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Lyman County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lyman County

Index to Locations Kennebec Kennebec Cemetery Oacoma Graceland Cemetery Presho Presho Cemetery Kennebec Cemetery Kennebec, Lyman County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Abdnor (1923-2012) — also known as Jim Abdnor; Ellis James Abdnor — of Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak. Born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., February 13, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school teacher; athletic coach; member of South Dakota state senate, 1957-68 (29th District 1957-66, 24th District 1967-68); President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1965-66; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; defeated in primary, 1970; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986; administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1987-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992. Methodist; later Lutheran. Lebanese ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Farmers Union; Grange; Sigma Chi; Izaak Walton League. Died, at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., May 16, 2012 (age 89 years, 93 days). Interment at Kennebec Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel J. (Abdelnour) Abdnor and Mary (Wehby) Abdnor.   Cross-reference: John R. Thune   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Graceland Cemetery Oacoma, Lyman County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Merrell Quentin Sharpe (1888-1962) — also known as M. Q. Sharpe — of Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak. Born in Marysville, Marshall County, Kan., January 11, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South Dakota state attorney general, 1929-33; Governor of South Dakota, 1943-47; candidate in inconclusive primary 1942; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952 (Honorary Vice-President). Died in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., January 22, 1962 (age 74 years, 11 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   Lake Sharpe, on a portion of the Missouri River impounded by the Big Bend Dam (built 1959-63), and extending into Buffalo, Lyman, Hyde, Hughes, and Stanley counties, South Dakota, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   John G. Bartine (1870-1943) — of Oacoma, Lyman County, S.Dak. Born December 8, 1870. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1909-10; member of South Dakota state senate, 1911-14 (25th District 1911-12, 15th District 1913-14). Died in Lyman County, S.Dak., December 26, 1943 (age 73 years, 18 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Presho Cemetery Presho, Lyman County, South Dakota Politicians buried here:   Clint Ronald Roberts (1935-2017) — also known as Clint Roberts — of South Dakota. Born in Presho, Lyman County, S.Dak., January 30, 1935. Republican. Farmer; rancher; clothing merchant; member of South Dakota state senate, 1972-78; candidate for Governor of South Dakota, 1978; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1981-83; defeated, 1982. Died in Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak., February 12, 2017 (age 82 years, 13 days). Interment at Presho Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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