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Berta E. Baker (1876-1964) —
also known as Berta E. Colcord —
of Glenburn, Renville
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born near Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill., November
26, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; North
Dakota state treasurer, 1929-32; North
Dakota state auditor, 1933-56.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Zonta;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., May, 1964
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot, N.Dak.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Henry Colcord and Fiana (Linerod) Colcord;
married to Bert
F. Baker. |
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Charles W. Baker (1876-1963) —
also known as "Hand Shaking Charlie" —
of Monroe Center, Ogle
County, Ill.; Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill.; Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Monroe Center, Ogle
County, Ill., July 10,
1876.
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 10th District, 1917-25, 1927-29;
member of Illinois
state senate 10th District, 1929-57.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Modern
Woodmen; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Grotto.
Died, in St. Anthony Hospital,
Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
26, 1963 (age 86 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Ole E. Benson (1866-1952) —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Norway,
January
23, 1866.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 39th District, 1913-19, 1923-25,
1929-39; member of Illinois
state senate 39th District, 1939-51.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., March 2,
1952 (age 86 years, 39
days).
Interment at Ottawa
Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Bjornson Runestad Benson and Bertha Benson; married 1890 to Louise
Benson; married 1912 to Lena
Hovda. |
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memorial |
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John David Biggs (b. 1888) —
also known as John D. Biggs —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.
Born in Tamalco, Bond
County, Ill., February
23, 1888.
Republican. Bond
County State's Attorney, 1912-16; county judge in Illinois,
1922-41; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry C. Boeke (b. 1883) —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Stephenson
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 12th District, 1933-37.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred E. Busbey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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George Champion (1840-1928) —
of Normal, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bristol, England,
February
24, 1840.
Mayor
of Normal, Ill., 1892-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., July 2,
1928 (age 88 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of George Champion (1804-1843) and Eleanor (Ellis) Champion; married
to Hattie Baker and Hannah McKnight. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Bloomington and Normal
Spring Souvenir (1905) |
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1920;
secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne; married to Elizabeth
Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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Knute Hill (1876-1963) —
also known as "Little Giant" —
of Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.
Born near Creston, Ogle
County, Ill., July 31,
1876.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District),
1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District).
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., December
3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125
days).
Interment at Yakima
Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) —
also known as Payne Ratner —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., October
3, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette
County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas
state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of
Kansas, 1939-43.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., December
27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita
Park Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Lillian E. Schlagenhauf (b. 1899) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., December
19, 1899.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women; Kappa
Beta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in New Windsor, Mercer
County, Ill., May 1,
1869.
Newspaper
editor; abstractor.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, during gall
bladder surgery, in a hospital
at Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., February
16, 1926 (age 56 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Esther Warner (1891-1980) —
also known as Esther P. Anderson; Mrs. Charles J.
Warner —
of Waverly, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Virginia, Cass
County, Ill., January
12, 1891.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Female.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star; Grange.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, while in an ambulance
en route to a hospital, in Lancaster
County, Neb., April
18, 1980 (age 89 years, 97
days).
Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Lancaster County, Neb.
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