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Vera Andrus (1896-1976) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Reedsburg, Sauk
County, Wis., August
21, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Clair
District, 1961-62.
Female.
Christian
Scientist. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; National Education
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Died in August, 1976
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Andrus and Alice (Barton) Andrus. |
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Joseph Edward Karth (1922-2005) —
also known as Joseph E. Karth —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; international
representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers union; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1959-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 29,
2005 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Green
Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; test
pilot and executive, Howard Aircraft
Co.; president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation
Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage Industries, Inc., Sun
States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose;
Fraternal Order of Police.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting; married, February
29, 1968, to Fracine Bassett. |
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David Phillip Lindberg (1903-1981) —
also known as David P. Lindberg; "Boxcar
Mayor" —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Green Valley, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., March
16, 1903.
Railroad
worker; mayor
of Galesburg, Ill., 1941-45.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in Green Valley, Pima
County, Ariz., January
15, 1981 (age 77 years, 305
days).
Cremated.
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William C. Marshall (1921-2000) —
also known as William Marshall; Bill
Marshall —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Tunica, Tunica
County, Miss., 1921.
Democrat. Bus
driver; president of
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1303 for ten years; exective vice-president,
secretary-treasurer,
and then president
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1971-83; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 21st Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1973-81.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
failure, in Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
22, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Esteban Edward Torres (b. 1930) —
also known as Esteban E. Torres —
of La Puente, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Miami, Gila
County, Ariz., January
27, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1983-99; defeated
in primary, 1974; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1984,
1988
(co-chair, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1996.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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