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Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) —
Born in Whitney, Franklin
County, Idaho, August
4, 1899.
Farmer;
agricultural
extension agent; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61.
Mormon.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Zeta; Kiwanis; Rotary.
President of the Mormon Church 1985-94.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 29,
1994 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Interment at Whitney
Cemetery, Whitney, Idaho.
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Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) —
of Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho; Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Bonneville
County, Idaho, February
24, 1918.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Idaho
Democratic State Committee, 1948-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1950; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1952; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1952;
chair
of Madison County Democratic Party, 1954; member of Idaho
state senate, 1958-59; university
professor; candidate for mayor of
Logan, Utah, 1989.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw; married, May 27,
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis; Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Laurence Junior Burton (1926-2002) —
also known as Laurence J. Burton —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, October
30, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1963-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1970.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis; American
Legion.
Died in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, November
27, 2002 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Dewey Clyde (1898-1972) —
also known as George D. Clyde —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Springville, Utah
County, Utah, July 21,
1898.
Republican. Engineer;
university
professor; Governor of
Utah, 1957-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1960.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis; Rotary;
American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 2,
1972 (age 73 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah.
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Elias Hansen (1877-1966) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Benjamin, Utah
County, Utah, January
31, 1877.
District judge in Utah 4th District, 1921-26; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1927-37; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1935-37.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died September
3, 1966 (age 89 years, 215
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Farrell Eugene Roberts (1922-1985) —
also known as Farrell E. Roberts —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
29, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-54; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District,
1957-60; member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-64, 1965-66 (12th District 1961-64, 14th
District 1965-66); candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1964, 1974 (primary); circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-78.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis; Elks; Amvets.
Died in 1985
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Vernon Bradford Romney (1924-2013) —
also known as Vernon B. Romney —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April
27, 1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
staff for U.S. Sen. Arthur
V. Watkins; Utah
state attorney general, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Utah, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 13,
2013 (age 89 years, 77
days).
Cremated.
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Vaughn Carvel Soffe (1913-2004) —
also known as Vaughn C. Soffe —
of Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in South Jordan, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 8,
1913.
Funeral
director; mayor of
Murray, Utah, 1971-77.
Member, Kiwanis; Eagles;
Jaycees.
Died in Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
27, 2004 (age 91 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; rancher;
district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary;
Lions;
Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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