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Politicians in Advertising and Public Relations in Michigan

Edward Brouwer (1892-1954) — of Holland, Ottawa County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 13, 1892. Republican. Printing and advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ottawa County, 1933-36; defeated in primary, 1940, 1950; candidate for Michigan state senate 23rd District, 1936. Died in 1954 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.   Frederick A. Chapman Jr. (1930-2012) — of Orleans Township, Ionia County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 13, 1930. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; public relations executive; worked for Mercedes-Benz of North America; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1970; university professor; Orleans Township Supervisor; member, Ionia County Road Commission. Catholic. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., July 25, 2012 (age 82 years, 73 days). Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Frederick A. Chapman and Aurelia T. (Denk) Chapman; married to Helen Patricia 'Pat' Caldwell.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert John Conger (1924-2002) — also known as Robert J. Conger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 3, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; advertising business; radio and television pioneer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1962. Lutheran. Died, in the Bon Secour Nursing Center in Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Mich., December 21, 2002 (age 78 years, 48 days). Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Alpheus George Conger and Zeralda (Stockton) Conger; married, June 1, 1945, to Dorothy Caroline Fuhrman; second cousin thrice removed of Anson Griffith Conger and Harmon Sweatland Conger; second cousin four times removed of Hugh Conger; third cousin thrice removed of Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Chauncey Stewart Conger and Frederick Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Augustus Conger.   Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Alexander D. Cuthbertson (b. 1887) — also known as Alex D. Cuthbertson — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born near Flushing, Genesee County, Mich., 1887. Republican. Parole officer; personnel director; advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District, 1929-32; defeated, 1932. Burial location unknown.   Harry Alexander McBride (1887-1961) — also known as Harry A. McBride — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., October 14, 1887. Manager of printing and advertising for a hotel, 1905-08; U.S. Consular Agent in Bilbao, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-11; Zurich, 1911-13; Boma, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1915-16; London, 1916-17; Malaga, 1923-29; U.S. Consul in London, 1917-18; Warsaw, 1919-20; Acting General Receiver of Customs and Financial Advisor for Liberia, 1918-19. Died in 1961 (age about 73 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Alexander McBride and Frances Ellen (Tyler) McBride; married 1915 to Ruth K. Quine; father of Robert Henry McBride.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) — of Lincoln Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 24, 1904. Democrat. Trained as an engineer; gold assayer for Yellow Jacket Mining Co., Nevada; worked for Chrysler Corporation in the 1930s; executive board member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1941-48; advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in primary, 1962. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Maccabees; Knights of Equity. Died in 1967 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Velma Eugen Jones.   Philip Clarkson Pack (1896-1970) — also known as Philip C. Pack — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 26, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1931-34. Member, Freemasons; Grotto; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1970 (age about 74 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Roba (Pulcipher) Pack and Ambrose Clarkson Pack; married to Marion C. Beach.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Paul Frederick Welday (b. 1958) — also known as Paul Welday — of Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Mich.; Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in a hospital at Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 1, 1958. Republican. Public relations consultant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1988, 2000, 2004 (alternate), 2012; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1988, 2008; chief of staff, Omaha Mayor P. J. Morgan, 1989-92; chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, 1993-2002; chair of Oakland County Republican Party, 2002-04. Methodist. Member, Exchange Club. Still living as of 2012.   Relatives: Son of Donald F. Welday, Jr. and Patricia Ann (Vanderberg) Welday; married, March 26, 1982, to Rhonda Colleen Beier; married, August 29, 2009, to Valerie Suzanne Knol; grandson of Donald Frederick Welday, Sr..   Charline White (1920-1959) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., September 1, 1920. Democrat. Florist; advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1951-59 (Wayne County 1st District 1951-54, Wayne County 11th District 1955-59); died in office 1959. Female. African ancestry. Died September 7, 1959 (age 39 years, 6 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Leroy G. White.

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