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Richard J. Allen (b. 1933) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., August
6, 1933.
Republican. Veterinarian;
college
professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 88th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1972; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1975-82; defeated in primary, 1982;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1980, 1990 (primary).
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary;
Audubon Society; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 1990.
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Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (1937-2007) —
also known as Peter A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; member of New York
state assembly, 1969-74 (64th District 1969-72, 68th District
1973-74); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972;
New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, 1976-78;
president, National Audubon Society, 1985-95.
Member, Audubon Society.
Injured in the collapse
of a barn roof, and died a few weeks later at Berkshire Medical
Center, Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
1, 2007 (age 69 years, 328
days).
Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.; cenotaph at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Stockbridge, Mass.
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John J. G. Grames (b. 1936) —
also known as Johnny Grames —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, October
1, 1936.
Green. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1996, 1998.
Member, Sierra
Club; Audubon Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1998.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon Society; American
Legion; Nature
Conservancy; Sierra
Club; Urban
League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally
for Al Gore, suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
15, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange;
Audubon Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) —
also known as Luis F. Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Paris, France.
Born in Santa Margherita, Italy,
1841.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importer
and exporter; chocolate
maker; Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1901; Consul
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Audubon Society.
Died in Paris, France,
May
27, 1913 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William David Lowery (b. 1947) —
also known as Bill Lowery —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 2,
1947.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 41st District, 1981-93.
Catholic.
Member, Urban
League; Audubon Society; Navy
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edwin McCammon Martin (1908-2002) —
also known as Edwin M. Martin —
of Ohio; Paris, France.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, May 21,
1908.
Economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Audubon Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
12, 2002 (age 93 years, 236
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis D. McGregor (1901-1993) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Linden, Genesee
County, Mich., January
9, 1901.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1934; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1960-64; resigned 1964; candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1965-76; retired 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi; American Bar
Association; Audubon Society; National Rifle
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1993
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael R. Milligan (b. 1954) —
also known as Mike Milligan —
of Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
20, 1954.
Green. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1992; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 1998.
Member, Lions;
Audubon Society.
Still living as of 1998.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Lithgow Osborne (1892-1980) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 2,
1892.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Ambassador James
W. Gerard, 1915; newspaper
editor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1923; candidate for New York
state senate 42nd District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1932; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; U.S.
Ambassador to Norway, 1944-46.
Member, Audubon Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1980 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Allan R. Sorenson (b. 1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., December
12, 1919.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1961.
Protestant.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP;
Audubon Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1854.
Republican. Band
conductor; composer;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Bavarian
and Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Audubon Society.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1973.
Died, in his room at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel,
Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March 6,
1932 (age 77 years, 121
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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Lucius Whitney Watkins (1873-1950) —
also known as L. Whitney Watkins —
of Norvell Township, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Norvell Township, Jackson
County, Mich., August
6, 1873.
Farmer;
lawyer;
bank
director; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1899-1905, 1920-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1909-12; Progressive candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1912.
Member, Audubon Society; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich., September
17, 1950 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius Denison Watkins and Sarah Tinkler (English) Watkins;
married, June 28,
1899, to Grace Edith Alley. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1927 |
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