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Eugene P. Dukes (b. 1904) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
3, 1904.
Florist;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1941-43.
Polish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rose Wanderski-Dukes. |
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John George Fary (1911-1984) —
also known as John G. Fary —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1975-83.
Polish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Lions;
Polish
National Alliance.
Died June 7,
1984 (age 73 years, 57
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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Thomas Sylvy Gordon (1893-1959) —
also known as Thomas S. Gordon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
17, 1893.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1936;
Chicago City Treasurer, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1943-59.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Polish
Roman Catholic Union; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
22, 1959 (age 65 years, 36
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Frank Leonard Kaminski (1897-1955) —
also known as Frank L. Kaminski —
of Calumet City, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Melrose Park, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; justice of the
peace; mayor
of Calumet City, Ill., 1945-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Lions; Polish
National Alliance.
Died November
23, 1955 (age 58 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Kaminski and Emilia (Ostrowski) Kaminski; married to
Cecilia Walczak. |
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memorial |
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Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) —
also known as Larry Kestenbaum —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1998; Washtenaw
County Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02; Washtenaw
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.
Jewish.
Hungarian,
German,
Polish, and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Civil
Liberties Union; Grange;
Sierra
Club; NAACP.
Creator of The Political Graveyard web site.
Still living as of 2022.
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Peter Paul Kezon (1906-1977) —
also known as Peter P. Kezon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Scarbro, Fayette
County, W.Va., February
19, 1906.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance; Polish
Roman Catholic Union; Polish
Legion of American Veterans.
Died May 24,
1977 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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Peter P. Kielminski (b. 1885) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 7,
1885.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 15th District; elected 1930, 1934, 1938.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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John Carl Kluczynski (1896-1975) —
also known as John C. Kluczynski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; restaurant
owner; caterer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-48; member of
Illinois
state senate 4th District, 1949; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1951-75; died in
office 1975.
Polish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
National Alliance; Polish
Roman Catholic Union; Elks.
Died January
26, 1975 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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Walter S. Kozubowski (b. 1939) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
13, 1939.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1973.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Still living as of 1973.
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John C. Kuklinski (b. 1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1897.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1941.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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William Walter Link (1884-1950) —
also known as William W. Link —
of Illinois.
Born in Swiec, Poland,
February
12, 1884.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Polish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1950 (age 66 years, 223
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Stanley J. Mondala (b. 1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born January
27, 1913.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; member of Illinois
state senate 27th District, 1941.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter E. Pacanowski (1894-1977) —
also known as Wladyslaw Pacanowski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 28,
1894.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947; candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1964.
Polish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
21, 1977 (age 83 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Peska (1885-1962) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1962
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Roman Conrad Pucinski (1919-2002) —
also known as Roman C. Pucinski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1956; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1972; Alderman, Chicago, Ill., 1973-91;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1977.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 2002 (age 83 years, 135
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Ill.
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Daniel David Rostenkowski (1928-2010) —
also known as Dan Rostenkowski; "Rosty";
"Chicago Powerhouse" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
2, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-59; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1959-95 (8th District 1959-93, 5th
District 1993-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1984
(delegation chair), 1988,
1992.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Indicted
in 1994 on 17 felony charges;
pleaded
guilty in April 1996 to two counts of misuse of public funds; sentenced
to seventeen months in federal prison;
released in 1997.
Died in Powers Lake, Kenosha
County, Wis., August
11, 2010 (age 82 years, 221
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Joseph Peter Rostenkowski (1892-1970) —
also known as Joe P. Rostenkowski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
15, 1892.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1948.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Polish
Roman Catholic Union; Polish
National Alliance; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died February
8, 1970 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at St.
Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill.
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Antonio Ladislao Rozwadowski (1850-1906) —
also known as Antonio L. Rozwadowski; "Count
Rozwadowski" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
January, 1850.
Consul
for Italy in Chicago,
Ill., 1894-1906.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
10, 1906 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Epitaph: "Lavoro
dodici annu per il progresso e la prosperita della Colonia Italiana e
gli Italiani rignonoscenti eressero." |
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memorial |
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John F. Zelezinski (1890-1957) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 10,
1890.
Democrat. Catholic
priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944.
Catholic.
Polish ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
26, 1957 (age 67 years, 78
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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