes (1887-1966) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Gouldsboro, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
19, 1887.
Democrat. Monroe
County District Attorney, 1919; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1923-30;
superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1935-64.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in a nursing home at Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa., December
8, 1966 (age 79 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Allison Marvin (1880-1967) —
also known as Ernest A. Marvin —
of Green Pond, Colleton
County, S.C.; Whitehall, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Colleton
County, S.C., March
10, 1880.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Died, in Riverside Nursing Home, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
23, 1967 (age 86 years, 350
days).
Interment at Stokes Cemetery, Hendersonville, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Anderson Marvin and Mary J. (Sanders) Marvin; married 1904 to Anna
Gertrude Jaycocks; married to Anna Gregg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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. Lawyer; Chippewa
County District Attorney, 1909-15; dairy farmer;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1939-63.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
Norway; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; 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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Max Jacob Bierschwale (1887-1967) —
also known as Max J. Bierschwale —
of Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex.
Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., January
4, 1887.
Republican. Insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1936, 1938; chair of
Gillespie County Republican Party, 1950.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes,
due to arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in the Kopp Nursing Home, near
Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., May 27,
1967 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Tex.
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Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) —
also known as Frank P. Corrigan —
of Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1881.
Physician;
surgeon;
U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Assisted with the first
modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic.
Died, in St. Joseph's Manor home for the aged, Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1968 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Frank Lester Armitage (1871-1968) —
also known as Frank L. Armitage —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Coburg, Lane
County, Ore., September
14, 1871.
Democrat. Farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President); postmaster at Eugene,
Ore., 1935-47.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in McKenzie Manor Nursing Home, Springfield, Lane
County, Ore., February
18, 1968 (age 96 years, 157
days).
Interment at Gillespie Cemetery, Eugene, Ore.
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Charles Herold Round (1901-1968) —
also known as Charles H. Round —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., October
16, 1901.
Republican. Mayor
of Traverse City, Mich., 1954; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Grand Traverse
District, 1961.
Died, in Grand Traverse Medical Care Facility, Traverse City,
Grand
Traverse County, Mich., August
27, 1968 (age 66 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Wootton Round and Mabel Mary (Misener) Round; married 1929 to Mary
M. Hanson. |
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) —
also known as Charlotta Bass —
of California.
Born February
14, 1874.
Editor
and publisher of the California Eagle, 1912-1951.;
Independent Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent Home, Los Angeles,
Los
Angeles County, Calif., April
12, 1969 (age 95 years, 57
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Bernard Lee Case (1872-1969) —
also known as Bernie L. Case —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Lorain
County, Ohio, February
23, 1872.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1915-22; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1923-26; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Died in a convalescent home at St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich., June 20,
1969 (age 97 years, 117
days).
Interment at Ithaca Cemetery, Ithaca, Mich.
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George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) —
also known as George D. Hopper —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 13,
1889.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchopneumonia,
in Brentwood Rehab Center, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins)
Hopper; married, June 23,
1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8,
1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Ruth Thompson (1887-1970) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.; Whitehall, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Whitehall, Muskegon
County, Mich., September
15, 1887.
Republican. Muskegon
County Register of Probate, 1905-25; probate judge in Michigan,
1925-36; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District,
1939-40; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1951-57; defeated in
primary, 1956.
Female.
Congregationalist
or Methodist.
First
woman to represent Michigan in Congress; first
woman to serve in the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives.
Died in Plainwell Sanatorium, Plainwell, Allegan
County, Mich., April 5,
1970 (age 82 years, 202
days).
Interment at Oakhurst
Cemetery, Whitehall, Mich.
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Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1884.
Merchant;
mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1948-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Edison Lodge Nursing Home, Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 11,
1970 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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George Elmer McArthur (1877-1970) —
also known as G. Elmer McArthur —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Irving, Barry
County, Mich., September
25, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1917-18; member
of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1924, 1928; mayor
of Eaton Rapids, Mich., 1939-42.
Methodist.
Scottish
and German
ancestry.
Died, in Eaton County Medical Care Facility, Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., June 24,
1970 (age 92 years, 272
days).
Entombed at Oakwood Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Ira W. McArthur and Beth (Wells) McArthur; married 1907 to Laura
Belle Williams. |
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memorial |
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Hannah Parker Lowndes (1880-1970) —
also known as Hannah P. Lowndes; Hannah Parker Randall;
Mrs. W. Bladen Lowndes —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., July 17,
1880.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1924; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Female.
Died, in College Manor nursing home, Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md., August
11, 1970 (age 90 years, 25
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Ray E. Whitney (1878-1970) —
of Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Onondaga Township, Ingham
County, Mich., April
23, 1878.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
dealer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1942, 1944; in July 1944, he was accused
of sending out postcards falsely
claiming the endorsement of several prominent Republicans; arraigned
in August 1944 for felony election
fraud, over forging
most of the signatures on his nominating
petitions; pleaded
guilty in September 1944 to misdemeanor charges.
Congregationalist.
Died, in Stuart Nursing Home, Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich., September
3, 1970 (age 92 years, 133
days).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Arthur Harold Otto Beneze (1896-1970) —
also known as A. H. Otto Beneze;
"Tootie" —
of Illinois.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., April
11, 1896.
Socialist. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist
Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1926.
Died in the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., October
21, 1970 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Alton
Cemetery, Alton, Ill.
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Henry Elijah Ackerson Jr. (1880-1970) —
also known as Henry E. Ackerson, Jr. —
of Keyport, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Holmdel, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
15, 1880.
Democrat. Bank
clerk; lawyer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1915-19; circuit judge
in New Jersey, 1924-47; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-52.
Member, American Bar
Association; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, in the Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
9, 1970 (age 90 years, 55
days).
Interment at Holmdel
Cemetery, Holmdel, N.J.
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Junius Ralph Magee (1880-1970) —
also known as J. Ralph Magee —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 3,
1880.
Democrat. Minister;
bishop;
president
ad interim, Hamline University, 1933-34; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952.
Methodist.
Died, in a convalescent home at Morton Grove, Cook
County, Ill., December
19, 1970 (age 90 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice F. Ahearn (1880-1971) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born April
27, 1880.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916,
1924;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1920.
Died, in a nursing home at Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
17, 1971 (age 91 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing Home, Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Julius J. Wuerthner (1890-1972) —
of Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 18,
1890.
Republican. Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1925-27; member of Montana
state senate, 1928-31; mayor
of Great Falls, Mont., 1937-41; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in a nursing home at Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., February
21, 1972 (age 81 years, 279
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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Harry Heher (1889-1972) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
20, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1921; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1922-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1932;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-59.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Knights
of Columbus.
Died at Morris Hall Health and Rehabilitation Center, Trenton,
Mercer
County, N.J., October
17, 1972 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Heher and Anna (Spelman) Heher; married, August
5, 1925, to Anne Egan. |
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Doyle Elam Carlton (1885-1972) —
also known as Doyle E. Carlton —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Wauchula, Hardee
County, Fla., July 6,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state senate, 1917-19; Governor of
Florida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in a nursing home at Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
25, 1972 (age 87 years, 111
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Irving Lawrence Colborn (1883-1973) —
also known as Irving L. Colborn —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Nicholsville, Cass
County, Mich., June 27,
1883.
Republican. Poultry
raiser; railroad
car inspector; candidate for Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1922; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1926, 1930;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Joseph
District, 1961.
