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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Yakima County

Index to Locations Union Gap Pioneer Cemetery Yakima Calvary Cemetery Yakima Tahoma Cemetery Yakima Terrace Heights Memorial Park Yakima Yakima Calvary Cemetery Pioneer Cemetery Union Gap, Yakima County, Washington Politicians buried here:   John Adams Kingsbury (1876-1956) — also known as John A. Kingsbury — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Horton, Brown County, Kan., August 30, 1876. Progressive. School teacher and principal; superintendent of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Commissioner of Public Charities, New York City, 1914-18; chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1949-56; this organization and its leaders were investigated for subversion by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities. Member, American Public Health Association. Died August 3, 1956 (age 79 years, 339 days). Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Terry Kingsbury and Anna Gibson (Adams) Kingsbury; married, August 20, 1909, to Mabel Glass.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Calvary Cemetery 1405 South 24 Avenue Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Founded 1903 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Della Urquhart (1890-1976) — also known as Mary Della Bounds; Mary Della Schott; Mrs. J. T. Urquhart — of Yakima, Yakima County, Wash. Born in Lookingglass, Douglas County, Ore., 1890. Republican. Fruit merchant; member of Republican National Committee from Washington, 1936-40; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National Convention, 1940 ; director, Washington State Department of Licenses, 1951-56. Female. Died, in a nursing home at Seattle, King County, Wash., March 10, 1976 (age about 85 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to James Thomas Urquhart.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940) Tahoma Cemetery Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Politicians buried here:   Thomas Eugene Grady (1880-1974) — also known as Thomas E. Grady — of Olympia, Thurston County, Wash. Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wis., November 19, 1880. Lawyer; superior court judge in Washington, 1911-17; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1942-45, 1949-. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Elks. Died in Yakima County, Wash., April 5, 1974 (age 93 years, 137 days). Interment at Tahoma Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Paul Grady and Eliza Jane (Fisk) Grady; married, June 3, 1908, to Alice Mildred Beane.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Terrace Heights Memorial Park Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Politicians buried here:   Otis Halbert Holmes (1902-1977) — also known as Hal Holmes — of Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Wash. Born in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, February 22, 1902. Republican. U.S. Representative from Washington 4th District, 1943-59. Died in Yakima, Yakima County, Wash., July 27, 1977 (age 75 years, 155 days). Interment at Terrace Heights Memorial Park.   Relatives: Grandson of Dudley Chase Haskell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Yakima Calvary Cemetery Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Politicians buried here:   Knute Hill (1876-1963) — also known as "Little Giant" — of Prosser, Benton County, Wash. Born near Creston, Ogle County, Ill., July 31, 1876. Member of Washington state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S. Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated, 1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District). Norwegian ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, Calif., December 3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125 days). Interment at Yakima Calvary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rasmus O. Hill and Martha (Govig) Hill; married, June 30, 1908, to Helen Jensen.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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