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Food Industry Politicians in Colorado
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

  Michael Alarid (1919-2007) — of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo., March 13, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; supermarket owner; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of New Mexico state senate, 1967-72, 1985-92 (34th District 1967-72, 12th District 1985-92). Catholic. Member, Delta Sigma Pi; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died August 1, 2007 (age 88 years, 141 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Victor Alarid and Eutemia (Gonzales) Alarid; married, May 19, 1941, to Stella Salazar.
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  Charles Edward Bennett (1914-1987) — also known as Charles E. Bennett — of Denver, Colo. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., November 14, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Sally Lou Food Co.; vice-president, Tasty Foods Inc.; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1948-50; member of Colorado state senate, 1958. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Beta Theta Pi; Humane Society; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association. Died July 22, 1987 (age 72 years, 250 days). Interment at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Married, October 20, 1940, to Sylvia Patricia Mason.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) — also known as Claude K. Boettcher — of Denver, Colo. Born in Boulder, Boulder County, Colo., January 10, 1875. Republican. Packing business; banker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and Intermountain Railway; president, Brown Palace Hotel; director, Great Western Sugar Co.; director, Denver Dry Goods Co.; vice-president of several electric utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1944. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Died in Denver, Colo., June 9, 1957 (age 82 years, 150 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Boettcher and Fannie August (Cowan) Boettcher; married, January 29, 1900, to De Allen McMurtrie; married 1920 to Edna Case McElveen; father of Charles Boettcher II (who married Anna Lou Pigott).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Daniel Faulkner (1847-1918) — also known as James D. Faulkner; J. D. Faulkner — of Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs), El Paso County, Colo. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 20, 1847. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; grocer; postmaster at Colorado City, Colo., 1876-88; mayor of Colorado City, Colo., 1901, 1916; justice of the peace; notary public; real estate business. Scottish ancestry. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., January 29, 1918 (age 70 years, 131 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
  Relatives: Married, June 7, 1877, to Mary Emma Stone.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John J. Harpel (b. 1894) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Bernville, Berks County, Pa., March 15, 1894. Republican. President, Herpel Salad Dressing Co.; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1939-40; member of Colorado state senate, 1941-50. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 12, 1916, to Edith Correy.
  William Worth Patterson (1849-1921) — also known as W. W. Patterson — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Clarion, Clarion County, Pa., November 3, 1849. Republican. Grocer; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1886-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Denver, Colo., March 28, 1921 (age 71 years, 145 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Evans Patterson and Ellen Patterson; married to Sallie Esther Geiger.
  See also Wikipedia article
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