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Arthur T. Broche (1892-1968) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
15, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District.
Member, Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion.
Died October
29, 1968 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Interment at Fort Sheridan Cemetery, Highwood, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustave M. Broche and Katherine (Murphy) Broche; married to
Virginia M. McGrew. |
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Homer M. Carr —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; locomotive
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1933-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1935-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) —
also known as Edward J. Devitt —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 5,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Minnesota, 1935-39; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; probate judge in Minnesota, 1950-54; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1954-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Rho; Blue
Key; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 2,
1992 (age 80 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) —
also known as Orville L. Freeman —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
aide to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1950; Governor of
Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,
1960; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Sons of
Norway; Purple
Heart; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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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Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) —
also known as Melvin J. Maas —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 14,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;
defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4th
District); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
Moose;
Eagles.
Stricken with total blindness
in August 1951.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
13, 1964 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Disabled American Veterans.
Died, of kidney
failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Louis Adrian Murray —
also known as Louis A. Murray; Louie
Murray —
of East Grand Forks, Polk
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; railway
conductor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1951-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 66-B, 1967-70.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Edward Pearsall (1920-1998) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., April
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1966-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Elks.
Died, in Virginia Regional Medical
Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 27,
1998 (age 78 years, 98
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913-1990) —
also known as Karl F. Rolvaag —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., July 18,
1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1946; Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1955-63; Governor of
Minnesota, 1963-67; defeated, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1967.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans.
Died December
20, 1990 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas William Walsh (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas W. Walsh —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
27, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard A. Walsh and Margaret (McManus) Walsh; married to Mildred
Stewart. |
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