Died, in the Cass County Medical Care Facility, Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., March
18, 1973 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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J. Donald Clark (d. 1973) —
also known as Don Clark —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1968.
Died, of cancer,
in Bluefield Sanitarium, Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., April
18, 1973.
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1886-1973) —
also known as Tracy D. Mygatt —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1886.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly, 1920 (New York County 10th District), 1932 (Kings
County 8th District); candidate for New York
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Female.
Member, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; War
Resisters League; United
World Federalists.
Died, in Rest Haven Nursing Center, Germantown, Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
22, 1973 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) —
also known as Fannie M. Witherspoon —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 8,
1886.
Socialist. Made speeches advocating woman suffrage; antiwar activist
during World War One; headed Bureau of Legal First Aid, which
provided legal assistance to men who objected to serving in the
military; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1918; candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1920.
Female.
Died, in Rest Haven Nursing Cenert, Germantown, Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
16, 1973 (age 87 years, 161
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974) —
also known as Ray L. Forshee —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, March
19, 1884.
Democrat. Clothing
salesman; candidate for supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1941.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
His legs were
amputated due to arteriosclerosis.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Whitehall Convalescent Center, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
5, 1974 (age 89 years, 292
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Cecil Rhodes King (1898-1974) —
also known as Cecil R. King —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fort Niagara, Niagara
County, N.Y., January
13, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1933-35, 1937-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1942-69.
Died of a stroke at
a convalescent hospital in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
17, 1974 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Beatrice L. Hooper (c.1894-1974) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born about 1894.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1927.
Female.
Church
of God.
Died, in Cedar Knoll Rest Home, Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., July 25,
1974 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Draper
Cemetery, Rives Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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Georgia Daniel Irvine (1882-1974) —
of Vandalia, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Vandalia, Audrain
County, Mo., December
25, 1882.
Democrat. Music
teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Audrain County, 1943-48.
Female.
Christian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; League of Women
Voters.
Died, in Tri-County Nursing Home, Vandalia, Audrain
County, Mo., September
6, 1974 (age 91 years, 255
days).
Interment at Vandalia Cemetery, Vandalia, Mo.
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George William Coan Jr. (1892-1975) —
also known as George W. Coan, Jr. —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, June 2,
1892.
Democrat. Banker; mayor
of Winston-Salem, N.C., 1929-35, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1944.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Ziglar's Home for the Aged, Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., May 1,
1975 (age 82 years, 333
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George William Coan and Lula (Brown) Coan; married, December
14, 1914, to Mary Elizabeth Wiggins; married to Dorothy
Lindsey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Winston-Salem |
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John V. Kenny (1894-1975) —
also known as "Little Guy" —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 6,
1894.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1949-53; resigned 1953; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964,
1968;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Catholic.
Pleaded
guilty to six federal counts of tax
evasion in May 1972, and sentenced
to prison.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a nursing home at Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., June 2,
1975 (age 81 years, 57
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Della Urquhart (1890-1976) —
also known as Mary Della Bounds; Mary Della Schott;
Mrs. J. T. Urquhart —
of Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Lookingglass, Douglas
County, Ore., 1890.
Republican. Fruit
merchant; member of Republican
National Committee from Washington, 1936-40; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1940 ; director, Washington State Department of Licenses,
1951-56.
Female.
Died, in a nursing home at Seattle, King
County, Wash., March
10, 1976 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
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Relatives:
Married to James Thomas Urquhart. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) —
also known as Augustin W. Ferrin —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
1, 1875.
Newspaper
reporter; magazine
editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-29; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-40.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in a nursing home, in Marion
County, W.Va., March
17, 1976 (age 100 years,
198 days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen)
Ferrin. |
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John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) —
also known as John H. Hoeppel —
of Arcadia, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Tell City, Perry
County, Ind., February
10, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated
(Prohibition), 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Convicted
in 1936 of conspiring to sell
an appointment to West Point; sentenced
to prison.
Died at Huntington Care Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1976 (age 95 years, 224
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Alfred Ingvald Johnson (1898-1977) —
also known as Alfred I. Johnson —
of Benson, Swift
County, Minn.
Born in Swift
County, Minn., January
10, 1898.
Democrat. Grocer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 25, 1941-58; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Minnesota; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in a nursing home at Benson, Swift
County, Minn., February
15, 1977 (age 79 years, 36
days).
Interment at Benson
Cemetery, Benson, Minn.
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Sidney Floyd Landreth (1885-1977) —
also known as S. Floyd Landreth —
of Galax,
Va.
Born in Carroll
County, Va., March
27, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1932,
1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1920; member of Virginia
state senate, 1944-65; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1945; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1952.
Died, in a nursing home at Galax,
Va., October
7, 1977 (age 92 years, 194
days).
Interment at Felts
Memorial Cemetery, Galax, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Jonathan Landreth and Missouri Clementine (Phillippe)
Landreth; married to Lola Evelyn Lintecum. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James M. Magness (1890-1977) —
also known as Jim Magness —
of St. Lawrence, Hand
County, S.Dak.; Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ute, Monona
County, Iowa, June 27,
1890.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
cattle
raiser; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1933-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1954; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1958; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died, in the Good Samaritan Center nursing home, Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1977 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery, St. Lawrence, S.Dak.
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Bernard Joseph Boyle (1894-1978) —
also known as Bernard J. Boyle; Bernie
Boyle —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Darlington, Lafayette
County, Wis., October
29, 1894.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; an
unknown person put nitroglycerin in his car's gasoline tank in an attempt
to kill him; the engine exploded on November 17, 1936, but no one
was hurt; member of Nebraska
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(delegation chair), 1964
(alternate); member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1952-64.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in a nursing home in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
19, 1978 (age 83 years, 141
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joseph Boyle and Rosa Anna (Gallagher) Boyle; married to
Maude Mae Boyle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist.
German
and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in a nursing home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March
25, 1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president,
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married, April
11, 1919, to Velma A. Thomas. |
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Lewis G. Christman (1888-1979) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Archbold, Fulton
County, Ohio, March
10, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1945-54; member of Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1955-60; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from complications of bladder
cancer, in the Huron View Lodge nursing home, Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 29,
1979 (age 91 years, 111
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Christman and Rachel (Sprow) Christman; married to
Arietta O. VanNess. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Reno Odlin (1897-1979) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit
County, Wash., June 26,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1936,
1944.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary.
Died, in a nursing home at Gig Harbor, Pierce
County, Wash., September
15, 1979 (age 82 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Daniel Neustein (1901-1979) —
also known as Irving D. Neustein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1931-37;
member, New York Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, 1938-41; when
his political activities came under investigation
by the U.S. Civil Service Commission as violating the Hatch
Act, he resigned;
though he was no longer a member, his ouster
from the appeal board was ordered two years later.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, in Jewish Home for the Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1979 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William B. Mahoney (1898-1980) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Ridgeway, Ontario.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1947-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952.
Died, in a nursing home at Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
19, 1980 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Ridgeway Memorial Cemetery, Ridgeway, Ontario.
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Matilda Haughton Ehringhaus (1890-1980) —
also known as Matilda H. Ehringhaus; Matilda Bradford
Haughton; Mrs. J. C. B. Ehringhaus —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, October
23, 1890.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1952.
Female.
