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Politicians in Automobile Services and Supplies in Missouri

  Loranza Dow Bone (1886-1952) — also known as L. D. Bone — of Pineville, McDonald County, Mo. Born near Garfield, Benton County, Ark., December 5, 1886. Republican. School teacher; automobile mechanic; electrical inspector; deputy sheriff; real estate business; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from McDonald County, 1945-48. Died February 17, 1952 (age 65 years, 74 days). Interment at Pineville Cemetery, Pineville, Mo.
  Relatives: Married 1907 to Betty Hileman; married 1937 to Lena Sullivan; father of Charles A. Bone.
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  Luna Ermal Butler (1904-1970) — also known as Luna E. Butler — of Albany, Gentry County, Mo. Born in Gentry County, Mo., December 13, 1904. Democrat. Grocer; gasoline station business; farmer; Gentry County Collector and Treasurer, 1937-44; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Gentry County, 1945-52, 1955-60, 1963-66. Baptist. Member, Lions; Odd Fellows. Died, in the University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, Boone County, Mo., June 9, 1970 (age 65 years, 178 days). Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Albany, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of George David Butler and Martha Matilda (Hunter) Butler; married, April 28, 1929, to Margaret Pauline Whittington.
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  Henry J. Drury (1886-1947) — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Bloomsdale, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., May 1, 1886. Republican. Farmer; automobile and tire repair business; taxicab service; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ste. Genevieve County, 1945-46. Died, from a heart ailment, in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., March 2, 1947 (age 60 years, 305 days). Interment at Valle Spring Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Cyrus Drury and Caroline (Herman) Drury; married, April 20, 1909, to Philomina K. Ehler.
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  Joseph Ihm (1899-1951) — also known as Joe Ihm — of Lamar, Barton County, Mo. Born in Sinsinawa, Grant County, Wis., September 3, 1899. Republican. Farmer; service station operator; Barton County Treasurer, 1949-50; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Barton County, 1951; died in office 1951. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society. Died, in an automobile accident, at Humansville, Polk County, Mo., March 13, 1951 (age 51 years, 191 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lamar Heights, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Frank Ihm and Mary Helena (Weber) Ihm; married, July 4, 1921, to Doris Browne; married, August 1, 1950, to Agnes Weller.
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D. M. Keenan D. M. Keenan (b. 1878) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Mt. Leonard, Saline County, Mo., April 16, 1878. Democrat. Tire dealer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District, 1915-20; defeated, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 2, 1915, to Rozelle Nash.
  Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917
  Robert Warren Merrell (1887-1932) — also known as Robert W. Merrell — of Gilbert, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in La Belle, Lewis County, Mo., May 23, 1887. Automobile mechanic; mayor of Gilbert, Ariz., 1921-23. Member, American Legion. Died in Gilbert, Maricopa County, Ariz., April 24, 1932 (age 44 years, 337 days). Interment at Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton Merrell and Eliza Isabel (McKinzey) Merrell; married, August 22, 1917, to Gladys Josephine Freeman.
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  Charles Hardin Pulis (1889-1963) — also known as Charles H. Pulis — of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo. Born in Thompson, Audrain County, Mo., November 12, 1889. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postal worker; tire business; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Audrain County, 1949-60. Baptist. Member, Lions; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., July, 1963 (age 73 years, 0 days). Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park, Mexico, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John David Pulis and Lucy Katherine (Wisdom) Pulis; married, November 24, 1927, to Nancy A. Robinson.
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  Francis E. Rhodes (1926-2004) — also known as Gene Rhodes — of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in 1926. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; gasoline station business; mayor of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1986-94. Died in 2004 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Edgar Anthony Riedinger (1896-1970) — also known as Edgar Riedinger — of St. Louis, Mo.; Sylmar, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Missouri, June 23, 1896. Republican. Garage owner; sales manager, motor truck company; member of Missouri state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District, 1925-26. German ancestry. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., November 8, 1970 (age 74 years, 138 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Reidinger and Mary (Anthis) Reidinger; married to Martha Lenora Walkenhorst.
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  Walter J. Treppler (1923-2019) — of Concord, St. Louis County, Mo. Born July 4, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; automobile mechanic; furniture merchant; real estate developer; candidate for Missouri state house of representatives from St. Louis County 14th District, 1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1976. United Church of Christ. Died March 21, 2019 (age 95 years, 260 days). Interment at St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Mehlville, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, August 18, 1950, to Irene E. Hagemann.
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