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A. David Abrams (b. 1919) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
19, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
merchant; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961-64;
appointed 1961.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Civitan;
Jaycees;
Moose;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel I. Abrams and Esther (Block) Abrams; married, August
11, 1943, to Ruth R. Levy. |
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David Martin Baker (1923-2010) —
also known as David M. Baker —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., October
11, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54,
1957-58; defeated, 1954, 1958, 1960; vice-chair of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1967.
Jewish. Member, Elks; Pi
Lambda Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died April
27, 2010 (age 86 years, 198
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ivor F. Boiarsky (1920-1971) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 7,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1959-71;
defeated, 1952; died in office 1971; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1969-71; died in
office 1971.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March
12, 1971 (age 50 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred H. Caplan (b. 1914) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., December
3, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1949-52;
judge
of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1962-80; appointed
1962.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Jaycees;
Exchange
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Caplan and Hannah (Siegleman) Caplan; married, November
12, 1941, to Miriam Kessler. |
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1951 |
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Stanley E. Deutsch (b. 1921) —
of Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
9, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958, 1960, 1964.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Pi
Lambda Phi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Lawrence Frankel (1916-2002) —
also known as Harold L. Frankel —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born October
25, 1916.
Hotel
owner; merchant;
mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1957-59, 1974-75, 1977-78; Cabell
County Sheriff and Treasurer, 1961-64.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, in a hospice
at Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., February
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Friedman (b. 1883) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941.
Jewish. Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January
17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder. |
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Simon Hirsch Galperin Jr. (1931-2007) —
also known as Si Galperin, Jr. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., August
5, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; real estate
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-70;
member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1971-82; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1976.
Jewish. Member, Izaak
Walton League; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
June
17, 2007 (age 75 years, 316
days).
Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon H. Galperin and Fannie (Lavenstein) Galperin; married, June 18,
1958, to Rose Marie Rogers; married to Maureen
Supcoe. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Paul John Kaufman (1920-1980) —
also known as Paul J. Kaufman —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
16, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1961-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972,
1976;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1974.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Died December
28, 1980 (age 60 years, 287
days).
Interment at Bnai Israel Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Tod Joseph Kaufman (b. 1952) —
also known as Tod J. Kaufman —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
15, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel to State Senate Majority Leader William
Moreland, 1981; member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1982-88; appointed 1982;
state coordinator, Gary
Hart for President, 1984, 1988.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul
John Kaufman and Rose Jean (Levinson) Kaufman; married to Barry
Lyn Baer. |
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Leo G. Kopelman (b. 1917) —
of East Bank, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in East Bank, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
4, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates; defeated, 1960 (Kanawha
County); elected 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972; defeated, 1974 (17th
District).
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) —
also known as Theodore A. Peyser —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Jewish.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
8, 1937 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (1880-1965) —
also known as Benjamin L. Rosenbloom; Ben L.
Rosenbloom —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1921-25;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1924, 1934.
Jewish.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
22, 1965 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) —
also known as Abraham Silver —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos
Naumiestis, Lithuania),
January
28, 1893.
Republican. Rabbi, The
Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland, Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1952,
1960.
Jewish. Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1963 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) —
also known as Lewis L. Strauss —
of Virginia.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
31, 1896.
Republican. Personal secretary to Herbert
Hoover, then director-general of the Allied Supreme Economic
Council; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 1928; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-50;
chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-58; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1958-59.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in Brandy Station, Culpeper
County, Va., January
21, 1974 (age 77 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alan L. Susman (b. 1930) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., April 8,
1930.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1971-82; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; B'nai
B'rith.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives: Son
of B. L. Susman and Ann (Land) Susman; married, December
29, 1952, to Sally Matz. |
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