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Howard E. Brookings (1902-1977) —
of Oakland, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb., January
24, 1902.
Republican. Movie
theater owner; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Pottawattamie County; elected
1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Eagles.
Died in May, 1977
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard E. Brookings and Lotta J. Brookings; married 1923 to Gretna
M. Charles. |
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Ralph Gilmour Brooks (1898-1960) —
also known as Ralph G. Brooks —
of Wymore, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Eustis, Frontier
County, Neb., July 6,
1898.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1942; Governor of
Nebraska, 1959-60; died in office 1960.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Pi
Kappa Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Died September
9, 1960 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Calvin F. Carsten (b. 1915) —
of Avoca, Cass
County, Neb.
Born in Avoca, Cass
County, Neb., November
11, 1915.
Farmer;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 2nd District, 1971; defeated, 1966.
Congregationalist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Francis Carter (1897-1981) —
also known as Edward F. Carter —
of Gering, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Middlebranch, Holt
County, Neb., March
11, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 17th District, 1927-34; appointed 1927; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1935-71.
Congregationalist
or Methodist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., December
21, 1981 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979) —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., June 4,
1905.
Republican. Hotel
owner; oil
business; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1943-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in Niobrara County Memorial Hospital,
Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., September
19, 1979 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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Ellwood Blake Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as E. B. Chappell —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Osmond, Pierce
County, Neb., May 4,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1929-43; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Presbyterian.
English
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions; Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta
Chi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Chappell and Pleasant May (Turner) Chappell;
married, April
10, 1918, to Myra May Stenner. |
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Robert Vernon Denney (1916-1981) —
also known as Robert V. Denney —
of Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, April
11, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1967-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 26,
1981 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Fairbury
Cemetery, Fairbury, Neb.
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Leonard A. Flansburg —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Alma, Harlan
County, Neb.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1917; district judge in Nebraska
3rd District, 1918-20; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1920-23.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) —
also known as Stanley K. Hathaway; Stanley
Knapp —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Osceola, Polk
County, Neb., July 19,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Goshen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1954-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1962-64; Governor of
Wyoming, 1967-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 2005 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Torrington, Wyo.
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James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) —
also known as J. H. Kemp —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Page
County, Va., October
6, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Nebraska, February
19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Kerrey —
of Nebraska.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
27, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Nebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1989-2001; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Lions; Sertoma.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when he lost a
leg.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthoney Morris Leafdale and Flora (Johnson) Leafdale; married, August
19, 1934, to Inez Lorraine Davis. |
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March 19, 1948 |
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James P. Marron (b. 1902) —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Ponca, Dixon
County, Neb., June 5,
1902.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; lawyer; chair of
Holt County Democratic Party, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Lions; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas F. Marron and Margaret (McDermott) Marron; married, April 7,
1931, to Alice Sabatka. |
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Lawrence A. Marty (b. 1926) —
of Green River, Sweetwater
County, Wyo.
Born in Leigh, Colfax
County, Neb., June 17,
1926.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Wyoming, 1958-59; chair of
Sweetwater County Republican Party, 1960-64, 1968-70; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman L. Marty and Frances J. (Harvey) Marty. |
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Arthur Lewis Miller (1892-1967) —
also known as Arthur L. Miller; A. L.
Miller —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.
Born near Plainview, Pierce
County, Neb., May 24,
1892.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1937-41; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1940; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1943-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., March
16, 1967 (age 74 years, 296
days).
Interment at Parklawn
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
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Harry A. Spencer (b. 1903) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bishops, Walton, England,
September
16, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President); vice-chair of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-38; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Acacia.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April
19, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter; married, October
16, 1919, to Gertrude Bloom. |
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Kenneth Spicer Wherry (1892-1951) —
also known as Kenneth S. Wherry —
of Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Liberty, Gage
County, Neb., February
28, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; furniture
merchant; funeral
director; automobile
dealer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1929-31; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1939-42; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1943-51; died in office 1951; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions; Kiwanis;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1951 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Ralph P. Wilson (b. 1890) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
5, 1890.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Wilson and Emma (Parks) Wilson; married, August
14, 1919, to Calla W. Johnson. |
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