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John Hugo Aronson (1891-1978) —
also known as J. Hugo Aronson; "The Galloping
Swede" —
of Montana.
Born in Sweden,
September
1, 1891.
Republican. Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1938; member of Montana
state senate, 1944; Governor of
Montana, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Montana, 1960.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in the Veterans Hospital
at Columbia Falls, Flathead
County, Mont., February
25, 1978 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Davenport, Wash.
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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown and Annette (Thompson) Brown; married
to Howard E. Becker. |
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Otto H. Boyesen (1857-1914) —
also known as Otto H. Boysen —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Bowman, Bowman
County, N.Dak.
Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
April
24, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Grand
Forks, N.D., 1889-92; U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1893; Gothenberg, 1893-97; district judge in North Dakota, 1909-12.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in a hotel
room at Glasgow, Valley
County, Mont., February
27, 1914 (age 56 years, 309
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Glasgow, Mont.
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Leif Erickson (1906-1998) —
of Richland
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cashton, Monroe
County, Wis., July 29,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richland
County Attorney, 1936-38; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1938-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1944, 1948 (primary); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1946; Montana
Democratic state chair, 1956-58; member of Democratic
National Committee from Montana, 1962-73.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died at the Riverside Health
Care Center, Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., December
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 146
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives: Son
of Oluf Erickson and Dora B. (Swanson) Erickson; married, December
29, 1932, to Huberta Barton Brown. |
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Richard R. Jones (1910-2008) —
also known as Dick Jones —
of Powell, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., September
5, 1910.
Republican. Founder and owner of Dick Jones Trucking
Company; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1955-56; member
of Wyoming
state senate from Park County, 1957-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1964
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1974.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Powell, Park
County, Wyo., August
20, 2008 (age 97 years, 350
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Jones and Elsa Jones; married 1932 to Estes
'Jackie' Clarke; married 1987 to Evelyn
Nelson. |
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memorial |
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John Karlberg (b. 1893) —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Sweden,
September
12, 1893.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; building
contractor; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1947-48.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Peterson Karlberg and Carolina (Johansson) Karlberg; married
to Sophie Johnson. |
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Arnold Olsen (1916-1990) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., December
17, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Montana
state attorney general, 1949-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1956; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1961-71; defeated,
1970; district judge in Montana 2nd District, 1977-90; died in office
1990.
Methodist.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., October
9, 1990 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Rolland W. Redlin (1920-2011) —
also known as Rollie Redlin —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lambert, Richland
County, Mont., February
29, 1920.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1952; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1959-63, 1973-2000; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Farmers
Union; Sons of
Norway; Kiwanis.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., September
23, 2011 (age 91 years, 0
days).
Interment at Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, N.Dak.
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