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Yellowstone County
Montana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Yellowstone County

Index to Locations Billings Calvary Cemetery Billings Mountview Cemetery Calvary Cemetery Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana Politicians buried here:   Donald Ray Foster (1937-2000) — of Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont. Born in Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, April 18, 1937. Democrat. Delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana state senate, 1974-76. Catholic. Member, Alpha Sigma Phi; Rotary. Died, of hemochromatosis, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., January 22, 2000 (age 62 years, 279 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Mountview Cemetery Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana Politicians buried here:   Orpheus Fletcher Goddard (1853-1943) — also known as O. F. Goddard — of Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born near Troy, Davis County, Iowa, January 20, 1853. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana state senate 12th District, 1891-94; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1896, 1916, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from Montana at-large, 1896; district judge in Montana 13th District, 1924-36; appointed 1924; chief justice of Montana state supreme court, 1938; appointed 1938; retired 1938. Died in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., September 25, 1943 (age 90 years, 248 days). Interment at Mountview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Tilton Goddard and Elizabeth (Tannehill) Goddard; married, January 20, 1881, to Alwilda Stephenson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Tom Stout (1879-1965) — of Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont. Born in New London, Ralls County, Mo., May 20, 1879. Democrat. Member of Montana state senate, 1911-13; U.S. Representative from Montana at-large, 1913-17; defeated, 1930; Montana Democratic state chair, 1925; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1943-49. Died in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., December 26, 1965 (age 86 years, 220 days). Interment at Mountview Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Willard Edward Fraser (1907-1972) — also known as Willard E. Fraser — of Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born in Gardner, Johnson County, Kan., January 26, 1907. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1936; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1960; mayor of Billings, Mont., 1963-69, 1971-72; died in office 1972. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from a heart attack, in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., September 21, 1972 (age 65 years, 239 days). Interment at Mountview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Brown Fraser and Sadie Irene (Gay) Fraser; married, June 3, 1933, to Marjorie Robin Frost.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert N. Jones (1884-1957) — of Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born in Johnson County, Iowa, November 15, 1884. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1928 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died March 12, 1957 (age 72 years, 117 days). Interment at Mountview Cemetery.

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