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Bob Allman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Singer; actor;
screenwriter;
film
producer and director; record
label owner; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Republican. Songwriter, actor,
member of the Sonny & Cher singing and comedy
duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing
accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Doc Corbin Dart (b. 1953) —
also known as Doc C. Dart —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1953.
Punk rock musician; candidate in primary for mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1989.
Still living as of 2006.
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Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Democrat. Played saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting
Countdowns, 1960-62; manager for performers
and night
club acts; sociologist;
university
professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Melvin Blake; son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt;
married, March
20, 1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher. |
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George Engel (1875-1953) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
13, 1875.
Republican. Music publisher; furniture
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1912;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1953 (age 77 years, 324
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Aretha Louise Franklin (1942-2018) —
also known as Aretha Franklin; "Queen of
Soul" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
25, 1942.
Democrat. Singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, 1987; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Female.
Died, from pancreatic
neuroendocrine tumor, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
16, 2018 (age 76 years, 144
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Muriel A. Garypie (1898-1980) —
also known as Muriel Anderson —
of Nassau
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born August
29, 1898.
Socialist. Singer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1935, 1936.
Female.
Died in September, 1980
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dewey William Loomis (1892-1986) —
also known as Dewey W. Loomis —
of Wellston, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., August
9, 1892.
Republican. Musician; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1939-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
93 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alma Pedroza (1917-1999) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
22, 1917.
Democrat. Opera singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; travel agency
owner.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from lung
cancer and colon
cancer, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1999 (age 81 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alfonso Pedroza. |
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Jerome H. Remick (b. 1867) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
15, 1867.
Republican. Music publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1916,
1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Remick and Mary (Hosmer) Remick; married, June 26,
1895, to Adelaide McCreery. |
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Paul N. Sienkiewicz (1906-1977) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
1, 1906.
Democrat. Musician; deputy
sheriff; contractor;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1945-46; defeated, 1934 (Wayne County 1st District), 1936 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1946 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1956 (Wayne County 5th District), 1974 (21st
District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1948; candidate for
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 21,
1977 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Sienkiewicz and Victoria Sienkiewicz; married, October
24, 1926, to Eugenia L. Stepnik. |
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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August
4, 1872.
Republican. School
teacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of the
Grange paper,
the Michigan Patron; songwriter; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham
County 2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August
8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married 1947 to Gustof
Weinkauf. |
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memorial |
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1927 |
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Harry Clark White (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry C. White —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 24,
1870.
Democrat. Printer;
organist; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1917-18; defeated, 1912, 1918, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1924.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Leona Scheunemann Witter (1914-2006) —
also known as Leona Scheunemann —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
17, 1914.
Republican. Opera singer; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Female.
Died February
1, 2006 (age 91 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Paul F. Scheunemann and Clara A. (Fortmeyer) Schuenemann;
married 1943 to Lee
Harold Witter. |
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