Died, in a nursing home at Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 16,
1980 (age 89 years, 237
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Edward Stuart Parker (1894-1980) —
also known as Edward S. Parker —
of McCormick, McCormick
County, S.C.; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in McCormick, McCormick
County, S.C., May 14,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Madras, 1925-26; Cologne, 1926-32.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Fredericksburg Nursing Home, near
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., July 21,
1980 (age 86 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Salem Cemetery, Abbeville County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonidas M. 'Lonnie' Parker and Susan E. (Stuart) Parker; married
1925 to
Margaret Elizabeth Jaquette. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Gerald Storey (1893-1981) —
also known as R. G. Storey —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; director, Southwestern
Bell
Telephone Company; director and counsel of life
insurance companies.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from pneumonia
and heart
disease, while suffering from senile
dementia, in a nursing home at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
16, 1981 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Edith (Thomson) Storey and Frank Wilson Storey; married, July 26,
1917, to Frances Hazel Porter; married to Jewel Hope
Watson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
1954 |
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Clare Hayes Timberlake (1907-1982) —
also known as Clare H. Timberlake —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Fort Sumner, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., October
29, 1907.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Toronto, 1931; Buenos Aires, as of 1932; Zurich, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Leopoldville), 1960-61.
Died in a nursing home at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
22, 1982 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Louis Waldman (1892-1982) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yancherudnia, Russia (now Ukraine),
January
5, 1892.
Socialist. Civil
engineer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920, 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1927 (Socialist), 1937
(American Labor); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish
and Ukrainian
ancestry.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920;
re-elected to the same seat in a special election, and expelled
again on September 21.
Suffered a severe stroke,
and died four years later, in the Jewish Home and Hospital for the
Aged, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1982 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin F. Burt (1905-1983) —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
20, 1905.
Lawyer;
bank
director; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1945-52; member of Illinois
state senate, 1953-60; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit,
1965-69; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 2nd District, 1969-70; appointed
1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Died, in Freeport Manor Nursing Home, Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., October
14, 1983 (age 77 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Otto Rachals (1897-1984) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Langlade
County, Wis., January
1, 1897.
Democrat. Mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1955-59; defeated, 1959.
Died in Glenn Wood Nursing Center, Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., July 7,
1984 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1925 to
Gertrude Moore. |
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Horace Jeremiah Voorhis (1901-1984) —
also known as Jerry Voorhis —
of San Dimas, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., April 6,
1901.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly, 1934; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of emphysema,
at Claremont Manor retirement home, Claremont, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1984 (age 83 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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George David Aiken (1892-1984) —
also known as George D. Aiken —
of Putney, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt., August
20, 1892.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1933-35; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1935-37; Governor of
Vermont, 1937-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1941-75.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a cerebral
vascular accident (stroke),
in the Heaton House nursing home, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., November
19, 1984 (age 92 years, 91
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
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Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) —
also known as Howard B. Lee —
of Putnam
County, W.Va.; Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sanoma, Wirt
County, W.Va., October
27, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1909-10; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-24; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1925-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village nursing home, Stuart,
Martin
County, Fla., May 24,
1985 (age 105 years,
209 days).
Interment at Fairview Church Cemetery, Centerville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Sullivan Lee and Virginia (Quick) Lee; married, March 5,
1907, to Ida Lenore Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914-1986) —
also known as Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Myrtle Hill, Van Zandt
County, Tex., January
4, 1914.
Business
executive; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1953-56; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1956; Austria, 1975-77; chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State,
1957-61.
Methodist.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a nursing home, February
16, 1986 (age 72 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harley Walter Kidder (1901-1986) —
also known as Harley W. Kidder —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., January
18, 1901.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1928; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Burlington Convalescent Center, Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
28, 1986 (age 85 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Barre, Vt.
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Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986) —
also known as Capus M. Waynick —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., December
23, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1933-35; North Carolina state highway
commissioner, 1935-37; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1949-51; Colombia, 1951-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1956;
Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Died in a nursing facility in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., September
7, 1986 (age 96 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry O. Roberts (1897-1986) —
also known as Hank Roberts —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Sherrard, Mercer
County, Ill., September
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1952-55; defeated, 1963.
Died, in Regina Continuing Care Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September
9, 1986 (age 89 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986) —
also known as Katharine Kennedy; Mrs. Kleon Thaw
Brown —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 16,
1891.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(alternate); member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
1928;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
speaker, 1952;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1932-67; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1944-52.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Junior
League; Colonial
Dames.
Died, in the Kettering Convalescent Center nursing home,
Kettering, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
10, 1986 (age 95 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Grafton Claggett Kennedy and Louise (Achey) Kennedy;
married, April
20, 1921, to Kleon Thaw Brown. |
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Gertrude Detweiler (1895-1988) —
also known as Gertrude E. Homan; Mrs. W. H.
Detweiler —
of Hazelton, Jerome
County, Idaho; Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March
12, 1895.
Republican. Nurse;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1956;
chair, Arrangements Committee, chair, 1960.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died, in the Lewiston Care Center, Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, July 20,
1988 (age 93 years, 130
days).
Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Walton Howard Bachrach (1904-1989) —
also known as Walton H. Bachrach —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1960-67.
Jewish.
Member, Moose; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a stroke,
in a nursing home at Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
17, 1989 (age 84 years, 360
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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William Gurdon Saltonstall (1905-1989) —
also known as William G. Saltonstall —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Marion, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
11, 1905.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Principal
of Phillips-Exeter Academy; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Died, in a nursing home at Lakeville, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
18, 1989 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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India Edwards (c.1896-1990) —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.; Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1896.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper,
1918-36; woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's
Division, Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Died, in Fircrest Convalescent Hospital, Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
14, 1990 (age about 94
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett; married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards; mother of John Holbrook
Moffett. |
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Paul Melton Lindberg (1907-1990) —
also known as Paul M. Lindberg —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 11,
1907.
Railway
brakeman; automobile
salesman; candidate for mayor
of Galesburg, Ill., 1953; restauranteur.
Died, in Adventist Convalescent Hospital, Glendora, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakdale Memorial Park, Glendora, Calif.
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Francis William Holbrook Adams (1904-1990) —
also known as Francis W. H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935; New York
City Police
Commissioner, 1954-55.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from heart
failure, in the Devon Manor convalescent home, Devon, Chester
County, Pa., April
20, 1990 (age 85 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Adams and Frances (Bennett) Adams; married, June 21,
1930, to Katherine Quinn. |
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 17,
1914.
Democrat. Opera
singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in the Attleboro Nursing Home, Langhorne,
Bucks
County, Pa., October
3, 1990 (age 76 years, 78
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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R. Lester Hill (1902-1991) —
also known as Mike Hill —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Kent
County, Mich., August
11, 1902.
Democrat. Fruit
farmer;
chair
of Tuscola County Democratic Party, 1968; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
Member, Exchange
Club; Rotary.
Died, in the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility, Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., March 4,
1991 (age 88 years, 205
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1932 to Leona
May Ames; married 1978 to
Frances Shubel. |
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Abby Crawford Milton (1882-1991) —
also known as Abby Crawford; Mrs. George Fort Milton,
Sr. —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, February
6, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1924,
1936
(alternate).
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Advocate for women's voting rights; as a lobbyist helped persuade the
Tennessee legislature to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Died, in a nursing home at Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., May 2,
1991 (age 109 years,
85 days).
Interment somewhere
in Clearwater, Fla.
