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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Berkley Warren Bedell (b. 1921) —
also known as Berkley Bedell —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, March 5,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; founder
and owner of the Berkley fishing
tackle company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1975-87; defeated, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Kiwanis; American
Legion; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born near Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb., August
13, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-65).
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died in an airplane
crash at the Municipal Airport
in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
17, 1977 (age 64 years, 188
days).
Interment at Dakota
City Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb.
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Howard Clair Belton (1893-1988) —
also known as Howard C. Belton —
of Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, January
2, 1893.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1933; member of Oregon
state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1944,
1952,
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); Oregon
state treasurer, 1960-65; appointed 1960; defeated, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died in Canby, Clackamas
County, Ore., November
21, 1988 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Guy Vernon Bennett (b. 1880) —
also known as G. Vernon Bennett —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, February
17, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; university
professor; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938-40, 1948; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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James D'Orma Braman (1901-1980) —
also known as Dorm Braman —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Lorimor, Union
County, Iowa, December
23, 1901.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1964-69; resigned 1969; Assistant U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1969.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in August, 1980
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Edward Bromwell (1920-2009) —
also known as James E. Bromwell —
of Center Point, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, March
26, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1961-65; defeated, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1968.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks;
Kiwanis; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, September
11, 2009 (age 89 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Howard C. Buck (1899-1985) —
of State Center, Marshall
County, Iowa.
Born in Marshall
County, Iowa, October
10, 1899.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Marshall County; elected 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in March, 1985
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tobias Ellsworth Diamond (b. 1876) —
also known as Tobias E. Diamond; T. E.
Diamond —
of Sheldon, O'Brien
County, Iowa.
Born in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), March
18, 1876.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1940;
delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from O'Brien County,
1933; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1940-52.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hyman Diamond and Lena (Epstein) Diamond; married, November
12, 1907, to Maude Elizabeth Peck. |
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Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Atkinson, Piscataquis
County, Maine, September
11, 1877.
Superintendent
of schools; founder
in 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky Mountain
College); president,
1931; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member of Montana
state senate, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton; married 1911 to
Augusta M. Valiton. |
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Frederick F. Faville (1865-1954) —
of Sioux Rapids, Buena
Vista County, Iowa; Storm Lake, Buena
Vista County, Iowa; Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa, June 5,
1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Buena
Vista County Attorney, 1895-99; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1907-13; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1921-32.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Kiwanis; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
19, 1954 (age 88 years, 259
days).
Interment at Storm
Lake Cemetery, Storm Lake, Iowa.
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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates; married, November
13, 1899, to Mary Edna Carter. |
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John Murchison Grimm (b. 1866) —
also known as John M. Grimm —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Henry
County, Ill., December
21, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; Linn
County Attorney, 1893-98; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1929-32; appointed 1929; resigned 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Kiwanis; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Grimm and Catherine (McLennan) Grimm; married, December
28, 1894, to Orphea Bealer. |
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Arthur H. Jacobson (b. 1910) —
of Waukon, Allamakee
County, Iowa.
Born in Waukon, Allamakee
County, Iowa, June 24,
1910.
Republican. Lawyer; Allamakee
County Attorney, 1937-44; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1944;
member of Iowa
state senate 40th District, 1945-50.
Lutheran.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustav Jacobson and Gusta (Blilie) Jacobson; married to Isabel
Chafer. |
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Raymond Allen Constan Johnson (b. 1923) —
also known as Ray A. C. Johnson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Stanton, Montgomery
County, Iowa, July 25,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; accountant;
Nebraska
state auditor, 1971-91.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James M. Magness (1890-1977) —
also known as Jim Magness —
of St. Lawrence, Hand
County, S.Dak.; Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ute, Monona
County, Iowa, June 27,
1890.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
cattle
raiser; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1933-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1954; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1958; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died, in the Good Samaritan Center nursing
home, Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1977 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery, St. Lawrence, S.Dak.
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John Yetter McCollister (1921-2013) —
also known as John Y. McCollister —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, June 10,
1921.
Republican. Douglas
County Commissioner, 1965-70; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1971-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Nebraska.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Kiwanis; Freemasons.
Died, from cancer,
in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
1, 2013 (age 92 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred W. Messmore (b. 1890) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Boone, Boone
County, Iowa, July 11,
1890.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 18th District, 1929-37; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1937-.
Methodist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Bergman Narey (1920-2008) —
also known as Peter B. Narey —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, May 15,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis; Freemasons.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, October
24, 2008 (age 88 years, 162
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Spirit Lake, Iowa.
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Floyd E. Page (1896-1967) —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa.
Born in Arthur, Ida
County, Iowa, November
5, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Acacia.
Died in 1967
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Smith Payne (1869-1933) —
also known as Frank S. Payne —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
16, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
general counsel, Iowa Southern Utilities
Co.; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1900-02; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Kiwanis.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, April
13, 1933 (age 63 years, 240
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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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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Bruce M. Snell Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa.
Born in Ida Grove, Ida
County, Iowa, August
18, 1929.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Iowa Court of Appeals, 1976-87; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1987-.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1995.
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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James M. Wilson (1866-1924) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., September
8, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1913-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Kiwanis.
Died, of septicemia
resulting from pulled teeth, in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 2,
1924 (age 57 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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