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James Kenneth Allardice (1899-1962) —
also known as James K. Allardice —
of Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April
24, 1899.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1936-37; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1938-40; New Jersey Civil
Service Commissioner; founder
of Ocean College; radio show host.
Died in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., August
18, 1962 (age 63 years, 116
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
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Douglas Joseph Bennet (1938-2018) —
also known as Douglas J. Bennet —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 23,
1938.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1974; president and
CEO of National Public Radio, 1983-93; president,
Wesleyan University, 1995-2007.
Died June 10,
2018 (age 79 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donna Marie Christian-Christensen (b. 1945) —
also known as Donna M. Christian-Christensen; Donna
Christian; Donna Christian-Green —
of St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., September
19, 1945.
Democrat. Physician;
television journalist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virgin Islands, 1984,
1988,
1992,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee); Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the Virgin Islands, 1997-2003.
Female.
African
ancestry.
First
female physician in the U.S. Congress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI
agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Harold Charles Turner (b. 1962) —
also known as Hal Turner —
of North Bergen, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March
15, 1962.
Republican. Radio talk show host; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 2000; in June 2009,
he posted threats
against three U.S. Court of Appeals judges, calling for them to be murdered
over a ruling in a gun rights case; pleaded not guilty; tried in
2009-10; the first two ended in mistrials; convicted
at the third trial and sentenced to 33 months in prison;
released in 2012.
Still living as of 2015.
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Elmer H. Wene (1892-1957) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1892.
Democrat. Poultry
farmer; radio station president; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1937-39, 1941-45;
defeated, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cumberland
County, 1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1947-49; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1949, 1953 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Redmen;
Grange.
Died in 1957
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Locust
Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Pa.
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