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Charles David Breitel (1908-1991) —
also known as Charles D. Breitel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1950-58; appointed 1950;
defeated, 1950; appointed 1950; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1952; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1966; appointed 1966; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1973-79.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died, following strokes
and heart
failure, in Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
1, 1991 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman L. Breitel and Regina D. (Zuckerberg) Breitel; married, April 9,
1927, to Jeanne S. Hollander. |
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Edmund Forsman Mansure (1901-1992) —
also known as Edmund F. Mansure; Ned
Mansure —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
14, 1901.
Republican. Textile
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1940;
head of the U.S. General Services Administration, 1953-56.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a convalescent hospital at Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
25, 1992 (age 90 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives: Son
of E. L. Mansure; married to Julia Carroll. |
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George Whelan Anderson Jr. (1906-1992) —
also known as George W. Anderson, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1906.
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-66.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing home,
McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., March
20, 1992 (age 85 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hugh Gail Guernsey (1892-1992) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, August
10, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1937-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, in Calvin Manor nursing home, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
18, 1992 (age 100 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Hermon Lorenzo Roberts (1901-1992) —
also known as Hermon L. Roberts —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Ladonia, Fannin
County, Tex., November
10, 1901.
Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1967-69.
Died, in a nursing home in Lyons, Rice
County, Kan., September, 1992
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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William R. Peterson (1894-1992) —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 8,
1894.
Republican. Petroleum
distributor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Portland, 1939-43; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1947-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in a nursing home at Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
11, 1992 (age 98 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Olaf Frederick Peterson and Sophie Christine (Johnson) Peterson;
married, September
16, 1916, to Clara Amelie Bergeson. |
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Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) —
also known as Carl G. Lindquist; "Iron
Man" —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich., December
9, 1896.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44,
Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate for Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1956; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District,
1961.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, in Crystal Manor nursing home, Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., March 9,
1993 (age 96 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bates
Township Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich.
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Roy Benjamin Aune (1900-1993) —
also known as Roy B. Aune —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in a log
cabin, near Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., April 9,
1900.
Superintendent
of schools; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1945-50.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke,
in the Lake Region Nursing Home, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., June 1,
1993 (age 93 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Milward Lee Simpson (1897-1993) —
also known as Milward L. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in a log
cabin, Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo., November
12, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1955-59; defeated, 1958; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1962-67; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in a nursing home at Cody, Park
County, Wyo., June 10,
1993 (age 95 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Henning Albert Blomen (1910-1993) —
also known as Henning A. Blomen —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Socialist. Machine assembler, Dewey & Almy Chemical
Co.; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962,
1966, 1970; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1946, 1948; Socialist Labor candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1968.
Died, in a nursing home at North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July, 1993
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Bailey Merrill (1912-1993) —
also known as D. Bailey Merrill —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hymera, Sullivan
County, Ind., November
22, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954, 1956.
Died, from pneumonia
following several strokes,
in Brentwood Convalescent Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., October
14, 1993 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Alexander
Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind.
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Bernard Martin Decker (c.1904-1993) —
also known as Bernard M. Decker —
of Illinois.
Born in Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., about 1904.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1951-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1962-87.
Died in a nursing home in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., November
2, 1993 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Ivanhoe
Cemetery, Ivanhoe, Ill.
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Frederick Lloyd Zimmermann (1906-1993) —
also known as Frederick L. Zimmermann —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 28,
1906.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1930-35; college
professor.
Died, in Highgate Manor Nursing Home, Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
14, 1993 (age 87 years, 139
days).
Interment at Medway Christian Church Cemetery, New Baltimore, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Daniel Zimmermann and Lulu M. (Quinn) Zimmermann;
married 1933 to Grace
Buch. |
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memorial |
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Joseph F. Periconi (1910-1994) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1953-54, 1957-60 (27th District 1953-54, 29th
District 1957-60); defeated, 1954; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1962-65; defeated, 1957, 1965;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1970.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in the Morris Park Nursing Home, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
16, 1994 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert D. Leahy (1903-1994) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 3,
1903.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
2nd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in a nursing home at Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 1,
1994 (age 90 years, 363
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Leonard Ralph Dickinson (1898-1994) —
also known as Leonard Dickinson —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Born in Buena Vista, Beltrami
County, Minn., December
19, 1898.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1943-50, 1961-68 (District 62
1943-50, 1961-62, District 64 1963-66, District 64-A 1967-68);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Minnesota
state senate 62nd District, 1951-54; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, at Beltrami Nursing Home, Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn., March
13, 1994 (age 95 years, 84
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji, Minn.
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Domenick Gabrielli (1912-1994) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
13, 1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; county judge in New
York, 1957-61; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1961-72; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1972-82.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
at Villa Mary Immaculate Nursing Home, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
25, 1994 (age 81 years, 102
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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Chester A. Crago (1908-1994) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., June 23,
1908.
Grocer; mayor
of Petoskey, Mich., 1955-59.
United
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, in Sun Grove Care Center, Peoria, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 16,
1994 (age 85 years, 327
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Petoskey, Mich.
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Joseph Mruk (1903-1995) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1903.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1943-45; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1950-53.
Died, in the Furgala Nursing Home, Lancaster, Erie
County, N.Y., January
31, 1995 (age 91 years, 86
days).
Interment at St.
Stanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Robert A. Wall (c.1910-1995) —
of Connecticut.
Born about 1910.
Common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1958-66; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1966-79.
Died in Litchfield Woods Rest Home, Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
19, 1995 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elgin Enabnit (1901-1995) —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Mingo, Jasper
County, Iowa, September
16, 1901.
Farmer;
automobile
dealer; mayor of
Osage, Iowa, 1956-59, 1962-65, 1968-85.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, in Good Shepherd Care Center, Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, July 23,
1995 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Kathryn 'Katie' (Altes) Enabnit and Fred Enabnit; married 1922 to
Clarice Rose Tank; married 1968 to Vera
J. Lang. |
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memorial |
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Thomas Francis Murphy (1905-1995) —
also known as Thomas F. Murphy —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
3, 1905.
Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; lead prosecutor in two perjury trials of
accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss, 1949-50; Police Commissioner, New York
City, 1950-51; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1951-70;
took senior status 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in a nursing home at Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
26, 1995 (age 89 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Russell Newton Barringer (1903-1996) —
also known as Russell N. Barringer —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., March 1,
1903.
Republican. Lumber
business; furniture
business; bank
director; member of North
Carolina Republican State Executive Committee, 1932-72; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
treasurer
of North Carolina Republican Party, 1966-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
15, 1996 (age 92 years, 320
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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James Castle Turner (c.1917-1996) —
also known as J. C. Turner; "Mr.
Labor" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., about 1917.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Urban
League.
President
of the International Union of Operating Engineers, 1975-85.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Day Shore Convalescent Center, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
13, 1996 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Abbot Low Moffat (1901-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1929-43; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Died, of cancer,
at a retirement home in Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J., April
17, 1996 (age 94 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lydia Baird Muncy (1902-1996) —
also known as Lydia B. Muncy; Lydia Low
Baird —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso
County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Marine City, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
10, 1902.
Socialist. School
teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and German
ancestry.
Died, of malignant
lymphoma, in Glacier Hills nursing home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 1,
1996 (age 94 years, 81
days). Her body was
donated to the University of Michigan Medical School.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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Hugh Burnton Mitchell (1907-1996) —
also known as Hugh B. Mitchell —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., March
22, 1907.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1945-46; defeated, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1949-53; candidate
for Governor of
Washington, 1952.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in a nursing home in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 10,
1996 (age 89 years, 80
days).
