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Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) —
also known as Marcus Jacob Austad; "Mark
Evans" —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio announcer,
broadcast newsman, and host of his own television news
show; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1975-77; Norway, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Arizona, October
20, 1988 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah.
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Ernest Hancock (b. 1961) —
of Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born March
29, 1961.
Libertarian. Radio show host; candidate for secretary
of state of Arizona, 1994, 2006; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona 4th District, 1998, 2000; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 2004; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Arizona.
Still living as of 2008.
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John D. Hayworth Jr. (b. 1958) —
also known as J. D. Hayworth —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., July 12,
1958.
Republican. Television reporter; U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1995-2007 (6th District 1995-2003,
5th District 2003-07).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)
Phillips. |
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John P. Quimby (1935-2012) —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Rialto, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
12, 1935.
Democrat. Radio announcer; disabled
by polio, and used steel braces or a wheelchair; member of California
state assembly 72nd District, 1963-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968;
on August 23, 1970, he was shot
in the chest with a pellet gun by his 15-year-old son, following an
argument.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in a hospital
near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., December
23, 2012 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish
entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel
bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to
persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for
purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married, July 22,
1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married, March
15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article |
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Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) —
also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E.
A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Blanco, Blanco
County, Tex., October
8, 1888.
Democrat. Auditor;
director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co.,
1919-46; president, Central Arizona Broadcasting Co., 1937-44;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1936;
member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56.
Female.
Quaker.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died January
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie;
married, December
18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea; married, November
16, 1936, to William P. Stuart. |
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Ralph Armstead Watkins (1903-1968) —
also known as Ralph Watkins —
of Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairmount, Grant
County, Ind., October
17, 1903.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1950; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1952, 1966 (primary), 1968; treasurer of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1959-63; vice-president, Arizona
Television Company (KetchikanVK), Phoenix; director and board
chairman, Memorial Hospital,
Phoenix.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
25, 1968 (age 65 years, 69
days).
Interment at Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, Buckeye, Ariz.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio station; director,
KetchikanUC radio station; newspaper
columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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