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William George Clark (1924-2001) —
also known as William G. Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Edward Joseph Derwinski (1926-2012) —
also known as Edward J. Derwinski —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
15, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 24th District, 1957-59; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1959-83; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;
U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Kiwanis;
Polish
National Alliance.
Died January
15, 2012 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence DiPrima (b. 1910) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 24,
1910.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-65, 1965-67, 1967-83,
1983-85 (18th District 1963-65, at-large 1965-67, 18th District
1967-83, 16th District 1983-85).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Robert Henry Michel (1923-2017) —
also known as Robert H. Michel —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 2,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Harold
Velde, 1949-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets; Sigma
Nu; Pi
Kappa Delta; Purple
Heart; Jaycees.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2017 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Nimrod —
of Skokie, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1968;
member of Illinois
state senate 4th District, 1973-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Still living as of 1983.
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Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988) —
also known as Melvin Price —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
1, 1905.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Edwin
M. Schaefer, 1933-43; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1945-88 (22nd District 1945-49,
25th District 1949-53, 24th District 1953-73, 23rd District 1973-83,
21st District 1983-88); died in office 1988.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Camp Springs, Prince
George's County, Md., April
22, 1988 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Daniel John Ronan (1914-1969) —
also known as Daniel J. Ronan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 13,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1948-52; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1965-69; died in
office 1969.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
13, 1969 (age 55 years, 31
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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George Leroy Saal (1918-1996) —
also known as George L. Saal —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., December
2, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; Tazewell
County Sheriff, 1950-54, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-58, 1963-64, 1967-68.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Marine
Corps League; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Methodist Medical
Center, Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., July 12,
1996 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Pekin, Ill.
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Robert V. Sabonjian (1916-1992) —
also known as "The Rock" —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., January
4, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; dry cleaning
business; acting postmaster at Waukegan,
Ill., 1952-53; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1957-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1977; bank
director; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1966.
Disciples
of Christ. Armenian
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
19, 1992 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazurus Sabonjian and Zaruhey (Mooradian) Sabonjian; married, June 7,
1947, to Lorene Terrill; father of Robert
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Darwin Gale Schisler (b. 1933) —
also known as Gale Schisler —
of Illinois.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., March 2,
1933.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1965-67; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1969-80.
Protestant.
Member, National
Education Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets.
Still living as of 1998.
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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) —
also known as Samuel H. Shapiro; Israel
Shapiro —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, chair, 1968;
speaker, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March
16, 1987 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; Republican candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1944 (primary), 1948; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956,
1960
(speaker);
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Tumpach (1912-1968) —
of Downers Grove, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
7, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
owner; chair of
DuPage County Democratic Party, 1958-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-68 (at-large 1965-67, 38th
District 1967-68).
Member, Amvets; Elks; Moose.
Killed in an automobile
accident, 1968
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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