Cremated.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren
Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in East Brady, Clarion
County, Pa., June 19,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 1948; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1952; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1955-66; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1964; Judge, Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Court, 1972-93.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died in a retirement home at Hampden Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 4,
1996 (age 83 years, 15
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960;
president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society for Public Administration; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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John William King (1918-1996) —
also known as John W. King —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Goffstown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
10, 1918.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
10th Ward, 1956; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-79; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Started the first
modern state lottery in 1963.
Died, of heart
trouble, at a nursing home in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
9, 1996 (age 77 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.
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Coya Gjesdal Knutson (1912-1996) —
also known as Coya Knutson; Cornelia Genevive
Gjesdal —
of Oklee, Red Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Edmore, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., August
22, 1912.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 65, 1951-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1955-59.
Female.
Died of kidney
failure at nursing home in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1996 (age 84 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Bracken Lee (1899-1996) —
also known as J. Bracken Lee —
of Price, Carbon
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Price, Carbon
County, Utah, January
7, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; mayor of
Price, Utah, 1936-47; defeated, 1931; Governor of
Utah, 1949-57; defeated in primary, 1956; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Utah, 1956;
mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1960-72; Conservative candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a nursing home in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
20, 1996 (age 97 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997) —
of California.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 25,
1914.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-69; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1976-79; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-96.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
in a nursing home at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
82 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Sonoma County, Calif.
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Remi Louis Gendron (1898-1997) —
also known as Remi L. Gendron —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in St. David, Yamaska, Quebec,
September
5, 1898.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
3rd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Died, in a nursing home in Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
24, 1997 (age 98 years, 141
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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John Woodrow Barbee (1912-1997) —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., September
30, 1912.
Mayor
of Phenix City, Ala., 1962-66.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in Hamilton House, Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
26, 1997 (age 84 years, 118
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Memory Gardens, Phenix City, Ala.
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William P. Homans Jr. (c.1922-1997) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., about 1922.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1963-65.
Persuaded Massachusetts' high court to strike down the death penalty.
Died at a nursing home in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
7, 1997 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest
infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Ural Alexis Johnson (1908-1997) —
also known as U. Alexis Johnson —
of Washington,
D.C.; California.
Born in Falun, Saline
County, Kan., October
17, 1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Seoul, as of 1938; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1943; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, as of 1947; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, as of 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; Thailand, 1958-61; Japan, 1966-69; , 1973-77.
Survived a car
bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Rex Convalescent Center, Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March
24, 1997 (age 88 years, 158
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March
29, 1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Sachs and Flora (Weil) Sachs. |
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Leo Brent Bozell (1926-1997) —
also known as L. Brent Bozell —
of Maryland.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
19, 1926.
Republican. Co-founded the Young Americans for Freedom; speechwriter
for Joseph
R. McCarthy and Barry
M. Goldwater; candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom.
Died, of pneumonia,
at a nursing home in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
15, 1997 (age 71 years, 86
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lolita Hilliard (1908-1997) —
also known as Lolita Ruth Collett; Mrs. M. E.
Hilliard —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.; Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.; St. Peters, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Born in West Virginia, September
15, 1908.
Democrat. Nurse; chair of
Tucker County Democratic Party, 1949-62.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died, in Claywest House nursing home, St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., May 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Parsons Cemetery, Parsons, W.Va.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Maurie Jay Collett and Hazel (Ferguson) Collett; married
1926 to
Milliard Earl Hilliard. |
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William Joseph Brennan Jr. (1906-1997) —
also known as William J. Brennan, Jr. —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April
25, 1906.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
New Jersey, 1949-52; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1952-56; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1956-90; took senior status 1990.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
Died in a nursing home in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 24,
1997 (age 91 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Brennan and Agnes (McDermott) Brennan; married, May 5,
1928, to Marjorie Leonard. |
| | | Cross-reference: Michael
Chertoff — Abraham
David Sofaer |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William J. Brennan: Kim
Isaac Eisler, A
Justice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions That
Transformed America — David E. Marion, The
Jurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. —
Hunter R. Clark, Justice
Brennan: The Great Conciliator — Charles M. Haar &
Jerold S. Kayden, Landmark
Justice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on America's
Communities — Frank I. Michelman, Brennan
and Democracy |
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Walter W. Kingham (1908-1997) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 1908.
Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1953-55.
Died in a nursing home in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
11, 1997 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Cremated.
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Harold B. Hughes (1911-1997) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., July 7,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; Clare
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-52; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1961-64; defeated in primary, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, in Tender Care Nursing Home, Clare, Clare
County, Mich., November
11, 1997 (age 86 years, 127
days).
Interment at Cherry
Grove Cemetery, Clare, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Ellis Hughes and Bertha (Bowen) Hughes; married, August
10, 1938, to Vivian Baughman. |
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Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) —
also known as Mary I. Bunting; Polly Bunting; Mary
Ingraham; Mary Bunting-Smith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1910.
Democrat. Microbiologist;
college
professor; president,
Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,
1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
1972.
Female.
Died, in Kendal at Hanover continuing care community, Hanover,
Grafton
County, N.H., January
21, 1998 (age 87 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married
1937 to
Henry Bunting; married 1975 to
Clement A. Smith. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Harvard University
Gazette |
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Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) —
also known as H. Gardner Ackley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 30,
1915.
University
professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1968-69.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Trilateral
Commission; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huron Woods nursing home, Superior Township,
Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
12, 1998 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Francis Bergan (1902-1998) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
20, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1936-58; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1938;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd
Department, 1949; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1963-72; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Elks.
Died at the Teresian House nursing home, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
23, 1998 (age 95 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Bergan and Mary Bergan. |
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Herbert Butler Powell (1903-1998) —
also known as Herbert B. Powell —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Polk
County, Ore., 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1963-67.
Died at a nursing home in Williamsburg,
Va., April 4,
1998 (age about 94
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gertrude Ord Chamberlain (1907-1998) —
also known as Gertrude Ord; Mrs. Roy
Chamberlain —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., March 9,
1907.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming,
1956.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Died, in Niobrara County Nursing Home, Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., May 3,
1998 (age 91 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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John O. W. Jarstad (1920-1998) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., July 22,
1920.
Republican. Television
sportscaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1970.
Died, of heart
failure and diabetes
at Auburn Rehabilitation Center, Auburn, King
County, Wash., June 12,
1998 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Haven
of Rest Cemetery, Gig Harbor, Wash.
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Edward Homer White Jr. (1911-1998) —
also known as E. Homer White, Jr. —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., April 5,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe
merchant; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1947-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1968; member of Maryland
state senate 36th District, 1975-78.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a nursing home, at Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., August
9, 1998 (age 87 years, 126
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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James W. McCabe Sr. (c.1917-1999) —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., about 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Johnson City, N.Y., 1962-68; member of New York
state assembly 123rd District, 1973-84.
Died at Johnson Center, Hilltop Retirement Community, Johnson
City, Broome
County, N.Y., 1999
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman James Larson (1902-1999) —
also known as Norman Larson —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.
Born in Borup, Norman
County, Minn., December
26, 1902.
Musician;
automobile
dealer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1939-70 (64th District 1939-62, 65th District
1963-66, 66th District 1967-70); served in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in Lutheran Memorial Home, Halstad, Norman
County, Minn., January
14, 1999 (age 96 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) —
also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
March
24, 1928.
