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Roy W. Adney (b. 1879) —
of Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind.
Born in Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind., October
29, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Boone
County Attorney, 1909-20; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1926.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. S. Adney and Eva (Brown) Adney; married, June 19,
1907, to Verna Richey. |
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Charles Duncan Baker (1901-1972) —
also known as Charles D. Baker; C. D.
Baker —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
26, 1901.
Democrat. Civil and mining engineer;
member of Nevada
Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-48; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Nevada
state senate, 1947-50; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1951-59; defeated, 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1972
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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John William Boehne Jr. (1895-1973) —
also known as John W. Boehne, Jr. —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., March 2,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-43 (1st District 1931-33, 8th
District 1933-43); defeated, 1928 (1st District), 1942 (8th District).
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Irvington, Baltimore
County, Md., July 5,
1973 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Otis Ray Bowen (1918-2013) —
also known as Otis R. Bowen —
of Bremen, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., February
26, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1957-58, 1961; defeated, 1958; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1967-72; Governor of
Indiana, 1973-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1985-89.
Lutheran.
Member, American Medical
Association; Kiwanis; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Died May 4,
2013 (age 95 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Gilmer Bray (1903-1979) —
also known as William G. Bray —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.
Born near Mooresville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 17,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Morgan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-31; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1951-75 (7th District 1951-67, 6th
District 1967-75).
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Acacia.
Died in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 4,
1979 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at White
Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind.
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John Robert Britten (1898-1955) —
also known as John R. Britten —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Reading, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
16, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grotto;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Moose;
Junior
Order; Elks;
Kiwanis.
Suffered severe
burns to his feet and toes from overnight application of an
electric pad, leading to a pulmonary
embolism and ultimately death, in Reid Hospital,
Spring Grove, Wayne
County, Ind., February
25, 1955 (age 56 years, 71
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant;
president, Blount Plow
Works; Indiana State Highway Commissioner, 1921-27; candidate for
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1925; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1944;
Indiana
state auditor, 1944-48.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) —
also known as Earl L. Butz —
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., July 3,
1909.
Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.
Member, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Zeta; Kiwanis.
Resigned
in 1976 following a furor
over a racist
joke. In 1981, he pleaded
guilty to income
tax evasion; sentenced
to five years in prison
(served 30 days) and fined
$10,000.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., February
2, 2008 (age 98 years, 214
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind.
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April
14, 1907.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Chi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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Ross W. Castle (b. 1885) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Randolph
County, Ind., September
7, 1885.
Republican. Mayor
of Connersville, Ind., 1939-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Roy Conrad (b. 1902) —
of Monticello, White
County, Ind.
Born in Rossville, Clinton
County, Ind., March 3,
1902.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; member of Indiana
state senate, 1940-44; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (1896-1971) —
also known as Winfield K. Denton —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., October
28, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Vanderburgh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-36; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1949-53, 1955-67 (8th District
1949-53, 1955-63, 1st District 1963-65, 8th District 1965-67);
defeated, 1946, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Kappa Psi; Kiwanis.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., November
2, 1971 (age 75 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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George Agler Eberly (b. 1871) —
also known as George A. Eberly —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., February
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Stanton
County Attorney, 1899-1903, 1905-09; director, Stanton National
Bank;
justice
of Nebraska state supreme court, 1925-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Eberly and Mary (Agler) Eberly; married, August
2, 1899, to Rose E. Psota. |
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Paul Lambert Feltus (1889-1971) —
also known as Paul L. Feltus —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., December
10, 1889.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); acting postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1952-54.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks;
Kiwanis; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died, in Bloomington Hospital,
Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
2, 1971 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Emmett R. Fertig (1888-1956) —
of Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., August
2, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-33; mayor
of Noblesville, Ind., 1939-44, 1950-52.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Died in 1956
(age about
67 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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Clarence U. Gramelspacher (b. 1897) —
of Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind.
