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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Allison Hartwell Eid (b. 1965) —
also known as Allison H. Eid; Allison Lynn
Hartwell —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., 1965.
Republican. Special assistant and speechwriter to U.S.
Secretary of Education William
Bennett; lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas and for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jerry
E. Smith; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 2006-17; appointed 2006; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2017-.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2018.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Republican. Lecturer;
writer; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Soroptimists;
League of
Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Daniel Lapin (b. 1947) —
of California; Mercer Island, King
County, Wash.
Born in Johannesburg, South
Africa, January
1, 1947.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; rabbi;
author; radio show
host; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1996.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2021.
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James Oneal (1875-1962) —
also known as Jim Oneal —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Indiana; Massachusetts; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
13, 1875.
Socialist. Editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1918 (7th District), 1920 (10th
District), 1920 (10th District), 1922 (7th District), 1926 (2nd
District), 1928 (7th District), 1931 (9th District), 1932 (2nd
District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1922, 1923;
candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1924; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925, 1933.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
12, 1962 (age 87 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mariana Parks (born c.1949) —
of Mercer Island, King
County, Wash.
Born about 1949.
Republican. Political
consultant; writer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Keiron W. Reardon (born c.1901) —
of Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Iowa, about 1901.
Democrat. Editor; member of Washington
state senate 39th District, 1933-39, 1943-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Al Runte (born c.1947) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born about 1947.
University
professor; historian; candidate for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 2005.
Still living as of 2005.
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David Guy Thometz (b. 1966) —
also known as David Thometz —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; South Salt Lake, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., February
24, 1966.
Democrat. Graphic
designer; newspaper
columnist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Utah, 2000.
Gay.
Still living as of 2002.
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper
editor; mining
business; author; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister
to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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