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Politicians in Fruit, Produce, and Juices in Illinois

Grover Cleveland Helm (1884-1955) — also known as Grover C. Helm — of Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Born in Streator, La Salle County, Ill., November 2, 1884. Republican. Merchant; banker; mayor of Mackinaw, Ill., 1912.; wholesale produce business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952. Christian. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bankers Association; Union League. Died in 1955 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Grover Cleveland   Relatives: Son of Alexander Helm and Marguerite (Rankin) Helm; married to Anna Puterbaugh.   Floyd J. Mattheeussen (1930-2005) — of Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 29, 1930. Democrat. School teacher and principal; fruit farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives 44th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1966. United Church of Christ. Member, American Federation of Teachers; NAACP. Died August 26, 2005 (age 75 years, 150 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Barbara Marie Schindler.   John S. Mowat Jr. (b. 1927) — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 12, 1927. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; fruit farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives 40th District, 1971-78; member of Michigan state senate 19th District, 1979-82; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1981. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau. Still living as of 1982. Charles Corning Turner (1854-1903) — also known as Carlos C. Turner — of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 6, 1854. Wholesale produce broker; Consul for Uruguay in Chicago, Ill., 1892-1903. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook County, Ill., July 29, 1903 (age 48 years, 235 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.   Relatives: Married, October 3, 1893, to Laura Elizabeth Bradford.   Image source: Chicago Tribune, January 12, 1896   Paul Black Wallace (b. 1879) — also known as Paul B. Wallace — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 28, 1879. Republican. President, Valley Motor Co.; president, Salem Sand and Gravel Co.; manager, R. S. Wallace Orchard Co.; president, Producers Cannery; director, Salem Federal Savings & Loan Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Newcomen Society; American Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of R. S. Wallace and Nancy Lee (Black) Wallace; married, August 15, 1923, to Helena Willett.   Charles O. Zollar (1914-1988) — of Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Mich.; Benton Township, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 6, 1914. Republican. Fruit farmer; real estate business; member of Michigan state senate 22nd District, 1965-78; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1972; supervisor of Benton Township, Michigan, 1981. Lutheran. Member, Elks; Rotary; American Legion; Moose; Fraternal Order of Police; Farm Bureau. Died in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Mich., February 24, 1988 (age 74 years, 49 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mich.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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