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Mesa County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mesa County

Index to Locations Grand Junction Unknown location Grand Junction Orchard Mesa Cemetery Unknown Location Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado Politicians buried here:   J. E. Ong (d. 1911) — of Lacon, Marshall County, Ill.; Colorado. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1876; member of Colorado state legislature, 1901. Died in 1911. Interment somewhere. Orchard Mesa Cemetery Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Walter Walker (1883-1956) — of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colo. Born in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., April 3, 1883. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee), 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); Colorado Democratic state chair, 1930-32; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1932; appointed 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado. Protestant. Member, Elks; Woodmen; Rotary; Newcomen Society. Died in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colo., October 8, 1956 (age 73 years, 188 days). Interment at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Clement Walker and Mattie Martin (Brown) Walker; brother of Robert Hickman Walker; married, November 2, 1903, to Kathie Woods.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) — also known as Wayne N. Aspinall — of Palisade, Mesa County, Colo. Born in Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of Colorado state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960; U.S. Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi Delta Phi; Beta Theta Pi. Died in Palisade, Mesa County, Colo., October 9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mack Aspinall and Jessie Edna (Norviel) Aspinall; married, January 27, 1920, to Julia Edith Kuns; father of Owen Stuart Aspinall.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Owen Stuart Aspinall (1927-1997) — also known as Owen S. Aspinall — of Palisade, Mesa County, Colo. Born in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colo., September 21, 1927. Democrat. American Samoa territory attorney general, 1961-62; secretary of American Samoa Territory, 1962-67; Governor of American Samoa, 1967-69. Protestant. Died in Mesa County, Colo., February 7, 1997 (age 69 years, 139 days). Interment at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wayne Norviel Aspinall and Julia Edith (Kuns) Aspinall.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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