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Gary Becker (b. 1957) —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
Racine, Racine
County, Wis., 1957.
Dry
cleaning business; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 2003-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2005.
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Relatives: Son
of Tom Becker and Nancy Becker; married, February
14, 1981, to Julie Fischer. |
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Paul Benson (1918-2004) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Greenville Township, LaMoure
County, N.Dak., June 1,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; executive secretary
(1946-49) and administrative assistant (1949) to U.S. Sen. Milton
R. Young; lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1954-55; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1971-85; took senior status 1985.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, in Willow Point Memory Care Assisted
Living, Verona, Dane
County, Wis., April
22, 2004 (age 85 years, 326
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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Arnie F. Betts (1909-1993) —
of Lodi, Columbia
County, Wis.
Born in Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis., January
7, 1909.
Republican. Farmer;
secretary to Lt. Gov. Walter
S. Goodland; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Columbia County, 1947-52.
Member, Rotary.
Died September
16, 1993 (age 84 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Timothy T. Cronin (b. 1884) —
of Oconomowoc, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1884.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1944-55.
Catholic.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Cronin and Mary (Swanson) Cronin; married, November
9, 1916, to Maud F. Clohisy. |
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William Arthur Draheim (1898-1976) —
also known as William A. Draheim —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., December
15, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Winnebago County 2nd District, 1938
(Democratic), 1948 (Independent); major in the U.S. Army during World
War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 19th District, 1951-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
10, 1976 (age 77 years, 239
days).
Interment at St. Margarets Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
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Frank Farkas (b. 1956) —
of Florida.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., 1956.
Republican. Chiropractor;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1999.
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Carroll L. Hurd (1894-1977) —
of St. Louis Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Boardman, St. Croix
County, Wis., January
9, 1894.
Insurance
business; mayor
of St. Louis Park, Minn., 1952-53.
Member, Rotary.
Died April
22, 1977 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, October
15, 1913, to Laura Henning; married to Hazel
Pinney. |
| | | Image source: St. Louis Park Historical
Society |
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Arthur W. Lueck (1885-1972) —
of Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Juneau, Dodge
County, Wis., July 19,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1936.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks.
Died in Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis., October
27, 1972 (age 87 years, 100
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Wis.
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Einer Peter Lund (b. 1903) —
also known as Einer P. Lund —
of Menomonie, Dunn
County, Wis.
Born in Sweden,
1903.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; clothing
merchant; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dunn County; elected 1958; defeated, 1960.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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William R. Merriam (b. 1894) —
of Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis., September
28, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Rock County 1st District; elected 1956, 1958.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Joseph O'Melia (b. 1889) —
also known as Albert J. O'Melia —
of Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis.
Born in Chassell, Houghton
County, Mich., April 4,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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Harold Barlow Quarton (1888-1981) —
also known as Harold B. Quarton —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, February
8, 1888.
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1912-17; U.S. Consul in Rotterdam, 1918; Malmo, 1918-19; Reval, 1922-25; Coblenz, 1925-27; Havana, 1927-33; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1933-34; St. John's, 1934-41; Malaga, 1942-46; Tampico, 1946-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in September, 1981
(age 93
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Algona, Iowa.
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Henry Carl Schadeberg (1913-1985) —
also known as Henry C. Schadeberg —
of Burlington, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
12, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1961-65, 1967-71;
defeated, 1964, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1964.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge
County, Va., December
11, 1985 (age 72 years, 60
days).
Cremated.
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Fred W. Schlueter (b. 1895) —
of Ripon, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Berlin, Green Lake
County, Wis., April
16, 1895.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
agent; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Fond du Lac County 2nd District, 1955-64.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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James Maxwell Shackleton (1896-1968) —
also known as James M. Shackleton —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., May 25,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Saginaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., 1968
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James M. Shackleton and Mary (Morehouse) Shackleton; married, August
9, 1919, to Marie Seward King (daughter of Hamilton
King). |
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Allen Arthur Shepherd (1918-2008) —
also known as Allen A. Shepherd —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Seymour, Outagamie
County, Wis., March
20, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; sporting
goods merchant; candidate for mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1968.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., July 17,
2008 (age 90 years, 119
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Shepherd and Minnie M. (Mattis) Shepherd; married, February
22, 1942, to Dorothy H. Schaller. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Wausau (Wis.) Daily
Herald, March 4, 1968 |
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Arthur M. Smith (1890-1969) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Iowa, February
12, 1890.
Mayor
of Wausau, Wis., 1954-58; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died November
12, 1969 (age 79 years, 273
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa.
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Marjorie R. Turnbull (b. 1940) —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1940.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 9th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Zonta;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Fran Ulmer (b. 1947) —
of Juneau,
Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
1, 1947.
Democrat. Mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1983-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Francis Everett Yerly (1901-1968) —
also known as Everett Yerly —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Braidwood, Will
County, Ill., September
16, 1901.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1943-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1960,
1964;
Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956
(voted for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard
M. Nixon).
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Rotary; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in October, 1968
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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