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Food Industry Politicians in Nebraska
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

L. E. Adams (1913-1980) — also known as Barney Adams — of Norfolk, Madison County, Neb. Born in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, September 21, 1913. President, National Foods, Inc.; director, Midwestern Beef, Inc.; director, Prairie Maid Meat Products; director, Platte Valley Packing Co.; member of Nebraska railway commission 3rd District, 1970-71; appointed 1970. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in August, 1980 (age 66 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, May 28, 1933, to Helene L. Ainsworth.   William C. Grimes (1857-1931) — of Sterling, Johnson County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Okla. Born near New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, November 6, 1857. Republican. Printing business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement dealer; Johnson County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1901. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 8, 1931 (age 73 years, 153 days). Interment somewhere in Santa Monica, Calif.   Relatives: Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December 24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. Charles Edgar Leafdale (1906-1991) — also known as C. Edgar Leafdale — of Potter, Cheyenne County, Neb.; Mesa, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Potter, Cheyenne County, Neb., November 1, 1906. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1948; wholesale grocer. Swedish ancestry. Member, Farmers Union; Lions. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 2, 1991 (age 84 years, 213 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Mesa, Ariz.   Relatives: Son of Anthoney Morris Leafdale and Flora (Johnson) Leafdale; married, August 19, 1934, to Inez Lorraine Davis.   Image source: Chadron (Neb.) Record, March 19, 1948   John Myers Ostrander (1895-1973) — also known as John M. Ostrander — of Beatrice, Gage County, Neb. Born in Vesta, Johnson County, Neb., July 22, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; grocer; mayor of Beatrice, Neb., 1938-40. Christian. Member, American Legion; Rotary; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in Beatrice, Gage County, Neb., July 17, 1973 (age 77 years, 360 days). Interment somewhere in Vesta, Neb.   Relatives: Son of David Romain Ostrander and Mary (Myers) Ostrander; married, September 23, 1916, to Flossy Ellen Clark. Allen D. Rodgers — of Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb. Democrat. Grocer; mayor of Alliance, Neb., 1913-14. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Alliance Herald, April 3, 1913   Clarence A. Valder (1872-1954) — also known as C. A. Valder — of Tekamah, Burt County, Neb. Born in Burt County, Neb., November 30, 1872. Farmer; grocer; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1929-31. Presbyterian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died August 7, 1954 (age 81 years, 250 days). Interment at Tekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Edwin E. Valder and Sarah Ann (Johnson) Valder; married, March 6, 1895, to Ethel Ione McMullin.

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