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George F. Addes (1910-1990) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August
26, 1910.
Democrat. Automobile worker; secretary-treasurer
of the United Automobile Workers union, 1936-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
tavern
owner.
Catholic.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from heart
failure, in Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1990 (age 79 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1911-13; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile manufacturer; director, People's Wayne
County Bank.
Member, American
Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to infection,
and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer;
supervisor of publications and automotive assembly problem
control, Ford Motor Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 6,
1893.
Republican. Purchasing agent, Olds Motor Works; real estate
broker; Lansing city assessor; chair of
Ingham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1948;
Ingham
County Treasurer, 1939; postmaster at Lansing,
Mich., 1953-61 (acting, 1953-54).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
12, 1981 (age 87 years, 190
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Donald E. Bates (1883-1949) —
also known as Don E. Bates —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December, 1883.
Republican. Secretary for an automobile manufacturing company;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1932.
Died in 1949
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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David Bing (b. 1943) —
also known as Dave Bing —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1943.
Played professional
basketball for the Detroit Pistons and other teams, 1966-75;
named to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1990; founder, president, and chairman of Bing Steel
(later, The Bing Group), supplier to automobile manufacturers;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009-13.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Lana L. Boldi (born c.1941) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Kentwood, Kent
County, Mich.
Born about 1941.
Democrat. Automobile worker; international
representative for the United Auto Workers union; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
2000;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; chair of
Kent County Democratic Party, 2001-02.
Female.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2007.
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James L. Boyd, Sr. (b. 1909) —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Princeton, Caldwell
County, Ky., July 5,
1909.
Democrat. Auto worker; school
principal; supermarket
manager; real estate
broker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 17th District,
1957-58; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1966.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Auto Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edna Louise Winston. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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George Everett Boysen (b. 1890) —
also known as George E. Boysen —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa
County, Ohio, March
15, 1890.
Republican. Employed with Buick Motor Company, 24 years;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1932, 1936; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1935-36; candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Boysen and Caroline Boysen; married, June 18,
1913, to Kathryn Wadsworth. |
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Benjamin Paul Burczyk (1901-1978) —
also known as Ben P. Burczyk —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
14, 1901.
Automobile worker; constable; bailiff; candidate in Democratic
primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1944; candidate in Republican primary for Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1948.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 1978 (age 77 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of August Burczyk and Anna (Lewandowski) Burczyk; married, September
30, 1933, to Anna Simowski. |
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Edward Carey (1905-1957) —
also known as Ed Carey —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
2, 1905.
Democrat. Automobile worker; President of
Local 7, and international
representative, United Auto Workers; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1945-46, 1949-57 (Wayne County
1st District 1945-46, 1949-54, Wayne County 3rd District 1955-57);
defeated, 1946; died in office 1957; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1957
(age about
52 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Carey and Margaret Carey; married, March
24, 1939, to Beatrice Arlene Warren. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880-1936) —
also known as Roy D. Chapin —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
23, 1880.
President, Hudson Motor Car Company; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1936 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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.
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LeeRoy Clark (1922-2002) —
of Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; auto worker at Chevrolet
V-8 Engine Plant in Flint; board
member, United Auto Workers Local 659; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 84th District, 1966; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Member, NAACP; Urban
League; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich., November
23, 2002 (age 80 years, 86
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Arbela Township, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George Clark and Mary (Jackson) Clark; married, January
26, 1951, to Eartha Mae 'Billie' Kyles. |
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Paul E. Clark (born c.1923) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1923.
Democrat. Gauge specialist in quality control, at a Ford Motor
Company plant; candidate for supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1961.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Company,
1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor
Car Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star
Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Patrick Connors (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
employed by Ford Motor Company for 16 years; real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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James Couzens (1872-1936) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
August
26, 1872.
Republican. In 1903, along with Henry
Ford and others, organized the Ford Motor Company; Detroit
police commissioner, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1919-22; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1922-36; appointed 1922; defeated, 1936;
died in office 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1932.
