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Joseph A. Adorno (1912-1988) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., March
11, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Connecticut, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1947-55.
Catholic.
Sicilian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; Lions; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Sons of
Italy.
Died in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
30, 1988 (age 76 years, 294
days).
Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Salvatore A. Adorno and Maria P. Adorno; married 1946 to Mary
Jane D'Apice. |
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Manual 1950 |
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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