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Charles Shirk Arthur Jr. (1917-2011) —
also known as Charles Arthur —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, July 16,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Riley
County Attorney, 1949-53; chair of
Riley County Republican Party, 1953-55; mayor
of Manhattan, Kan., 1956-57; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1957-65; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-69.
Methodist.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., February
16, 2011 (age 93 years, 215
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Manhattan, Kan.
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L. Ward Bannister (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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George Sherman Banta (1884-1952) —
also known as George S. Banta —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa.
Born in Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa, July 2,
1884.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; farmer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1924.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, August
1, 1952 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of M. S. Banta and Briget (Hickey) Banta; married, January
1, 1907, to Elizabeth Davis; married, July 15,
1936, to Stella T. Mutschler. |
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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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Lester Jesse Dickinson (1873-1968) —
also known as L. J. Dickinson —
of Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Derby, Lucas
County, Iowa, October
29, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Kossuth
County Attorney; member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1914-18; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1919-31; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1931-37; defeated, 1936, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 4,
1968 (age 94 years, 219
days).
Interment at Algona
Cemetery, Algona, Iowa.
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Edward Clayton Eicher (1878-1944) —
also known as Edward C. Eicher —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Noble, Washington
County, Iowa, December
16, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1933-39; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1938-42; chair, U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, 1941-42; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1942.
Mennonite.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., November
30, 1944 (age 65 years, 350
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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Theodore Greenlief Garfield (1894-1989) —
also known as Theodore G. Garfield —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in Humboldt, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
12, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1927-40; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1941-69; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1961-69.
Unitarian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died November
4, 1989 (age 94 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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William West Grant Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as W. W. Grant, Jr. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, June 27,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928;
delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William West Grant and Mary Adeline (Moseley) Grant; married, November
3, 1906, to Gertrude Hendrie. |
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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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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; test
pilot and executive, Howard Aircraft
Co.; president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation
Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage Industries, Inc., Sun
States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Moose; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting; married, February
29, 1968, to Fracine Bassett. |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Ralph Addison Oliver (b. 1886) —
also known as Ralph A. Oliver —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Eddyville, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 31,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Iowa,
1931-32; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1938-62; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1939, 1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks;
Phi Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Franklin Oliver and Fannie M. (Wilhermsdorfer) Oliver;
married, August
11, 1917, to Dorothy Williams. |
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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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Ralph Richard Stuart (b. 1889) —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa.
Born in Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa, September
1, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Franklin
County Attorney, 1920-26; mayor of Hampton, Iowa, 1928-34;
candidate for Iowa
state senate 43rd District, 1940.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Iden L. Stuart and Katherine (Clemmer) Stuart; married, June 16,
1920, to Mable Young. |
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William Corwin Stuart (1920-2010) —
also known as William C. Stuart —
of Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Born in Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa, April
28, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1953-61; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1962-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1971-86; took
senior status 1986.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Lions.
Died in Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa, August
12, 2010 (age 90 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George King Thompson (b. 1887) —
also known as G. King Thompson —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Jamaica, Guthrie
County, Iowa, November
24, 1887.
Lawyer;
Linn
County Attorney, 1933-40; district judge in Iowa, 1941-50; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1951-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Maccabees;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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