Democrat. Actress;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from breast
cancer, at the Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland
Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 21,
1999 (age 71 years, 58
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles Gordon McGowan (1911-1999) —
of Montana.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., September
5, 1911.
Member of Montana
state senate, 1954-74.
Died in a nursing home at Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., May 26,
1999 (age 87 years, 263
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Lawn Memorial, Great Falls, Mont.
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John M. Campbell (1916-1999) —
also known as Jack M. Campbell —
of New Mexico.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., September
10, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-62; Speaker of
the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1963-67.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in a retirement home at Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., June 14,
1999 (age 82 years, 277
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) —
also known as John K. Tabor —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
19, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce,
1973-75.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
while also suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Center, Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Clinton Belloni (1919-1999) —
also known as Robert C. Belloni —
of Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Riverton, Coos
County, Ore., April 4,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of
Coos County Democratic Party, 1957; circuit judge in Oregon,
1957-67; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1967-84; took senior status 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at a retirement home in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
3, 1999 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edward Belloni and Della (Clinton) Belloni; married, January
26, 1946, to Doris A. Adams. |
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W. Eugene Graybeal (c.1916-1999) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born about 1916.
Hardware
store owner; town
commission chairman of Bel Air, Maryland, 1993-94.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Hart Heritage nursing home, Forest Hill, Harford
County, Md., November
27, 1999 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) —
also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing home at Falls
Church, Va., January
3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, October
19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. |
| | | Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940,
named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Clint Dennis (1917-2000) —
also known as John Dennis —
of Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Patton, Bollinger
County, Mo., July 31,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Scott
County Sheriff, 1951-76; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1976-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died at Missouri Veterans Home, Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., February
15, 2000 (age 82 years, 199
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Memorial Gardens, Morley, Mo.
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William Rocheleau Jr. (1925-2000) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born May 31,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1967-68.
Catholic.
Owner of Maine Nordiques professional hockey
team, and president of American Hockey
League.
Died at Oullette Adult Foster Home, Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
19, 2000 (age 74 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone
marrow disorder, in a nursing home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Harold M. Mulvey (1914-2000) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
5, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1963-67; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1968-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presided over the trial of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale.
Died, of cancer,
at Whitney Center Convalescent Home, Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., February
27, 2000 (age 85 years, 84
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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B. Jean Silver (1926-2000) —
of Washington.
Born July 5,
1926.
Republican. Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1983-96 (5th District 1983-92,
6th District 1993-96).
Female.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at a nursing home in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March
14, 2000 (age 73 years, 253
days).
Interment at Riverside
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1906.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died three months later, in a nursing home at
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
27, 2000 (age 93 years, 226
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Homer E. Abele (1916-2000) —
also known as Pete Abele —
of McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, November
21, 1916.
Republican. Played professional baseball
for a minor league team in Nashville, Tenn., 1938; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1958,
1964; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1967-91.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huston's Nursing Home, Hamden, Vinton
County, Ohio, May 12,
2000 (age 83 years, 173
days).
Cremated.
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John Orlando Pastore (1907-2000) —
also known as John O. Pastore —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1945; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1945-50; resigned 1950; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1952,
1960,
1964
(Temporary
Chair), 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1950-76.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of kidney
failure and Parkinson's
disease, in Scalabrini Villa nursing home, North
Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., July 15,
2000 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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James A. Hayes (c.1922-2000) —
also known as Jim Hayes —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fowler, Fresno
County, Calif., about 1922.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1966-72.
Died, in a nursing home at Lomita, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
10, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin P. Bettridge (1952-2000) —
also known as Ben Bettridge —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., April 9,
1952.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Pierce County Republican Party, 1981-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 1992;
Washington
Republican state chair, 1992.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Tacoma Lutheran Home, Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., October
5, 2000 (age 48 years, 179
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patricia Bettridge. |
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Daniel O'Sullivan (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Danno O'Sullivan —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., about 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1953-60.
Died, in Quincy Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Mt.
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
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Paul Wesley Brown (1915-2000) —
also known as Paul W. Brown —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
14, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1948;
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1960-64; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1964-68, 1973-81; Ohio
state attorney general, 1969-71; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1970.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease at a nursing home in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
17, 2000 (age 85 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brown and Mary E. (Foster) Brown; married, November
8, 1942, to Helen Louise Page. |
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Neil Oliver Staebler (1905-2000) —
also known as Neil Staebler; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 11,
1905.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1963-65; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963-67, 1972-75; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry. Member, Theta
Chi; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from the effects of Alzheimer's
disease, in Glacier Hills nursing home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
8, 2000 (age 95 years, 150
days).
Cremated.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments, at Vantage House retirement home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James N. Folks (1897-2001) —
of Horton, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Hanover, Jackson
County, Mich., October
19, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Spring Arbor Township Supervisor, 1930-58; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-72 (Jackson County 2nd
District 1955-64, 49th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died at Tender Care nursing home, Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
20, 2001 (age 103 years,
93 days).
Interment at Horton
Cemetery, Horton, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1919 to Jennie
Strait. |
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Albert David Baumhart Jr. (1908-2001) —
also known as A. David Baumhart, Jr. —
of Vermilion, Erie
County, Ohio; Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Vermilion, Erie
County, Ohio, June 15,
1908.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1941-42, 1955-61; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1968,
1972.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Community Health Partners nursing home, Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
23, 2001 (age 92 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Vermilion, Ohio.
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William Alex Stolt (1900-2001) —
also known as Bill Stolt —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1900.
Electrician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1941-44.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in the Anchorage Pioneers Home, Anchorage,
Alaska, February
28, 2001 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S. Mutual Security
Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Frank Ray Keyser Sr. (1898-2001) —
also known as F. Ray Keyser, Sr. —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
29, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-39; superior court judge in
Vermont, 1956-64; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1964-75.
Died, in Eden Park Nursing Home, Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 7,
2001 (age 102 years,
159 days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Chelsea, Vt.
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Edna J. Hinman (1902-2001) —
also known as Edna J. McCreanor —
of Montana.
Born in York, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., November
27, 1902.
Republican. Montana
state treasurer, 1953-57, 1961-65.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died, in the Cooney Convalescent Home, Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., March
24, 2001 (age 98 years, 117
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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John Parker Hale Chandler Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr.; "Happy
Jack" —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
6, 1911.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
27, 2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) —
also known as Daniel K. Edwards; Dan
Edwards —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., February
17, 1914.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Civitan;
American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 17,
2001 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards; married, December
24, 1941, to Mary B. Partin. |
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Katherine Czarnecki (1911-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Serbia,
May
28, 1911.
Republican. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 7th
District, 1961.
Female.
Catholic
or Eastern
Orthodox.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
at Woodward Hills Convalescent Home, Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., July 18,
2001 (age 90 years, 51
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Carl Taylor (1905-2001) —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born, in a sod
house, in Oklahoma, December
7, 1905.
Republican. Banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1944,
1952.
Died, in Avalon Manor Nursing Home, Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis., September
22, 2001 (age 95 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) —
also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President
and financial
secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage
Earner newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd
District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died following a stroke,
in the Martin Luther Holt nursing home, Holt, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 2001 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Elizabeth Adkins (1934-2001) —
also known as Betty Adkins; Elizabeth Ann
Whalen —
of St. Michael, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Hennepin
County, Minn., June 4,
1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1976;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1983-95 (22nd District 1983-92, 19th District
1993-95); resigned 1995.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Sunrise Cottages nursing home, Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn., October
29, 2001 (age 67 years, 147
days).
