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Ronald Wayne Burkle (b. 1952) —
also known as Ron Burkle —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1952.
Democrat. Founder, Yucaipa Companies private equity firm, invested in
grocery and supermarket chains; part owner, Pittsburgh
Penguins professional
hockey team; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2004.
Member, Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bernard Cohn (1835-1889) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in 1835.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1878.
Jewish.
Died in 1889
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Raymond Rodney Creed (1875-1954) —
also known as R. R. Creed —
of Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, August
9, 1875.
Grocer; mayor
of Gilbert, Ariz., 1925-27.
Died in Stanislaus
County, Calif., November
3, 1954 (age 79 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Chester Kenneth Hendricks (1899-1966) —
also known as Chester K. Hendricks —
of Banning, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in California, June 3,
1899.
Grocer; mayor
of Banning, Calif., 1952-54.
Died in Riverside
County, Calif., June 12,
1966 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Hendricks and Elfie Orena (Means) Hendricks; married, September
2, 1923, to Lucile Johnson. |
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Edwin Bruce Linney (1852-1926) —
also known as Edwin B. Linney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., April 9,
1852.
Republican. Postmaster at Danville,
Ky., 1898-1914; grocer.
Methodist.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., February
27, 1926 (age 73 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Steamship
captain; wholesale grocer; lawyer; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-96; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Stephen Sutherland Nisbet (1895-1986) —
also known as Stephen S. Nisbet —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Tawas City, Iosco
County, Mich., May 28,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; vice-president, Gerber Baby Foods; bank
director; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1943-61; appointed 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 26th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1964-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Riverside
County, Calif., July 3,
1986 (age 91 years, 36
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.
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Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) —
also known as Lewis P. Ohliger —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Rheinpfalz, Germany,
January
3, 1843.
Democrat. Wholesale
druggist; grocer; Wayne
County Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and Lodi Railway;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
9, 1923 (age 80 years, 6
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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Sharon Percy Rockefeller (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Percy —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
10, 1944.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1976,
1996;
president and CEO of WETA public radio and
television in Washington, D.C.; director of PepsiCo (food
and soft
drink maker).
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products, 1931-42;
subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods; director,
Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing
Co.; art collector; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) —
also known as Frank A. Spencer —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
24, 1865.
Democrat. Commission
merchant; importer;
Consul
for Mexico in Portland,
Ore., 1895-1914; wholesale grocery manager; administrator,
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon.
Jumped
from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, and fell
hundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, in
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
22, 1936 (age 71 years, 333
days). His suicide
note was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace has
been too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make a
comeback.".
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Myra Tanner Weiss (1917-1997) —
also known as Myra Tanner —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born May 17,
1917.
Cannery worker; lecturer;
candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1945, 1949 (primary), 1953 (primary);
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 19th District, 1948, 1950;
Socialist Workers candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960.
Female.
Died September
13, 1997 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1942 to Murry
Weiss. |
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article |
| | | Image source: The Militant, May 5,
1958 |
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Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) —
also known as A. P. Whitney —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
15, 1825.
Republican. Lumber
business; grocer; grain
shipper; member of California
state senate, 1875; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1876.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1884 (age 58 years, 148
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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