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Joseph Richard Begich (1930-2019) —
also known as Joseph R. Begich; Joe Begich —
of Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., January
17, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
mining foreman; farmer; mayor
of Eveleth, Minn., 1965-74; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1975-92 (District 6-A 1975-82,
District 6-B 1983-92).
Croatian
ancestry.
Died, in a nursing
home at Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
10, 2019 (age 89 years, 205
days).
Interment at Eveleth Cemetery, Eveleth, Minn.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron
Mines, Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
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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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Alvin E. Richards (b. 1886) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Soudan, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1886.
Republican. Mining superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1947-54;
defeated, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining); U.S. Minister
to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Stanley Washburn (1878-1950) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co., Wilton, N.D., 1926-29;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in 1950
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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