English
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1936 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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David Alan Curson (b. 1948) —
also known as David A. Curson —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, November
4, 1948.
Democrat. Automobile worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 2012-13.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Dinger (born c.1871) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
about 1871.
Socialist. Die maker in automobile factory; Socialist Labor
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1922; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) —
also known as John F. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
25, 1864.
Republican. Early automobile manufacturer; made parts for
Oldsmobile and Ford in the early 20th century; co-founder of Dodge
Brothers Motor Car Company in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars
and trucks; the Dodge operation became part of Chrysler Corporation
in 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1920 (age 55 years, 81
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married, September
22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins; married, December
9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith; married, December
10, 1907, to Matilda
Rausch; uncle of Horace
Elgin Dodge Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Dodge-Duke-Cromwell
family of Detroit, Michigan (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Harold Hunter Emmons (1875-1962) —
also known as Harold H. Emmons —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car Company, 1913-17; in
charge of aviation
engine construction for Army and Navy during World War I;
officer, Stout Metal Airplane
Co.; organizer and director, National Air
Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft
Development Corp., Northwest Airways,
Inc.; organizer and general counsel, Stinson Aircraft
Corp.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928;
Detroit Police
Commissioner, 1930; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, in Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 20,
1962 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Michael Ference Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University
professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Edward Gerald Finkbeiner (1942-2013) —
also known as Joe Finkbeiner —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Eagle, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., March
10, 1942.
Democrat. Electrician;
automobile worker; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1973-78.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; United
Auto Workers.
Died February
26, 2013 (age 70 years, 353
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Westphalia, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Clifford Finkbeiner and Monica (Anderson) Finkbeiner; married to
Sherry
Lee Gilcher. |
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor Company, 1903; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut
down the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke,
in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, April
11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of Clarence
William Ford; second cousin once removed of Clyde
McKinlock Ford. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge — William
A. Lucking |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Richard T. Frankensteen (1907-1977) —
also known as Dick Frankensteen —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 6,
1907.
Democrat. Automobile worker; first president,
Automotive Industrial Workers Association; later, international
vice-president, United Auto Workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1940,
1944
(speaker);
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1945, 1949 (primary).
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., April, 1977
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas Andrew Fraser (1916-2008) —
also known as Douglas A. Fraser; Doug
Fraser —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
December
18, 1916.
Democrat. Automobile worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1976;
president,
United Auto Workers, 1977-83.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from emphysema,
in Providence Hospital,
Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., February
23, 2008 (age 91 years, 67
days). His body was
donated to Wayne State University Medical School.
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Robert James Fulmer (b. 1983) —
also known as Jim Fulmer —
of Berkley, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in North Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 24,
1983.
Libertarian. Software
systems engineer
for an automobile manufacturing supplier; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2012; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Christian.
Still living as of 2012.
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Image source:
Jim Fulmer campaign web site |
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Earl C. Gallagher (b. 1899) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon
County, Mich., October
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked for
carmakers Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1937-44; removed 1944; defeated, 1954 (Wayne County 10th District);
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Mary
Thibault. |
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Joseph Gulvezan (1907-1991) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1907.
Progressive. Auto worker; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Retiree director of
Region 1B, United Auto Workers; columnist
in UAW newspaper;
president of the Detroit Metropolitan Council of Senior Citizens.
Died in 1991
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert A. Haggerty —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Democrat. Coal miner;
automobile worker; financial
secretary, Local 946, United Automobile Workers; financial
secretary, Greater Detroit Maintenance and Power House Workers
Council, UAW-CIO; Political Action Committee Coordinator
for Wayne County Council CIO; constable; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1954;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 8th District,
1956, 1960.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Haggerty and Margaret Haggerty; married 1938 to
Katherine Maguire. |
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John Alfred Hannah (1902-1991) —
also known as John A. Hannah —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
9, 1902.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; president
of Michigan State College, 1941-55, and Michigan State University,
1955-69; director, Motor Wheel Corporation, Michigan Bell Telephone
Company, American Bank and
Trust Company, and Manufacturers National Bank of
Detroit; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 14th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Eta Sigma; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in 1991
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilfred Steele Hannah and Mary Ellen (Malone) Hannah; married to
Sarah May Shaw. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Daton Earl Harrow (1903-1983) —
also known as D. Earl Harrow —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March
17, 1903.
