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Frank Adelbert Balcer Jr. (1889-1965) —
also known as Frank A. Balcer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
9, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1940, 1946, 1950;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 8th District,
1962.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Disabled American Veterans;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
National Alliance.
Died November
26, 1965 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at St. Teresas Catholic Cemetery, Harrah, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Balcerkiewicz and Elizabeth Balcerkiewicz; married to Anna
Pascko. |
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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John Bennett (1912-1998) —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.; Northville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piney Fork, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 15,
1912.
Democrat. Accountant;
Redford Township Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 34th District, 1965-92.
Methodist.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; Lions.
Died March
29, 1998 (age 85 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Bivens Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., February
8, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives 37th District, 1968; mayor
of Inkster, Mich., 1970-75, 1991-99; defeated, 1999; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bivens, Sr. and Charlotte (McCreary) Bivens; married 1950 to Irene
Edna Stewart. |
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Jesse Brown (1944-2002) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
27, 1944.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1993-97; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Disabled American Veterans.
His arm was
partially paralyzed as a result of a combat injury in Vietnam,
1965.
Died, from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., August
15, 2002 (age 58 years, 141
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Eugene R. Cater (b. 1923) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
8, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 98th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1968.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1948 to Donna
Mae Fenner. |
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Sanford E. Charron (b. 1917) —
of Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Crawford
County, Mich., May 13,
1917.
Service
station operator; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 102nd District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966 (Democratic), 1968 (Republican primary).
Lutheran.
Member, Lions;
Disabled American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937 to
Loretta V. Sorenson. |
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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Maurice F. Cole (1893-1977) —
of Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 5,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; lawyer;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Exchange
Club; Optimist
Club.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., May 5,
1977 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles F. Cole and Ida (Smith) Cole; married, August
9, 1921, to Sara Nancy Megchelsen. |
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Michael H. Conlin (b. 1943) —
also known as Mike Conlin —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 11,
1943.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1975-78; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, Disabled American Veterans.
Still living as of 1978.
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John Warner Fitzgerald (1924-2006) —
also known as John W. Fitzgerald —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich., November
24, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1959-64; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1965-73; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1974-82; appointed 1974; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1982.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Lions;
Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association.
Died July 7,
2006 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Gillis (b. 1923) —
of Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1965-.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Arbitration Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Gustave J. Groat Sr. (b. 1918) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., November
8, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 48th District, 1967-72; defeated,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Exchange
Club; Fraternal
Order of Police; Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Disabled American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) —
also known as Frank E. Hook; "Fightin'
Frank" —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., May 26,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; miner; lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1924-25; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1935-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942 (12th District), 1946 (12th District), 1954 (12th
District), 1956 (12th District), 1958 (12th District), 1966 (11th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957; president of radio
station WJMS, Ironwood, Mich.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Disabled American Veterans; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In February 1945, he was involved in a fist fight on the floor of the
House of Representatives with John
E. Rankin of Mississippi.
Died in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 21,
1982 (age 89 years, 26
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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James Russell Hughes (1907-1992) —
also known as J. Russell Hughes;
"Rip" —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
22, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Alcona County Republican Party, 1950; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1959; probate judge in Michigan,
1960; Episcopal
priest.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from a closed-head injury resulting from a fall on a
hard surface, November
8, 1992 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Springport
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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Raymond C. Kehres (1915-1998) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., June 2,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 39th District, 1965-80; defeated
in primary, 1962; candidate for Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1975.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Elks;
Disabled American Veterans.
Died February
27, 1998 (age 82 years, 270
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to
Eleanor M. Payment. |
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John T. Kelsey (b. 1921) —
of Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; tool and die
maker; real estate
sales; municipal judge in Michigan, 1958-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Macomb County
1st District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 70th District, 1965-82; defeated
in primary, 1992.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled American Veterans; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Eagles;
Exchange
Club; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1945 to Anne
Ambrowski. |
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John D. Kruse (1893-1971) —
also known as Jack Kruse —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., June 24,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Manistee
County Clerk, 1921-30; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1943-54 (Manistee County 1943-44,
Manistee District 1945-54); defeated in primary, 1954.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Crippled
by an injury in 1919.
Died in 1971
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Garland B. Lane (1919-1995) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., March
28, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1949-74 (13th District 1949-64, 29th District
1965-74); defeated in primary, 1974.
Lutheran.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died January
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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John E. McCauley (1924-1975) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, April
28, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1957-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
18th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1965-75; died in office 1975.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Disabled American Veterans; Eagles;
Purple
Heart.
Died in 1975
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. McCauley and Fern (Gibson) McCauley; married to Jeanette
E. Poet. |
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Ted Mrozowski (b. 1921) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., November
19, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1969-72; defeated in
primary, 1965 (2nd District), 1966 (2nd District), 1972 (19th
District).
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association; Polish
National Alliance; Disabled American Veterans; Polish
Legion of American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren O'Brien (b. 1922) —
of Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., October
24, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 25th District, 1973-74; defeated,
1974 (Republican), 1976 (Republican), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1980
(Republican), 1982 (Republican), 1984 (Republican), 1986 (Republican
primary), 1989 (Republican primary); candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1977.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Grant O'Hara (1925-1989) —
also known as James G. O'Hara —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1959-77 (7th District 1959-65, 12th
District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1960,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer, in the George Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March
13, 1989 (age 63 years, 125
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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Herbert E. Phillipson Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Herb Phillipson —
of Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born, in Lee Memorial Hospital,
Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., December
25, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Cass
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1959-60; chair of
Cass County Republican Party, 1968-76; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1976;
Cass
County Probate Judge, 1982-95.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Elks; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) —
also known as Charles E. Potter —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
30, 1916.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned
1952; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Wounded in World War II, and lost his
legs.
Died in Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1979 (age 63 years, 24
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter F. Remer (1897-1985) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich.; Sage Township, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., July 8,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1935-36, 1939-42; defeated, 1936.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion.
Died in Sage Township, Gladwin
County, Mich., December
2, 1985 (age 88 years, 147
days).
Interment at Ridge
Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
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Howard A. Starret —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1931, 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1932 (Democratic
primary), 1948 (Republican primary); served in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Disabled American Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor R. Steeh (b. 1923) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., May 8,
1923.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 75th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, Amvets;
Disabled American Veterans.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) —
also known as John B. Swainson —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ontario,
July
31, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1959-60; Governor of
Michigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Delta
Theta Phi; Amvets;
Purple
Heart; Lions; Elks.
Lost
both legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, near
Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II. Charged
in 1975 with accepting
a bribe; found not guilty, but convicted
of perjury
over his testimony to the grand jury.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 13,
1994 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich.
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Eugene Ignatius Van Antwerp (1889-1962) —
also known as Eugene I. Van Antwerp —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 26,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1940; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1948-50; defeated, 1949; candidate for Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
5, 1962 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Charles N. Youngblood Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
24, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; deputy
sheriff; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 3rd
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-74 (1st District 1963-64, 2nd District
1965-74); resigned 1974.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled American Veterans; Amvets.
Still living as of 1974.
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