Interment at St. Michael Cemetery (New), St. Michael, Minn.
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Milan D. Bish (1929-2001) —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Giltner, Hamilton
County, Neb., July 1,
1929.
Republican. Farm
implement dealer; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1971-73; U.S. Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, 1981-84; Barbados, 1981-84; Dominica, 1981-84; St. Lucia, 1981-84; St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1981-84; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1988.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer,
at Tiffany Square care center, Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
5, 2001 (age 72 years, 127
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing home,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Philip W. Tone (c.1923-2001) —
of Illinois.
Born about 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1972-74; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1974-80.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Manor Care Nursing Home, Glenview, Cook
County, Ill., November
28, 2001 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Stuart Estes (1913-2001) —
also known as Thomas S. Estes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, January
23, 1913.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1961-66.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in the Freedom Village Nursing Center,
Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla., December
29, 2001 (age 88 years, 340
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hazel T. Kump (1914-2002) —
also known as Hazel Vorus Turner —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in LaGrange, Troup
County, Ga., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1949.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; American
Association of University Women.
Died, in Elkins Regional Convalescent Center, Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., March
14, 2002 (age 87 years, 249
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) —
also known as George Hawes —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, May 10,
1904.
School
teacher; automobile
dealer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958
(Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably
the oldest
elected official in the history of Nevada.
Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing home, Carson
City, Nev., April 9,
2002 (age 97 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Byron Holkenbrink (1903-2002) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., November
30, 1903.
Merchant;
mayor
of Jacksonville, Ill., 1963-69.
Christian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died in Barton W. Stone nursing home, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., April
26, 2002 (age 98 years, 147
days). His body was
donated to science.
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Danny O'Neil (1920-2002) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Haines City, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; game
show host.
Died, from heart
failure, in a rehab center at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 20,
2002 (age 81 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brothrton Petree and Nancy Louise (Ruelle) Petree; married
to Patricia Geraghty and Geraldine Mae Healy. |
| | | See also Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Thomas J. Whelan (1922-2002) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born January
28, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1963-71; removed 1971; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Tried
on federal charges
of extortion
and conspiracy; convicted
and sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
Died following a heart
attack, in a nursing home in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 31,
2002 (age 80 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Robert William Straub (1920-2002) —
also known as Robert W. Straub; Bob Straub —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oregon
state senate, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oregon, 1964;
Oregon
state treasurer, 1965-73; Governor of
Oregon, 1975-79; defeated, 1966, 1978.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in a long-term care facility at Springfield, Lane
County, Ore., November
27, 2002 (age 82 years, 205
days).
Cremated.
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Floyd Caldwell Bagley (1922-2002) —
also known as Floyd C. Bagley —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
20, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1975-85.
Died, while suffering from dementia,
in the Fredericksburg Nursing Home, Fredericksburg,
Va., December
5, 2002 (age 80 years, 260
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert John Conger (1924-2002) —
also known as Robert J. Conger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; advertising
business; radio and
television pioneer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1962.
Lutheran.
Died, in the Bon Secour Nursing Center in Sterling Heights, Macomb
County, Mich., December
21, 2002 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Rock
Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers,
winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Milford Frank Vanik (1906-2003) —
also known as Mel Vanik —
of Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Born July 29,
1906.
Aeronautical
engineer;
mayor
of Bellevue, Wash., 1977-78.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
at Cascade Vista Convalescent Center, Redmond, King
County, Wash., January
30, 2003 (age 96 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mildred Jeffrey (1910-2004) —
also known as Millie Jeffrey; Mildred
McWilliams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Alton, Sioux
County, Iowa, December
29, 1910.
Democrat. Organizer
for the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers in the 1930s; director,
Women's Bureau, and later the community relations and consumer
affairs departments, United Automobile
Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1976,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1957-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1961-69; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961; member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1974.
Female.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2000.
Died, in a nursing home at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 2004 (age 93 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Homer
Newman Jeffrey. |
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John Edward Roush (1920-2004) —
also known as J. Edward Roush —
of Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Barnsdall, Osage
County, Okla., September
12, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Indiana state legislature, 1949; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; Huntington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1955-58; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1959-69, 1971-77 (5th District
1959-69, 4th District 1971-77); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Brethren.
Died, while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in The Heritage nursing home, Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., March
26, 2004 (age 83 years, 196
days).
Interment at Pilgrim's
Rest Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
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Paul Benson (1918-2004) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Greenville Township, LaMoure
County, N.Dak., June 1,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; executive secretary
(1946-49) and administrative assistant (1949) to U.S. Sen. Milton
R. Young; lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1954-55; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1971-85; took senior status 1985.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Elks.
Died, in Willow Point Memory Care Assisted Living, Verona, Dane
County, Wis., April
22, 2004 (age 85 years, 326
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Russell Hellman (1917-2004) —
also known as Rusty Hellman —
of Dollar Bay, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Dollar Bay, Houghton
County, Mich., September
9, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1961-80 (Houghton District
1961-64, 110th District 1965-80).
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Houghton County Medical Care Facility, Hancock,
Houghton
County, Mich., June 9,
2004 (age 86 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1938 to Edith
Kaarlela. |
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Paul Franzenburg (1916-2004) —
of Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa.
Born in Conrad, Grundy
County, Iowa, November
18, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Iowa state
treasurer, 1965-69; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1968, 1972.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American
Legion.
Died, from complications
of a hip replacement and congestive
heart failure, in the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center nursing
home, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, October
31, 2004 (age 87 years, 348
days).
Interment at Conrad
Cemetery, Conrad, Iowa.
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George Street Boone (1918-2004) —
of Elkton, Todd
County, Ky.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., April
27, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 16th District, 1972-73; defeated
in primary, 1973, 1975.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries received in a 2002 automobile
accident, in the Hearthstone Place nursing home, Elkton,
Todd
County, Ky., November
22, 2004 (age 86 years, 209
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of B. E. Boone; married to Joy Fields Bale. |
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Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) —
also known as Marguerite Davis —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., June 8,
1920.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, in Glacier Hills Nursing Center, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
20, 2004 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Wendell L. Lund (c.1906-2004) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born about 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of New Deal agencies in the 1930s; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1940; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Died, in a nursing-care facility in Williamsburg,
Va., December
25, 2004 (age about 98
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold F. Huibregtse (1907-2005) —
of Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Lima town, Sheboygan
County, Wis., August
20, 1907.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farm owner;
investment
broker; bank
director; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Sheboygan County 2nd District, 1955-58;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 20th District, 1959-60; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Kiwanis.
Died, in Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan
County, Wis., February
21, 2005 (age 97 years, 185
days).
Interment at Sheboygan Falls Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
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N. Lorraine Beebe (1910-2005) —
also known as Nellie Lorraine Boekeloo —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., June 19,
1910.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1967-70; defeated, 1964, 1970;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1974.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Inducted to Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame, 1983.
Died, in Tendercare nursing home, Portage, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 2005 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Portage, Mich.
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George H. Pace (1916-2005) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, in Beth Haven Nursing Home, Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., September
6, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Molly Yard (1912-2005) —
also known as Mary Alexander Yard; Molly Yard
Garrett —
of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Cook Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Shanghai, China
to American parents, July 6,
1912.
Democrat. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 5th
District, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972;
president, National Organization for Women, 1987-92.