Auto worker; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1953; Prohibition candidate for Wayne State
University board of governors, 1959.
Free
Methodist.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January
11, 1983 (age 79 years, 300
days).
Interment at Davison Cemetery, Davison, Mich.
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Raymond W. Hood (1936-2002) —
also known as Ray Hood —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1936.
Democrat. Assembler, Ford Motor Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-82 (14th District 1965-72,
7th District 1973-82); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1968
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1988;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1982.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Died in Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla., March
29, 2002 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Albert R. Horrigan (1909-1972) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Morris Township, Genesee
County, Mich., March
16, 1909.
Democrat. Employee, Buick Motor Car Co.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-70 (Genesee County 1st
District 1953-64, 82nd District 1965-70).
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in 1972
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mildred Jeffrey (1910-2004) —
also known as Millie Jeffrey; Mildred
McWilliams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Alton, Sioux
County, Iowa, December
29, 1910.
Democrat. Organizer
for the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers in the 1930s; director,
Women's Bureau, and later the community relations and consumer
affairs departments, United Automobile Workers; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1976,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1957-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1961-69; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
12th District, 1961; member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1974.
Female.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2000.
Died, in a nursing
home at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 2004 (age 93 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to Homer
Newman Jeffrey. |
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Otis Wells Johnson (b. 1855) —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Saugatuck, Allegan
County, Mich., March
12, 1855.
Republican. Lumber
business; farm wagon manufacturer; member of Wisconsin
state senate 3rd District, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Carlos J. Jolly (1888-1951) —
of South Range, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Atlantic Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., July 8,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 3rd District,
1923-24; attorney for General Motors, 1937-41.
English
ancestry.
Died, in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
16, 1951 (age 63 years, 100
days).
Interment somewhere in Houghton, Mich.
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Odessa J. Komer (1925-2004) —
also known as Odessa Komer —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Sterling Heights, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born July 29,
1925.
Democrat. Auto worker; vice-president,
United Auto Workers, 1974-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Female.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; National
Organization for Women.
Inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame in 1995.
Died July 15,
2004 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William V. Kozerski (1921-2003) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; traffic rate
analyst for Chrysler Corporation; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-79.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from respiratory
and heart
disease, in Sinai-Grace Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
24, 2003 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Barrett Leary (b. 1931) —
also known as Thomas B. Leary —
of Michigan.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., July 15,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for General Motors, 1971-82; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1999-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Leary and Margaret (Barrett) Leary; married, December
18, 1954, to Stephanie Lynn Abbott. |
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Anton D. Leonatti (1914-1995) —
of Michigan; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., July 17,
1914.
Democrat. Employed for many years at Ford Motor Company;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1938.
Died December
31, 1995 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Interment at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
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Andy Linko —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio; Brownstown Township, Wayne
County, Mich.
Journeyman electrician
for Ford Motor Company; supervisor
of Brownstown Township, Michigan, 2013.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Socialist. Seaman;
automobile worker; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to Sarah
Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,
1958 |
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William Alfred Lucking (1882-1960) —
also known as William A. Lucking —
of Wayne
County, Mich.; Barton Hills, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; in
the 1910s and 1920s, he was legal counsel for Henry
Ford and Ford Motor Co.; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923; president of a Great Lakes
steamship
line.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
22, 1960 (age 78 years, 64
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert Strange McNamara (1916-2009) —
also known as Robert S. McNamara —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, Ford
Motor Company, 1960-61; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1961-68; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1968; president, World Bank,
1968-81; on September 29, 1972, an attacker tried to throw him
overboard from a ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died July 6,
2009 (age 93 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) —
also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 2,
1875.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in
Republican primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924,
1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Vice-president of General Motors. Philanthropist; founder of
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
18, 1973 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Ernest George Nagel (1893-1955) —
also known as Ernest G. Nagel; "Ernie
Hooker" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
March
3, 1893.
