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Niel Richardson Allen (b. 1894) —
also known as Niel R. Allen —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
Born in Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash., May 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1941-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Rotary; Izaak
Walton League; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Lester Ellis Anderson (1921-2000) —
also known as Les Anderson —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.; Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
5, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Eugene, Ore., 1969-77.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of cancer,
in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., October
8, 2000 (age 78 years, 308
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Epitaph: "Look
to the mountains for strength." |
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George Luis Baker (1868-1941) —
also known as George L. Baker —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore., August
23, 1868.
Republican. Mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1917-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., May 16,
1941 (age 72 years, 266
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.
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Thomas Harry Banfield (1885-1950) —
also known as T. H. Banfield —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
20, 1885.
Republican. Co-founder and president, Iron Fireman Manufacturing
Company, maker of automatic coal stokers, furnaces, and boilers;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1940.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Horace P. Belknap (1890-1960) —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Prineville, Crook
County, Ore., January
29, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Protestant.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died May 19,
1960 (age 70 years, 111
days).
Interment at Kohlerlawn
Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.
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Robert Clinton Belloni (1919-1999) —
also known as Robert C. Belloni —
of Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Riverton, Coos
County, Ore., April 4,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of
Coos County Democratic Party, 1957; circuit judge in Oregon,
1957-67; U.S.
District Judge for Oregon, 1967-84; took senior status 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks;
Rotary.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at a retirement
home in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
3, 1999 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edward Belloni and Della (Clinton) Belloni; married, January
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Joseph Martin Bernard Jr. (1928-2012) —
also known as Joseph Bernard —
of Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore., June 12,
1928.
Republican. Automobile
parts and service business; mayor
of Milwaukie, Ore., 1963-65.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Wilsonville, Clackamas
County, Ore., June 18,
2012 (age 84 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Asbury Booth (b. 1858) —
also known as R. A. Booth —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Yamhill
County, Ore., May 15,
1858.
Republican. Principal, Oregon State Normal School, 1886-87;
organizer, president, First National Bank of
Grants Pass; president, Douglas National Bank of
Blossburg; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1896;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1900-08; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1914.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Elizabeth Furse (1936-2021) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Nairobi, Kenya,
October
13, 1936.
Democrat. Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa; naturalized U.S.
citizen; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1993-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1996;
director, Institute for Tribal Government.
Female.
English
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries sustained in a fall, in
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
18, 2021 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond Luelling Givens (b. 1884) —
also known as Raymond L. Givens —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., February
9, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Ada
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-17; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1919; district judge in Idaho 3rd
District, 1920-24; justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1925-55; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1930-31.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Weeks Givens and Ellen Elizabeth (Luelling) Givens; married,
March
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Durward Gorham Hall (1910-2001) —
also known as Durward G. Hall; "Dr.
No" —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Cassville, Barry
County, Mo., September
14, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surgeon;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1961-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., March
15, 2001 (age 90 years, 182
days). His body was donated
to an Oregon teaching hospital.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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George Neuner (b. 1878) —
of McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
August
24, 1878.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1911; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1925-33; Oregon
state attorney general, 1943-53; appointed 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Lee Patterson (1859-1929) —
also known as I. L. Patterson —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Benton
County, Ore., September
17, 1859.
Republican. Farmer; chair of
Marion County Republican Party, 1892; member of Oregon
state senate, 1895-98, 1919-21; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1924-26; Governor of
Oregon, 1927-29; died in office 1929; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Rotary.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Marion
County, Ore., December
21, 1929 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Entombed at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
13, 1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Gary Stevens (b. 1941) —
of Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska.
Born in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., August
21, 1941.
Republican. University
professor; candidate for Alaska
state senate District C, 1996; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 6th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2001.
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James Elton West (1951-2006) —
also known as James E. West; Jim West —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
28, 1951.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1982-86; member of Washington
state senate 6th District, 1986-2003; mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 2004-05.
Member, Rotary; Gay.
Following a scandal
involving use
of his position to obtain
sex with young men, and an FBI investigation,
he was recalled
from office as mayor in 2005.
Died, from complications of colon
cancer, in the University of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 22,
2006 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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