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Lou Breese (1900-1969) —
also known as Luigi G. Calabrese —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., February
10, 1900.
Musician and bandleader; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Italian
ancestry.
While conducting his band for an audience of 1,500 at a jewelers
convention, he suffered a fatal heart
attack, in the Conrad Hilton Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
11, 1969 (age 68 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Edmund Brown (1874-1958) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; East Greenbush, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Derby, England,
December
9, 1874.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; singer; music educator;
director of community singing; performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;
dean, Ithaca Institute of Public School Music (later, Ithaca College
Music Department), 1924-36.
Christian
Scientist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
7, 1958 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Brown and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown; married, June 15,
1898, to Martha Elizabeth Taylor. |
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Alfred Lorenzo Colby (1892-1972) —
also known as Alfred L. Colby —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; East Rochester, Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.; Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in East Rochester, Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., October
29, 1892.
Democrat. Musician; candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Rochester 1st Ward,
1938.
Died in 1972
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph G. Colby and Carrie J. (Goodwin) Colby. |
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Eugene Thomas Conley (1908-1981) —
also known as Eugene Conley —
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., March
12, 1908.
Republican. Opera singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Died, from cancer,
in Westgate Hospital,
Denton, Denton
County, Tex., December
18, 1981 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, Tex.
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Nancy C. Cosgrove (1922-2017) —
also known as Nancy Carr —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, March
24, 1922.
Republican. Singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Female.
Died in Massachusetts, July 22,
2017 (age 95 years, 120
days).
Interment at Massachusetts
National Veterans Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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August H. Goetting (1856-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1880;
music publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1904;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1913.
Died, from heart
dilation, in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
3, 1920 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Kane (c.1914-2007) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., about 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; inventor;
songwriter; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1952-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1956.
Died, in St. Patrick's Manor nursing
home, Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
24, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kane and Ann (Mulligan) Kane; married to Mary M.
Leddy. |
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College
instructor; concert violinist; legislative
representative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action
director, and later international
representative, United Electrical Workers; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis,
in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Solon Whithed Stevens (b. 1836) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
1, 1836.
Republican. Organist; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Stevens and Harriet (Whithed) Stevens; married, October
12, 1870, to Mary Price Savory. |
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