Democrat. Boxer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; automotive
engineer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,
1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died July 26,
1955 (age 62 years, 145
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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William J. Nagel (b. 1873) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
13, 1873.
Democrat. Automobile parts manufacturer; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1913-22; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1927.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Nagel and Theresa (Schulte) Nagel; married, February
23, 1903, to Emma E. Martz. |
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Edmond Thomas Neeme (1916-1998) —
also known as Edmond T. Neeme —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; candidate for mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1955.
Syrian
ancestry.
Founder and CEO of E. T. Neeme Sales Co., manufacturer's
representative in the automobile industry.
Died, in Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., December
18, 1998 (age 82 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Neeme and Alice Neeme; married to Lois
Horn. |
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Stanley C. Novak (1918-1965) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
28, 1918.
Democrat. Worked for several automobile manufacturing
companies; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1949-54; defeated in primary, 1956; candidate for Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1955; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in 1965
(age about
47 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1942 to
Rosemary Szott. |
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Carl W. O'Brien (b. 1930) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., April 1,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
automobile worker; staff writer for radio
station WQRS-FM; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
2nd District, 1961; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1966, 1970;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 61st District, 1972.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 1972.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor Vehicle Company,
maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile; founder in
1905 of the REO Motor Car Company (later, the Olds company
became the Oldsmobile division of General Motors, and Reo
became part of truck manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of
several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William A. Paterson (1838-1921) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Fergus, Ontario,
October
3, 1838.
Founder and owner of W. A. Paterson Company, carriage
manufacturers; creator of the Paterson automobile,
produced from 1908 to 1923; one of the original stockholders of the
Buick Motor Company; helped organize the Union Trust Savings
Bank;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1890-91.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., September
8, 1921 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Matthew C. Patterson —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
President, Dodge Division, and vice-president, Chrysler Corporation,
automobile makers; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1964-78; appointed 1964.
Still living as of 1978.
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John Joseph Penczak (1911-1978) —
also known as John J. Penczak —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 13,
1911.
Democrat. Automobile worker; representative
for the United Auto Workers; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-64 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 8th District 1955-64); defeated in
primary, 1964 (25th District), 1965 (24th District), 1966 (25th
District), 1967 (19th District), 1968 (21st District), 1970 (21st
District); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1957.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
19, 1978 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hickman Price Jr. —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Vice-president, Kaiser-Frazer (automobile makers);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Price (b. 1843) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary, Ireland,
May
27, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; grocery and
produce business; owner, organizer, or manager of lumber, hardware,
and dry
goods firms; president, Lansing Brewing
Company; president, Auto Body Works; police
chief; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Price and Ann (Egan) Price; married 1867 to Mary
Ann Ryan; married 1888 to Julia
Bradford. |
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James H. Ramey (1931-2018) —
also known as Jim Ramey —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lynch, Harlan
County, Ky., March
15, 1931.
Democrat. Automobile worker; financial
secretary for UAW Local 652; international
representative for the UAW; assistant
regional director of UAW Region 1C; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1976,
1996;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1969, 1973; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died April 8,
2018 (age 87 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nick J. Rohan (born c.1908) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born about 1908.
Gasoline
station manager; employed in plant security for Ford Motor
Co.; mayor of
Monroe, Mich., 1940; defeated, 1940, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Campaign slogan
(1945): "Experienced - Alert - Progressive." |
| | | Image source: Campaign ad, Monroe
Evening News, December 1, 1945 |
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George Wilcken Romney (1907-1995) —
also known as George W. Romney —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Colonia Dublán (now part of Nuevo Casas Grandes), Chihuahua,
of American parents, July 8,
1907.
