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H. Monroe Browne (1917-2006) —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; cattle feeding
business; president, Hartman Concrete
Materials, and McCoy Tire and Recap Company; race horse
owner; president and CEO, Institute for Contemporary Studies,
1975-81; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85; Western Samoa, 1981-85.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Wheatland, Yuba
County, Calif., June 13,
2006 (age 89 years, 35
days).
Interment at Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Calif.
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Ned Romeyn Healy (1905-1977) —
also known as Ned R. Healy —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
9, 1905.
Democrat. Stock and bond
salesman; office
manager; U.S.
Representative from California 13th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948; automobile parts business.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
10, 1977 (age 72 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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William Matthew Ketchum (1921-1978) —
also known as William M. Ketchum —
of Paso Robles, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; dairy farmer;
automobile parts business; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; member of California
state assembly 29th District, 1967-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-78 (36th District 1973-75,
18th District 1975-78); died in office 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi; Farm
Bureau.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon after, at Kern Medical
Center, Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., June 24,
1978 (age 56 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile mechanic; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; pastor; president,
Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
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Albert F. Osterloh —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Automobile tire manufacturer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Clinton Porter (1871-1959) —
also known as John C. Porter —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Leon, Decatur
County, Iowa, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; automobile accessories business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1929-33; defeated, 1933, 1941.
Christian.
Petitions for his recall
as mayor were filed in 1932; petitioners, led by his political
adversaries on city council, charged that "the Mayor is incompetent,
inefficient
and unsatisfactory"
and that he "has brought ridicule and insult to Los Angeles and its
citizenry by his conduct." The recall, and nine candidates who sought
to replace him, was defeated.
Died, of a lung and heart
condition, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 27,
1959 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edgar Anthony Riedinger (1896-1970) —
also known as Edgar Riedinger —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Sylmar, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, June 23,
1896.
Republican. Garage owner; sales manager, motor
truck company; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1925-26.
German
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
8, 1970 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Reidinger and Mary (Anthis) Reidinger; married to Martha
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Rudolph Alfred Seeberg Schausten (b. 1898) —
also known as Rudolph A. Schausten —
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March
21, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
mechanic; U.S. Vice Consul in Martinique, 1926-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett Ray Wilbur (1883-1959) —
also known as Everett R. Wilbur —
of Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Iowa, July 7,
1883.
Farmer;
automobile mechanic; welder; machinist;
banker;
mayor
of Gilbert, Ariz., 1920-21.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
15, 1959 (age 76 years, 70
days).
Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
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