Female.
Member, National
Organization for Women; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, in the Fair Oaks Nursing Home, Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
21, 2005 (age 93 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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Camille Francis Gravel Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Camille F. Gravel, Jr. —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born August
10, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1956.
Catholic.
Served as defense counsel for Otto
Passman in 1979, and Edwin
W. Edwards in 1985; both were acquitted.
Died, in the Naomi Heights nursing home, Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
23, 2005 (age 90 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills,
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) —
also known as William Quinn —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 13,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956; Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of
Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 1960;
president, Dole Pineapple
Company, 1965-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Hawaii;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976.
Catholic.
Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in
Kahala Nui retirement community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
28, 2006 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Virginia Bleemel (1915-2006) —
also known as Virginia Inez Eldridge; Mrs. Leo
Bleemel —
of Mt. Washington, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Bullitt
County, Ky., November
19, 1915.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 31st District, 1971.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, in Wesley Manor Health Care Center (nursing home),
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
8, 2006 (age 90 years, 293
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Resthaven
Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Clyde K. King (1925-2007) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 2,
1925.
Republican. Accountant;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1989-93; defeated, 1987.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; NAACP; Lions.
Died, while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in Huron Woods Residential Home in the St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital complex, Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
4, 2007 (age 81 years, 216
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1946 to
Marilyn Wilks. |
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John F. Kane (c.1914-2007) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., about 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; inventor;
songwriter;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1952-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1956.
Died, in St. Patrick's Manor nursing home, Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
24, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kane and Ann (Mulligan) Kane; married to Mary M.
Leddy. |
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Byron Mark Baer (1929-2007) —
also known as Byron M. Baer —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born October
8, 1929.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-93 (District 13-B 1972-73,
37th District 1974-93); member of New
Jersey state senate 37th District, 1994-2005; resigned 2005;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000.
While working as a Freedom
Rider, registering voters in Mississippi in 1961, was arrested
and jailed
for 45 days.
Died, from complications of congestive
heart failure, in an assisted living facility, Englewood,
Bergen
County, N.J., June 24,
2007 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Cremated.
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Julius Acevez (1907-2007) —
of La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
April
30, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
La Mesa, Calif., 1958-60.
Mexican
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from congestive
heart failure and renal
failure, in Grossmont Gardens nursing home, La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif., July 9,
2007 (age 100 years,
70 days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Myrtle Greene Oxford (1914-2008) —
also known as Myrtle G. Oxford; Myrtle Greene; Mrs.
Dixon Oxford —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.; Highlands, Macon
County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., December
1, 1914.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died, in Fidelia-Eckerd Living Center, Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., May 6,
2008 (age 93 years, 157
days).
Interment at Higlands Memorial Park, Highlands, N.C.
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James Donald Griffin (1929-2008) —
also known as James D. Griffin; Jimmy
Griffin —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 29,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of New York
state senate 56th District, 1967-77; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1978-93.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, from Creutzfelt-Jakob
disease, in the Father Baker Manor nursing home, Orchard
Park, Erie
County, N.Y., May 25,
2008 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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Jesse Alexander Helms (1921-2008) —
also known as Jesse Helms —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., October
18, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Young
Americans for Freedom; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, in a nursing home at Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 4,
2008 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) —
also known as Jimmy Faulkner —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Lamar
County, Ala., March 1,
1916.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948,
1952
(alternate); member of Alabama
state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio
stations; bank
director.
Church
of Christ.
Died, in Oakwood Nursing Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala., August
22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Bernice R. Labedz (1919-2008) —
also known as "Mamma Labedz" —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
19, 1919.
Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 5th District, 1976-92.
Female.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Advocate for anti-abortion legislation.
Died, from congestive
heart failure at a nursing home in Papillion, Sarpy
County, Neb., November
15, 2008 (age 89 years, 57
days).
Interment at St. Johns Cemetery, Bellevue, Neb.
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Walter J. F. Ireland Jr. (1923-2010) —
also known as "Butch" —
of Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Kohler, Sheboygan
County, Wis., June 15,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
broker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Sheboygan County 2nd District, 1959-60.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, in Sunny Ridge Nursing Home, Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., March
21, 2010 (age 86 years, 279
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Kohler, Wis.
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Charles Buchanan Markham (1926-2010) —
also known as Charles Markham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
15, 1926.
Lawyer;
law
professor; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1981-85.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in Britthaven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chapel
Hill, Orange
County, N.C., March
22, 2010 (age 83 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Willis Roy Eken (1931-2010) —
of Twin Valley, Norman
County, Minn.
Born in Ada, Norman
County, Minn., April
12, 1931.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-84 (District 66-A 1971-72,
District 2-B 1973-84); resigned 1984; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984.
Lutheran.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Twin Valley Living Center, Twin Valley, Norman
County, Minn., May 8,
2010 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Bacon Fletcher (1932-2012) —
also known as Peter B. Fletcher —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born, in Beyer Hospital,
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
29, 1932.
Republican. President of credit bureau; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1967; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1976;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1977-81; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1980-84; appointed 1980.
Methodist.
Scottish,
English,
and French
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died, in the Gilbert Residence nursing home, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
28, 2012 (age 80 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Jean Guy (1922-2013) —
also known as Elizabeth Jean Mason —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Selfridge, Sioux
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1922.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for North Dakota.
Female.
Died, following a stroke,
in Sanford Palliative Care, Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., July 5,
2013 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joan Mondale (1930-2014) —
also known as Joan Adams; "Joan of
Art" —
Born in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., August
8, 1930.
Democrat. Artist; author; Second Lady
of the United States, 1977-81.
Female.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at a care facility in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
3, 2014 (age 83 years, 179
days).
Cremated.
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Paul Victor Gadola Jr. (1929-2014) —
also known as Paul V. Gadola, Jr. —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 21,
1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1959; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1960; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1976, 1978; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1998-2001;
took senior status 2001.
Member, Federalist
Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died, in Burcham Hills Retirement Community, East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
26, 2014 (age 85 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr. (1931-2016) —
also known as Drew Lewis —
of Schwenksville, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1931.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1964-66, 1970-73; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1965-68; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1974; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1976-82; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83.
Died, from dementia
and pneumonia,
in a nursing home at Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
10, 2016 (age 84 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Lindsay Lewis and Lucille (Bricker) Lewis; married, June 1,
1950, to Marilyn S. Stoughton. |
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Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970; member of Vermont
state senate, 1983-88.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bay assisted living
facility, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
26, 2018 (age 93 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Ivan Spainhower (1928-2018) —
also known as Jim Spainhower —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Stanberry, Gentry
County, Mo., August
3, 1928.
Democrat. Minister;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Saline County, 1963-70; Missouri
state treasurer, 1973-81; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1980; president,
Colleege of he Ozarks; president,
Lindenwood University.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, in the Foxwood Springs Living Center, Raymore, Cass
County, Mo., December
12, 2018 (age 90 years, 131
days).
Interment at Raymore Cemetery, Raymore, Mo.
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Joseph Richard Begich (1930-2019) —
also known as Joseph R. Begich; Joe Begich —
of Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., January
17, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; mining
foreman; farmer; mayor
of Eveleth, Minn., 1965-74; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1975-92 (District 6-A 1975-82,
District 6-B 1983-92).
Croatian
ancestry.
Died, in a nursing home at Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
10, 2019 (age 89 years, 205
days).
Interment at Eveleth Cemetery, Eveleth, Minn.
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