Republican. Board chairman and president, American Motors,
1954-62; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 12th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1963-69; resigned 1969; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969-73; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1979-84; appointed 1979.
Mormon.
English
and German
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., July 26,
1995 (age 88 years, 18
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.
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Carl J. Scheffler (born c.1911) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., about 1911.
Insurance
business; director of industrial relations, Parts and Equipment
Division, Ford Motor Company; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1953-54.
Member, Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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James Settles Jr. (born c.1951) —
also known as James Settles; Jimmy Settles —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1951.
Democrat. Automobile worker; regional
director, United Automobile Workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) —
also known as Otis M. Smith —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
20, 1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;
defeated, 1966; first
Black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; vice-president and general counsel of
General Motors.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 29,
1994 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roy Smith (b. 1924) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., February
12, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
analyst for Ford Motor Company; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1959-66; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1967-72, 1975-82;
defeated, 1962 (Washtenaw County 2nd District), 1972 (22nd District);
Saline city administrator, 1973-74; candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1982.
Baptist
or Church
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to
Shirley Sanford. |
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Joseph J. Swope (born c.1897) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1897.
Democrat. Patternmaker;
worked for Kaiser-Frazer; candidate for supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1949, 1953.
Burial location unknown.
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James Tierney (1905-1981) —
of Garden City, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
24, 1905.
Democrat. Employee, Ford Motor Company; mayor
of Garden City, Mich., 1956-60; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 36th District, 1965-72.
Baptist.
Member, Optimist
Club.
On July 25, 1957, following a Planning Commission meeting, he was shot six
times by building contractor Lester Ellerhorst, who was angered
by city officials' criticism of his work on the Garden City police
station.
Died in 1981
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger B. Townsend (1912-1987) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland
County, Ark., March
29, 1912.
Democrat. Bridge crane operator for Buick Motor Car Company;
recording
secretary of United Auto Workers Local 599; real estate
broker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1953-64; defeated in primary, 1964 (82nd District), 1966 (80th
District), 1968 (80th District), 1970 (80th District), 1972 (80th
District).
African
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Elks; Urban
League; NAACP; Freemasons.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January
18, 1987 (age 74 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward John Walsh (1904-1975) —
also known as Edward J. Walsh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1904.
Democrat. Automobile worker; constable; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-44; removed 1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 6, 1944 (along with four other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried in
1945, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
and convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Died in 1975
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis D. Williams (1916-1960) —
also known as Frank D. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
24, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; welder;
machine designer and repairman, Ford Motor Company; business
representative for AFSCME Local 595; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-60 (Wayne County 1st
District 1953-54, Wayne County 2nd District 1955-60); defeated in
primary, 1950; died in office 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; AFSCME;
Amvets.
Died in 1960
(age about
43 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Mary
Louise Beard. |
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer;
president, General Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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Leonard E. Wood (b. 1917) —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Engineering
illustrator
for General Motors, later for the Wayne County Road
Commission; member of Michigan
state house of representatives; elected 1952, 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Freel Woodcock (1911-2001) —
also known as Leonard Woodcock —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
15, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; president,
United Auto Workers, 1970-77; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1979-81.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pulmonary
complications, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
16, 2001 (age 89 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Yeager —
of Melvindale, Wayne
County, Mich.
Automobile worker; official of
United Auto Workers Local 600; candidate for mayor
of Melvindale, Mich., 1946.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Churchill Zeder (1900-1975) —
also known as James C. Zeder —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Charlevoix
County, Mich., April
17, 1900.
Republican. Vice-president for engineering,
Chrysler Corporation automobile manufacturers; candidate for
University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961.
Died in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., May 25,
1975 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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