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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Republican. Glue manufacturing business; dairy farmer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1949-58; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Bertha D. Baur (1870-1967) —
also known as Bertha E. Duppler; Mrs. Jacob
Baur —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., October
14, 1870.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1936; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1937-43.
Female.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 10,
1967 (age 96 years, 269
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Laurence Powers Bonfoey (1884-1948) —
also known as Laurence P. Bonfoey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., June 29,
1884.
Democrat. Insurance
business; vice-president, Monroe Drug
Company; president, Monroe Color and Chemical Company;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman,
Illinois Aeronautics
Commission, 1933-37.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 12,
1948 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Beverly Holcumb Bonfoey and Anna May (Webb) Bonfoey; married, June 17,
1908, to Octavia Rebecca Monroe. |
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Albert Sprague Coolidge (1894-1977) —
also known as Albert S. Coolidge —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
23, 1894.
Socialist. Chemist; candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1934, 1936.
Member, American
Chemical Society.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
31, 1977 (age 83 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernhard Gettelman (b. 1889) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1889.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; president and treasurer, National Soap and
Products Company; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1917-18; member of Wisconsin
state senate 5th District, 1923-34, 1939-54; resigned 1954;
defeated, 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1932,
1936
(delegation chair), 1940,
1944,
1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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William Edgar Hull (1866-1942) —
also known as William E. Hull —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill., January
13, 1866.
Republican. Postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1898-1906; chemical company executive; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1923-33.
Died, in a hospital
at Toronto, Ontario,
May
30, 1942 (age 76 years, 137
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Ill.
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Dave Kaptain (born c.1948) —
of Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born about 1948.
Chemist; mayor of
Elgin, Ill., 2011-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2012.
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William Stowell Leavenworth (1862-1943) —
also known as William S. Leavenworth —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., July 28,
1862.
Progressive. Chemist; college
professor; candidate for Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1914; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1915.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 30,
1943 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Evelina (Griggs) Leavenworth and Abel Edgar Leavenworth;
married, December
15, 1892, to Sophia Holt Shepard. |
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Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) —
also known as Edwin M. Schaefer —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Democrat. Chemical engineer,
and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat packers;
St.
Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director,
Griesediech-Western Brewery
Co.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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William A. Simonton (1871-1951) —
also known as "Cap" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
28, 1871.
Republican. Executive at Du Pont chemical company; director of
Delaware Maryland Virginia Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
9, 1951 (age 80 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
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