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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. |
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Society |
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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.
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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Arthur M. Smith (1890-1969) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Iowa, February
12, 1890.
Mayor
of Wausau, Wis., 1954-58.
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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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Smith; married, June 16,
1957, to Ida Rahn. |
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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;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
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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