Born in Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., May 25,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; treasurer of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1937-44; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Kappa
Delta Pi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Harvey (1901-1991) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born near Mt. Summit, Henry
County, Ind., August
9, 1901.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1942-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1947-59, 1961-67;
defeated, 1958.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
7, 1991 (age 90 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Harrison Hays (1879-1954) —
also known as Will H. Hays —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., November
5, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Sullivan County Republican Party, 1904-08; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1914-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
speaker, 1920;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1918-21; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis; Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Moose; Union
League.
President of Motion
Picture Producers & Distributors of America, 1922-45.
Died in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., March 7,
1954 (age 74 years, 122
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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William V. Hemphill (b. 1897) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Trafalgar, Johnson
County, Ind., July 22,
1897.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; dairy
business; mayor
of Franklin, Ind., 1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Phi
Delta Theta; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh B. Holman (b. 1879) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., July 2,
1879.
Republican. Farmer; road
contractor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-23; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1930-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis; Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Ray Krider (1910-2007) —
also known as A. Ray Krider —
of Haslett, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
10, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster
at East
Lansing, Mich., 1959-73 (acting, 1959-60).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Kiwanis.
Died January
30, 2007 (age 96 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cary Dayton Landis (1873-1938) —
also known as Cary D. Landis —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Kiwanis.
Died May 10,
1938 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ball Hill Cemetery, Cutler, Ind.
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Russell F. Leonard (b. 1892) —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., October
1, 1892.
Republican. Clothing
salesman; mayor
of Logansport, Ind., 1939-44.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Walter Miers (1848-1930) —
also known as Robert W. Miers —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Decatur
County, Ind., January
27, 1848.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; circuit judge in Indiana,
1885, 1890-96, 1914-20; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1886, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1897-1905; defeated,
1904.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis; Elks.
Died in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., February
20, 1930 (age 82 years, 24
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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J. O. Miller (b. 1884) —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.
Born in Blue Mound, Macon
County, Ill., May 24,
1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; mayor of
Peru, Ind., 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Henry Moeller (1910-1999) —
also known as Walter H. Moeller —
of Ohio.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
15, 1910.
Democrat. Lutheran
minister; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1959-63, 1965-67.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died April
13, 1999 (age 89 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; Lions; Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) —
also known as Richard L. Roudebush —
of Indiana.
Born near Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
18, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10th
District 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1970.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Kiwanis.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., January
28, 1995 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bruce Charles Savage (1906-1993) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 30,
1906.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., 1993
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Henry Frederick Schricker (1883-1966) —
also known as Henry F. Schricker —
of Knox, Starke
County, Ind.
Born in North Judson, Starke
County, Ind., August
30, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1912
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1933-36; defeated, 1924; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1937-41; Governor of
Indiana, 1941-45, 1949-53; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1944, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Knox, Starke
County, Ind., December
28, 1966 (age 83 years, 120
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Knox, Ind.
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Homer T. Showalter (b. 1892) —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., November
20, 1892.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor of
Wabash, Ind., 1930-35, 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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Reinhard Mathias Strassweg (1911-1987) —
also known as Jack Strassweg —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., November
30, 1911.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-44.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., March
18, 1987 (age 75 years, 108
days).
Interment at Alexander
Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Arthur Strassweg and Alma Christina (Hallenberger)
Strassweg; married to Lois Mae Baldwin and Thelma Louise
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Ralph Armstead Watkins (1903-1968) —
also known as Ralph Watkins —
of Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairmount, Grant
County, Ind., October
17, 1903.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1950; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1952, 1966 (primary), 1968; treasurer of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1959-63; vice-president, Arizona Television
Company (KetchikanVK), Phoenix; director and board chairman, Memorial
Hospital,
Phoenix.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
25, 1968 (age 65 years, 69
days).
Interment at Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, Buckeye, Ariz.
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Stanton T. Welsh (1897-1944) —
of St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., March
13, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; justice of
the peace; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1939-40;
defeated in primary, 1940, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in 1944
(age about
47 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934 to Jennie
Kazdziol. |
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Clint M. Wilson (b. 1888) —
of Brazil, Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., October
10, 1888.
Democrat. Machinist;
garage
business; mayor of
Brazil, Ind., 1943-44.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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