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James L. Adams (1921-2014) —
also known as Jim Adams —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
2, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; electrician;
treasurer
and president,
IBEW Local 292; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-74 (District 31 1955-62,
District 42 1963-72, District 60-A 1973-74).
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
6, 2014 (age 92 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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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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Charles L. Halsted (1894-1968) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak., September
23, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1937-46, 1953-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions;
Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Crow Wing
County, Minn., February
19, 1968 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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P. J. Holand —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1955-66.
Member, Moose; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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C. A. Johnson (1893-1977) —
also known as Gus Johnson; "Little
Gus" —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; Blue
Earth County Attorney, 1930-38; candidate for Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1946, 1950; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-72 (District 11 1963-66,
District 11-A 1967-72).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Eagles.
Died May 3,
1977 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
20, 1912.
Mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Norway; Moose.
Died, in Arrowhead Health
Care Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
22, 2000 (age 87 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) —
also known as Marvin L. Kline —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Brunswick, Antelope
County, Neb., August
9, 1903.
Republican. Architectural
engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45; convicted
in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting
his salary as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting
fundraising proceeds; sentenced
to 10 years in prison;
released after three years.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose; Optimist
Club.
Died in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., April 9,
1974 (age 70 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb.
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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 D. Mahoney (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
16, 1921.
Democrat. Salesman;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-72 (Wayne County 3rd
District 1955-64, 6th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Moose.
Blind
from the age of 16.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Jennie
Kubinger. |
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August Carl Polster (1885-1942) —
also known as August Polster —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., September
24, 1885.
Railway
freight clerk; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
1, 1942 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Polster and Anna (Rubritins) Polster. |
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
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Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Wash.
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