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McLeod County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in McLeod County

Index to Locations Hutchinson Oakland Cemetery Silver Lake Bohemian Cemetery Oakland Cemetery Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Ancher Nelsen (1904-1992) — of Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn. Born in Renville County, Minn., October 11, 1904. Republican. Farmer; member of Minnesota state senate 22nd District, 1935-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1960 (alternate), 1964, 1968; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1953-54; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1956; Minnesota Republican state chair, 1958; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1959-75. Lutheran. Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Farm Bureau. Died in Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn., November 30, 1992 (age 88 years, 50 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nels Peter Nelsen and Elisabeth (Anderson) Nelson; married 1929 to Ilo Irene Zimmerman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Minnesota Legislator record Harlow H. Bonniwell (1860-1935) — also known as "Bonnie" — of Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn. Born in Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wis., May 13, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; livestock raiser; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912; member of Minnesota state senate 22nd District, 1915-35; died in office 1935. Died April 28, 1935 (age 74 years, 350 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917   Carlos Avery (1868-1930) — of Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Minooka, Grundy County, Ill., January 25, 1868. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; naturalist; Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1924. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., October 4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Bohemian Cemetery Silver Lake, McLeod County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) — also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of Pork" — of Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Munich, Cavalier County, N.Dak., June 19, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of North Dakota, 1946; U.S. Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in office 1992. Congregationalist. Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Died, from heart disease, in St. Luke's Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., September 8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81 days). Interment at Bohemian Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Usher Lloyd Burdick and Emma Robertson Burdick; brother of Eileen Burdick (who married Robert Woodrow Levering); married, March 18, 1933, to Marietta Janecky; married 1960 to Jocelyn Birch Peterson.   Political family: Burdick family of Fargo, North Dakota.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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