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Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) —
also known as Frank E. Agan —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa, March 4,
1906.
Republican. Accountant
for Nevada Northern Railway;
member of Nevada
Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948;
chair
of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 5,
2001 (age 95 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Serenity
Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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Cecil Willis Creel (b. 1889) —
also known as Cecil W. Creel —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Angola, Steuben
County, Ind., October
22, 1889.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942; dean of
agriculture, University of Nevada.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Jesters;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lorenzo Dow Creel and Estella Frances (Willis) Creel; married, June 5,
1915, to Laura Belle Stevens; married, July 17,
1945, to Millie La Rayne Malley. |
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Edward Augustus Ducker (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward A. Ducker —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1905-10; district judge in Nevada 6th
District, 1911-18; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1918-31; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Ducker and Augusta (Woodward) Ducker; married,
March
30, 1903, to Dollie B. Guthrie. |
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Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) —
also known as Leland M. Ford —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Surveyor;
rancher;
real
estate broker; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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