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M. L. Abrahamson (1902-1975) —
of Boone
County, Iowa.
Born in Pilot Mound, Boone
County, Iowa, June 19,
1902.
Republican. Boone
County Treasurer, 1927-32; Iowa state
treasurer, 1951-65.
Methodist.
Scandinavian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Moose;
Lions.
Died in February, 1975
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Entombed at Resthaven
Cemetery, West Des Moines, Iowa.
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Paul Harold Andreen (1881-1957) —
also known as Paul H. Andreen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., November
19, 1881.
Republican. Pastor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., October
23, 1957 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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Holm Olaf Bursum (1867-1953) —
also known as Holm O. Bursum —
of Socorro, Socorro
County, N.M.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, February
10, 1867.
Republican. Member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico Territory, 1904,
1908;
delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1912,
1928
(speaker),
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1920-24; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1921-25; defeated, 1924.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., August
7, 1953 (age 86 years, 178
days).
Interment at Socorro
Cemetery, Socorro, N.M.
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Nina Falk (1888-1977) —
of Essex, Page
County, Iowa.
Born in Iowa, August
2, 1888.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928.
Female.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in 1977
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John F. Falk and Caroline S. (Nelson)
Falk. |
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March
26, 1893.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland and Knut Fjetland. |
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Hans Peter Jacobsen (1875-1958) —
also known as Hans P. Jacobsen —
of Mott, Hettinger
County, N.Dak.
Born in Odense, Denmark,
May
25, 1875.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of North
Dakota state senate, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Dakota, 1928,
1932.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., June 30,
1958 (age 83 years, 36
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, Iowa.
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Melvin L. Larsen (b. 1936) —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, October
19, 1936.
Republican. School
principal; athletic
coach; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 61st District, 1973-78; candidate
for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1978; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1979-81.
Catholic.
Norwegian ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Walter Anderson Leonard (b. 1880) —
also known as Walter A. Leonard —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Essex, Page
County, Iowa, August
3, 1880.
School
teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Kehl, 1908; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1912-14; Colombo, 1914-19; Stockholm, as of 1924; Warsaw, as of 1926-29; Bremen, 1932-35; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1935-36; Tallinn, as of 1938.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levin Anderson Leonard and Ida (Hultman) Leonard. |
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Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) —
also known as Mads H. Madsen —
of Kimballton, Audubon
County, Iowa; Solvang, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Denmark,
March
28, 1863.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; inventor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1924.
Danish ancestry.
Patented several farm
implements, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-husking
machine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader
(1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917).
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
21, 1944 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Interment at Solvang Cemetery, Solvang, Calif.
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Epitaph:
"KÆMP FOR ALT HVAD DU HAR KÆRT" ("Fight for everything
you hold dear", from a Danish hymn) |
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Andrew Miller (1870-1960) —
of Buffalo Center, Winnebago
County, Iowa; Forest City, Winnebago
County, Iowa; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Denmark,
November
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Winnebago
County Attorney, 1896; mayor, Forest City, Iowa, 1897-1901; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1909-15; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1922-41; took senior status 1941.
Danish ancestry.
Died March
17, 1960 (age 89 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) —
also known as Alfred J. Pearson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869.
Republican. University
professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died August
9, 1939 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899-1984) —
also known as Christian M. Ravndal —
of Iowa.
Born in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon)
of American parents, January
6, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, as of 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Frankfort, 1924-26; Cologne, 1928-29; Toronto, 1929-30; Vancouver, 1935-37; Buenos Aires, as of 1938; Stockholm, 1943-47; U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, 1949-51; Ecuador, 1956-60; Czechoslovakia, 1960-61; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1951-56.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Vienna, Austria,
November
6, 1984 (age 85 years, 305
days).
Interment at Friedhof Hietzing, Vienna, Austria.
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Hoval A. Smith (1876-c.1954) —
of Arizona.
Born in Iowa, 1876.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1911.
Norwegian ancestry.
Advocated the annexation of Sonora from Mexico to the U.S.
Died about 1954 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina R. Smith. |
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