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Kewaunee County
Wisconsin

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kewaunee County

Index to Locations Algoma Evergreen Cemetery Kewaunee Riverview Public Cemetery Kewaunee St. Hedwig's Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Harris Burgoyne (1910-1994) — of Green Bay, Brown County, Wis. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 30, 1910. Mayor of Green Bay, Wis., 1972-73; defeated, 1973. Died in 1994 (age about 84 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Burgoyne and Delia (Cormier) Burgoyne; married, April 30, 1936, to Ethel Hunter. Riverview Public Cemetery Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   John Karel (1851-1914) — Born in Bohemia (now part of Czechia), March 26, 1851. U.S. Consul in Prague, 1888; U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg, 1894-97. Bohemian ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., August 23, 1914 (age 63 years, 150 days). Interment at Riverview Public Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1871 to Elizabeth Metzner; father of John Colonel Karel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Hedwig's Cemetery Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here: Alvin Edward O'Konski (1904-1987) — also known as Alvin E. O'Konski — of Mercer, Iron County, Wis.; Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wis. Born near Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wis., May 26, 1904. Republican. School teacher; college professor; superintendent of schools; newspaper publisher; candidate for Wisconsin state senate 1st District, 1934; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1943-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1957; owner of WOSA and WLIN radio stations; president, WAEO television station, Rhinelander, Wis. Member, Pi Kappa Delta. Died in Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wis., July 8, 1987 (age 83 years, 43 days). Interment at St. Hedwig's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Frank O'Konski and Antonia (Paska) O'Konski; married, August 26, 1935, to Veronica Hemming.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954

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