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Anchorage municipality
Alaska

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anchorage municipality

Index to Locations Anchorage Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Anchorage Angelus Memorial Park Anchorage Fort Richardson National Cemetery Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery 535 East 9th Avenue Anchorage, Alaska Founded 1915; approximate acreage: 22 Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1993 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Walter Joseph Hickel (1919-2010) — also known as Walter J. Hickel; Wally Hickel — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Claflin, Barton County, Kan., August 18, 1919. Construction business; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1954-59; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska, 1960-64; Governor of Alaska, 1966-69, 1990-94; defeated, 1974 (Republican primary), 1978, 1986 (Republican primary); U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1969-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1972. Catholic. Died in Anchorage, Alaska, May 7, 2010 (age 90 years, 262 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Walter J. Hickel: Crisis in the Commons: The Alaska Solution (2002) — Who Owns America? (1971)   Books about Walter J. Hickel: Malcolm B. Roberts, The Wit and Wisdom of Wally Hickel   Oscar Stephen Gill (1880-1947) — also known as Oscar S. Gill — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in St. Lawrence, Cambria County, Pa., April 3, 1880. Republican. Garage business; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1932-33, 1934-36; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1945-47; died in office 1947; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1947; died in office 1947. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died in Anchorage, Alaska, November 18, 1947 (age 67 years, 229 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Emma Dohrman; father of Victor Gill.   See also Wikipedia article   Leopold David (1878-1924) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1878. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25. Jewish. Died, of heart failure, November 21, 1924 (age about 46 years). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) — also known as Elmer E. Rasmuson — of Alaska. Born in Yakutat, Alaska, February 15, 1909. Republican. President, National Bank of Alaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate for U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1968. Swedish ancestry. Died, from congestive heart failure, in Seattle, King County, Wash., December 1, 2000 (age 91 years, 290 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Anton Rasmuson and Jenny (Olson) Rasmuson; married 1939 to Lile Bernard; married 1961 to Mary Louise Milligan; father of Lile Gibbons.   The Rasmuson Library, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James J. Delaney (1889-1970) — also known as James Delaney — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in 1889. Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1929-32. Irish ancestry. Died in 1970 (age about 81 years). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Nancy Marie Dillon.   See also Wikipedia article   Howard Wallace Pollock (1920-2011) — also known as Howard W. Pollock — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 11, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lost his right arm in a grenade explosion; lawyer; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1953-54; U.S. Representative from Alaska at-large, 1967-71; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1972. Died in Coronado, San Diego County, Calif., January 9, 2011 (age 90 years, 273 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Herbert Hazard McCutcheon (1876-1945) — also known as Herbert H. McCutcheon — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Bayside, Humboldt County, Calif., July 31, 1876. Democrat. Railroad builder; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1931-42; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1941-42; member of Alaska territorial senate 3rd District, 1943-45; died in office 1945; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1944. Member, Elks. Died in Anchorage, Alaska, November 14, 1945 (age 69 years, 106 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Stanley J. McCutcheon.   Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) — also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team Doctor" — of San Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Edwards County, Ill., September 3, 1872. Physician; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38. Moravian ancestry. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., 1951 (age about 78 years). Original interment somewhere in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig; married 1896 to Ella Mae Ervin.   Romig Junior High School (opened 1966; now Romig Middle School), in Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article   Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) — also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony Dimond — of Valdez, Chugach census area, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, N.Y., November 30, 1881. Democrat. Prospector; lawyer; mayor of Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936, 1940; district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953. Catholic. Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose. Died in Anchorage, Alaska, May 28, 1953 (age 71 years, 179 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John P. Dimond and Emily (Sullivan) Dimond; married, February 10, 1916, to Dorothea Frances Miller.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878-1945) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in 1878. Democrat. Gold miner; implement dealer; oil business; farmer; candidate for mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1924; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1932, 1944 (member, Credentials Committee; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Alaska Territory Democratic Party chair, 1934-37. Drowned in a river when his pickup truck went off the road, near Ophir, Yukon-Koyukuk census area, Alaska, June 20, 1945 (age about 66 years). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Ann Peckenpaugh.   Victor C. Rivers (1905-1959) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Washington, 1905. Democrat. Member of Alaska territorial senate, 1937-40, 1947-50, 1957-58 (4th District 1937-40, 3rd District 1947-50, 1957-58); Alaska Territory Democratic Party chair, 1949; delegate to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56. Died September 25, 1959 (age about 54 years). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.   Harry G. Watson (1880-1964) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in 1880. Member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1925-26. Died in 1964 (age about 84 years). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. Angelus Memorial Park Klatt Road Anchorage, Alaska Founded 1951 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Harry Oscar Arend (1903-1966) — also known as Harry O. Arend — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., October 26, 1903. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1944-49; justice of Alaska state supreme court, 1960-64. Mormon. Member, Jaycees; Rotary. Died July 2, 1966 (age 62 years, 249 days). Interment at Angelus Memorial Park.   Relatives: Son of William Fred Arend and Ida Augusta (Schimanski) Arend; married, June 29, 1940, to LaRee Clark.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) — also known as Z. J. Loussac — of Anchorage, Alaska; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Pokrov, Russia, July 13, 1883. Democrat. Druggist; philanthropist; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Jewish ancestry. Member, Rotary. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., March 15, 1965 (age 81 years, 245 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Angelus Memorial Park.   Relatives: Married 1949 to Ada Harper.   The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article Fort Richardson National Cemetery Anchorage, Alaska Politicians buried here:   George Henry Byer (1912-2000) — also known as George H. Byer — of Anchorage, Alaska; Hemet, Riverside County, Calif. Born June 22, 1912. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1959-61; defeated, 1967; acting postmaster at Anchorage, Alaska, 1966-67. Died, of heart disease, in Hemet, Riverside County, Calif., August 19, 2000 (age 88 years, 58 days). Interment at Fort Richardson National Cemetery.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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