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Collier County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Collier County

Index to Locations Marco Island Marco Island Cemetery Naples Unknown location Naples Park Naples Memorial Gardens Marco Island Cemetery Marco Island, Collier County, Florida Politicians buried here:   John Marini (1926-1991) — of Miramar, Broward County, Fla.; Naples, Collier County, Fla. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., November 19, 1926. Builder; mayor of Miramar, Fla., 1959, 1959-60. Italian ancestry. Died in Bahamas, July 25, 1991 (age 64 years, 248 days). Interment at Marco Island Cemetery.   Epitaph: "He Lived."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William R. Filbin (1921-2004) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Marco Island, Collier County, Fla. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 10, 1921. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; customhouse broker; candidate for mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1967. Catholic. Member, Rotary. Died in Marco Island, Collier County, Fla., May 31, 2004 (age 82 years, 234 days). Interment at Marco Island Cemetery. Unknown Location Naples, Collier County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in a hospital at Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn., August 26, 1924. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota state attorney general, 1964-67. Lutheran. Finnish ancestry. Member, Disabled American Veterans. Died, of kidney failure, in St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., March 14, 1982 (age 57 years, 200 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Father of Robert W. Mattson Jr.. Naples Memorial Gardens Naples Park, Collier County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush (1916-1991) — also known as Dorothy V. Bush; Dorothy McElroy; Dorothy Vredenburgh — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala.; Washington, D.C. Born in Baldwyn, Lee County, Miss., December 8, 1916. Democrat. Secretary of Democratic National Committee, 1944-89; Convention Secretary (1944, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1988), speaker (1944, 1948, 1968, 1988), member, Arrangements Committee (1964), , Democratic National Convention. Female. Baptist. Member, Beta Sigma Phi. Died December 21, 1991 (age 75 years, 13 days). Entombed at Naples Memorial Gardens.   Relatives: Daughter of Will Lee McElroy and Lany (Holland) McElroy; married, December 27, 1940, to Peter Vredenburgh III; married, January 13, 1962, to John W. Bush.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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