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Wilmer Dean Aubrey (1904-1975) —
also known as W. Dean Aubrey —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Munterville, Wapello
County, Iowa, September
28, 1904.
Democrat. Meatpacking
worker; secretary,
United Packinghouse Workers, Local 1; secretary,
Ottumwa Industrial Union Council (CIO); coal
operator; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Wapello County, 1945-46,
1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in October, 1975
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at New Altoona Cemetery, Altoona, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Aubrey and Rosa E. (Chrisman) Aubrey; married 1935 to Evelyn
Juanita Smith. |
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Walter Henry Beuse (1901-1957) —
also known as Walter H. Beuse —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, November
2, 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; sports
writer; Scott
County Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1940;
member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1949; acting postmaster at Davenport,
Iowa, 1952-53; mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1954-57; died in office 1957.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles; Moose; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
United
Commercial Travelers; Lions; Jaycees.
Died August
26, 1957 (age 55 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Beuse and Ida (Weetz) Beuse. |
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Howard E. Brookings (1902-1977) —
of Oakland, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb., January
24, 1902.
Republican. Movie
theater owner; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Pottawattamie County; elected
1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Eagles.
Died in May, 1977
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard E. Brookings and Lotta J. Brookings; married 1923 to Gretna
M. Charles. |
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Ted Donald Clark (1920-1980) —
also known as Ted D. Clark —
of Mystic, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 12,
1920.
Republican. Grocer; hardware
and furniture
business; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Appanoose County, 1949-51;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Eagles.
Died in Mystic, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 3,
1980 (age 59 years, 326
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Mystic, Iowa.
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Relatives:
Married to Gracie May Frost. |
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Harold Miles Cooper (b. 1885) —
also known as H. M. Cooper —
of Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa.
Born in Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak., June 10,
1885.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Cooper Manufacturing
Company, makers of power lawn mowers and gaskets; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Miles Monroe Cooper and Mary P. (Ranft) Cooper; married, July 12,
1909, to Edna May Anderson. |
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Charles W. Dempster (c.1879-1941) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Supreme Secretary of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance
union; on February 1, 1917, when he was ousted
by the brotherhood's Supreme Council on grounds of insubordination,
he drew
a revolver and held the council at bay for ten minutes; after
being disarmed by a private detective, he was arrested
for disturbing the peace; candidate for California
state senate 31st District, 1920; member of California
state assembly, 1931-34 (57th District 1931-32, 61st District
1933-34); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1932, 1933 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1941 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Warner. |
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James Henry Hawley (1847-1929) —
also known as James H. Hawley —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
17, 1847.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1870-71; member of Idaho
territorial senate, 1874-75; District Attorney 2nd District,
1879-83; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1903-05; Governor of
Idaho, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1920.
Catholic.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
3, 1929 (age 82 years, 198
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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John W. Kintzinger (b. 1870) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
12, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 19th District, 1911-23; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker);
justice
of Iowa state supreme court, 1933-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Woodmen of
the World; Eagles; Foresters;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kintzinger and Barbara (Hanson) Kintzinger; married 1893 to Fannie
E. Webb. |
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Herschel Celiel Loveless (1911-1989) —
also known as Herschel C. Loveless —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Hedrick, Keokuk
County, Iowa, May 5,
1911.
Democrat. Mayor
of Ottumwa, Iowa, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1954; Governor of
Iowa, 1957-61; defeated, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; Lions.
Died May 4,
1989 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Interment at Ottumwa
Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa
state senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-85; took
senior status 1985.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Armington Robins (1884-1970) —
also known as Charles A. Robins —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Defiance, Shelby
County, Iowa, December
8, 1884.
Republican. Physician;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1938-44; Governor of
Idaho, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American Medical
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks;
Eagles; Kiwanis.
Died in Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, September
20, 1970 (age 85 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lewis
and Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.
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John C. Torgerson (b. 1947) —
of Kasilof, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, October
21, 1947.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state senate District D, 1995-.
Member, Eagles; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Kalbach Valentine (1904-1950) —
also known as John K. Valentine —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, February
5, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1933-35; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1937-39; defeated, 1938; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1939-40; candidate
for Governor of
Iowa, 1940; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
vice-president, Iowa Southern Utilities
Company, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Rotary;
Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, October
12, 1950 (age 46 years, 249
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-1961) —
also known as Monrad C. Wallgren; Mon C.
Wallgren —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April
17, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler;
optician;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1940-45; Governor of
Washington, 1945-49; chair, Federal Power Commission, 1950-51.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks;
Eagles; Rotary.
Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident, in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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De Vere Watson (1893-1982) —
of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born near Searsboro, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, April 1,
1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate; elected 1940, 1944; elected unopposed 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1960.
Member, Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Woodmen;
Lions.
Died in November, 1982
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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