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Ben D. Altamirano (1930-2007) —
of Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.
Born in Silver City, Grant
County, N.M., October
17, 1930.
Democrat. Merchant;
insurance agent; member of New
Mexico state senate 25th District, 1971-85.
Catholic.
Died December
27, 2007 (age 77 years, 71
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ramon Altamirano and Eloisa P. (Davila) Altamirano; married, July 24,
1949, to Nina Melendrez. |
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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; insurance business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
also known as Tom Bolack —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank,
Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium
Co.; director, Western American Life Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Jesse Dompreh (born c.1956) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born about 1956.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March
26, 1893.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland and Knut Fjetland. |
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William Edward Hilsman (1900-1964) —
also known as William E. Hilsman —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1949-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Lordsburg, Hidalgo
County, N.M., March
24, 1964 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Esquipula Martinez (1884-1961) —
of Taos, Taos
County, N.M.
Born in Vermejo Park, Colfax
County, N.M., December
13, 1884.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New Mexico
Republican State Central Committee, 1934; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1960.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died April
27, 1961 (age 76 years, 135
days).
Interment at Sierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, N.M.
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