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Food Industry Politicians in Iowa
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

L. E. Adams (1913-1980) — also known as Barney Adams — of Norfolk, Madison County, Neb. Born in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, September 21, 1913. President, National Foods, Inc.; director, Midwestern Beef, Inc.; director, Prairie Maid Meat Products; director, Platte Valley Packing Co.; member of Nebraska railway commission 3rd District, 1970-71; appointed 1970. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in August, 1980 (age 66 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, May 28, 1933, to Helene L. Ainsworth.   Saner Cook Bell (b. 1875) — also known as Saner C. Bell — of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Born in Clearfield County, Pa., May 7, 1875. Secretary and manager, Waterloo Canning Company; delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from Black Hawk County, 1933. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Wilson Bell and Elizabeth (Cook) Bell.   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.   Relatives: Married to Gracie May Frost.   Alexis U. Coates (1858-1943) — also known as A. U. Coates — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Excelsior, Richland County, Wis., June 21, 1858. School teacher; music store manager; grocer; real estate dealer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1901; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1936. Church of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 21, 1943 (age 84 years, 214 days). Interment at Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of William Harvey Coates and Anna French (Knowlton) Coates; married, August 31, 1875, to Isabel Lein.   Richard J. Norpel Sr. (1918-2007) — of Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa. Born in Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa, June 24, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; grocer; hotelier; insurance and real estate business; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Iowa state senate, 1975-76. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died May 24, 2007 (age 88 years, 334 days). Interment at Bellevue Catholic Cemetery, Bellevue, Iowa.   Relatives: Step-son of Herman Pogeman; son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel; married, February 23, 1943, to Janaan Lewis.

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