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Gordon Dobson Briggs (1912-1954) —
of Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, August
24, 1912.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died July 1,
1954 (age 41 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Roland Hacker Cobb (b. 1895) —
of Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 5,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine
state senate, 1949-50.
Quaker.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Cobb and Harriett Hamblen (Hacker)
Cobb. |
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Maynard Gilbert Conners (1918-2001) —
also known as Maynard G. Conners —
of Franklin, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, June 15,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; contractor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1970; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1980.
Protestant.
Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
17, 2001 (age 83 years, 94
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bayview
Cemetery, Franklin, Maine.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) —
also known as Edward J. Gurney —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
12, 1914.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th
District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972
(speaker).
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., May 14,
1996 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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Edward Carleton Moran Jr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Edward C. Moran, Jr.; Carl
Moran —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, December
29, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,
1924,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1928, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1933-37; member, U.S.
Maritime Commission, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 12,
1967 (age 72 years, 195
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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David A. Nichols (1917-1997) —
of Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine, August
6, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1952;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1955-57; Maine
Republican state chair, 1960-64; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1977-88.
Member, Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died June 21,
1997 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Nichols and Flora E. (Pillsbury)
Nichols. |
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John Hathaway Reed (b. 1921) —
also known as John H. Reed —
of Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine, January
5, 1921.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1955-57; member of Maine
state senate, 1957-59; Governor of
Maine, 1959-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1976-77, 1982-85; Maldive Islands, 1976-77, 1982-85.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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