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German ancestry Politicians in Colorado

Otto Bock (1881-1942) — of Colorado. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 21, 1881. Lawyer; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1939-42; died in office 1942. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died in Denver, Colo., August 15, 1942 (age 61 years, 175 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.   Relatives: Son of J. C. F. W. Bock and Minnie (Koehler) Bock; married, August 24, 1911, to Hilda Helen Schabarum.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Kölleda, Germany, April 8, 1852. Republican. Hardware business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western Sugar Co.; co-founder and president Ideal Cement Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel Company; real estate investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916 (alternate), 1928. German ancestry. Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo., July 2, 1948 (age 96 years, 85 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Boettcher and Susanna Boettcher; married to Fannie Augusta Cowan; father of Claudius Kedzie Boettcher; grandfather of Charles Boettcher II (who married Anna Lou Pigott).   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   Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) — also known as Gustavus A. Finkelnburg — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Cologne, Prussia (Köln, Germany), April 6, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1864-68; U.S. Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1869-73; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1876; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1905-07; resigned 1907. German ancestry. Died in Denver, Colo., May 18, 1908 (age 71 years, 42 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Presumably named for: Gustavus Adolphus   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank William Howbert (b. 1858) — also known as Frank W. Howbert; William Frank Howbert — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, October 26, 1858. Republican. El Paso County Clerk, 1888; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Colorado, 1897-1913, 1921-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). German ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. William Howbert and Martha (Marshall) Howbert; brother of Irving Howbert; married, February 25, 1879, to Leona Blood.   Irving Howbert (1846-1934) — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Ind., April 11, 1846. Republican. Banker; El Paso County Clerk, 1869-79; member of Colorado state senate, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1912; Colorado Republican state chair, 1894-95. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., December 21, 1934 (age 88 years, 254 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.   Relatives: Son of William Howbert and Martha (Marshall) Howbert; brother of Frank William Howbert; married, December 17, 1874, to Lizzie Atwood Copeland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lydia Baird Muncy (1902-1996) — also known as Lydia B. Muncy; Lydia Low Baird — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Marine City, St. Clair County, Mich., February 10, 1902. Socialist. School teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Socialist Labor candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1968. Female. Scottish, English, and German ancestry. Died, of malignant lymphoma, in Glacier Hills nursing home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 1, 1996 (age 94 years, 81 days). Her body was donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. Cremated; ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.   Relatives: Daughter of William Baird and Grace Elizabeth (Low) Baird; half-sister of Henry Robert Baird; married, October 22, 1935, to Ralph Waldo Muncy.   Political family: Muncy-Baird-Ackley family of St. Clair, Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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