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Thomas Edward Austin (1901-1965) —
also known as T. Edward Austin —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., May 21,
1901.
Republican. Investment
banker; outdoor advertising business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1932; chair of
Effingham County Republican Party, 1944-50.
Member, Elks; Moose.
Died, in a hospital
at Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., April
21, 1965 (age 63 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of William Winter Austin and Mamie (Wade) Austin; married to Frances
Vivian Crews. |
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memorial |
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María Concepcíon Bechily (b. 1949) —
also known as María C. Bechily —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba,
February
20, 1949.
Democrat. Social
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980;
staff assistant to U.S. Sen. Alan
J. Dixon, 1981-83; host and assistant producer, WSNS television,
Chicago, 1984-85; public relations business.
Female.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 1985.
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William Haydon Burns (1912-1987) —
also known as Haydon Burns —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1949-65; Governor of
Florida, 1965-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Sigma Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died November
22, 1987 (age 75 years, 250
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Thomas Cusack (1858-1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland,
October
5, 1858.
Democrat. Sign
painter; advertising business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1899-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
19, 1926 (age 68 years, 45
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Einar W. Dieserud (b. 1892) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
25, 1892.
Stenographer;
advertising business; U.S. Vice Consul in Christiania, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about 100
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith. |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
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memorial |
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helene von Holstein. |
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May
1, 1880.
Republican. Advertising business; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1921-23; resigned 1923; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Robert E. Lynch —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Player and manager for professional baseball
teams; public relations officer for Kewaunee Shipbuilding
and Engineering Corporation; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1933-36, 1943-58 (Brown County 1st District
1933-36, 1943-54, Brown County 2nd District 1955-58).
Burial location unknown.
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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920; newspaper
managing editor; public relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Harold E. Rainville (b. 1907) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
30, 1907.
Republican. Public relations executive; campaign manager in
many elections for U.S. Sen. Everett
M. Dirksen; also special assistant to the Senator; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Van Buren Rainville and Agnes Marie (Ward) Rainville;
married, August
6, 1932, to Mariann Rita Pack. |
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Judy Baar Topinka (1944-2014) —
also known as Judy Baar —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Riverside, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1944.
Republican. Public relations business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1981-84; member of Illinois
state senate, 1985-94; Illinois
state treasurer, 1995-2007; Illinois
Republican state chair, 2002-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 2004,
2008
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 2006; Illinois
state comptroller, 2011-14; died in office 2014.
Female.
Czech
and Slovak
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Gamma Rho.
Died in Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 2014 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William D. Baar and Lillian Mary (Shuss) Baar; married 1965 to Joe
Topinka. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Arthur James Weaver (1910-1987) —
also known as Arthur J. Weaver —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill., July 7,
1910.
Republican. Advertising executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1956,
1960.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
17, 1987 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Arthur Weaver and Ida Mae (Burgess) Weaver; married 1946 to
Gwendolyn Ruth Sachs. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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