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Luther Constantine Hess (1865-1954) —
also known as Luther C. Hess —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born near Milton, Pike
County, Ill., 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1917-18; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1917-18; member of
Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1919-22, 1929-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1940.
Died in 1954
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) —
also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap
Lathrop —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Chugach
census area, Alaska.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
5, 1865.
Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper,
a chain of movie
theaters, two radio
stations, two banks, and the Healy River Coal
Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of
Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50.
Killed in a railroad
accident, at Healy, Denali
Borough, Alaska, July 26,
1950 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Hughes Murkowski (b. 1933) —
also known as Frank H. Murkowski —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March
28, 1933.
Republican. Banker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1970; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1981-2002; resigned 2002; Governor of
Alaska, 2002-06; defeated in primary, 2006.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; National Rifle
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arthur Leslie Nerland (1902-1992) —
also known as Leslie Nerland; Les Nerland —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dawson, Yukon
Territory, March
11, 1902.
Furniture
merchant; banker; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938-40; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; regent,
University of Alaska, 1956-61.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Issaquah, King
County, Wash., February
18, 1992 (age 89 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Alexander Parks (1883-1984) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1883.
Mining
engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1925-33; vice-president, First National
Bank of Juneau.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, May 11,
1984 (age 100 years,
348 days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; memorial monument at Newcomb
Park, Wasilla, Alaska.
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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, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Leo Rhode (1908-2002) —
of Homer, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in North Dakota, August
31, 1908.
Regent, University of Alaska, 1948-55; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961-62, 1975-78; mayor of Homer,
Alaska, 1979-82; director, National Bank of Alaska; director,
South Peninsula Hospital;
director, Homer Electric
Association.
Died in Homer, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, November
17, 2002 (age 94 years, 78
days).
Interment at Hickerson Memorial Cemetery, Homer, Alaska.
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