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Robert Thomas Ashmore (1904-1989) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville
County, S.C., February
22, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1953-69.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Jaycees;
Junior
Order; Exchange
Club.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
5, 1989 (age 85 years, 225
days).
Interment at White
Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Clarence D. Bell (b. 1914) —
of Upland, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., February
4, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1961-2002.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Exchange
Club; Reserve Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel R. Bell and Belle (Hanna) Bell; married to Mary Isabel
James. |
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Charles Edward Bennett (1914-1987) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Sally Lou Food Co.;
vice-president, Tasty Foods Inc.;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1948-50; member of Colorado
state senate, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Beta
Theta Pi; Humane
Society; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association.
Died July 22,
1987 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Harlan Besson (1887-1949) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., July 1,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Reserve Officers Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., January
9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Thomas Broyhill (1919-2006) —
also known as Joel T. Broyhill —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Hopewell,
Va., November
4, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; taken
prisoner by the German forces in the Battle of the Bulge; escaped
after six months; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1953-75; defeated,
1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1960,
1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and pneumonia,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
24, 2006 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Burnett Hayden Crawford (b. 1922) —
also known as B. Hayden Crawford —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., June 29,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1954-58;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1960, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
Navy
League; Reserve Officers Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Burnett Hayden Crawford and Margaret Sara (Stevenson) Crawford;
married, June 5,
1946, to Alyn Carolyn McCann. |
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. |
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Statesman - Jurist - Soldier." |
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Bowman Elder (1888-1954) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 4,
1888.
Democrat. Real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; treasurer of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1924-26; treasurer, Indiana Office Furniture
Co., 1929-35; receiver who liquidated Indiana's interurban
railways, 1933-40; Consular
Agent for France in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Reserve Officers Association; Military
Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Zeta
Psi.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 10,
1954 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Paul Lambert Feltus (1889-1971) —
also known as Paul L. Feltus —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., December
10, 1889.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); acting postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1952-54.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association.
Died, in Bloomington Hospital,
Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
2, 1971 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Neal Randolph Fosseen (1908-2004) —
also known as Neal R. Fosseen —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., November
27, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; brick and clay
tile products manufacturer; mayor
of Spokane, Wash., 1960-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Kappa Psi; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Died July 21,
2004 (age 95 years, 237
days).
Burial location unknown.
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José Miguel Gallardo (1897-1976) —
of Puerto Rico; Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in San Germán, San
Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
29, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; college
professor; Puerto
Rico comissioner of education, 1937-45; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1940-41, 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Reserve Officers
Association; Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, July 18,
1976 (age 78 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of José Gallardo and Luisa (Garcia) Gallardo; married, June 23,
1926, to Ida Evans Magee. |
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John Longdon Gay (1866-1956) —
also known as John L. Gay —
Born in Pizgah, Cooper
County, Mo., June 23,
1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died November
17, 1956 (age 90 years, 147
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Juan Hatfield (1887-1953) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stevinson, Merced
County, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39; member of California
state senate, 1943-53; died in office 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
15, 1953 (age 66 years, 17
days).
Interment at Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery, Stevinson, Calif.
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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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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Oregon.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Paul S. Hudgins (b. 1909) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., July 30,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County; elected
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Hudgins and Aurelia (Hoover) Hudgins; married, December
26, 1936, to Helen Cooke. |
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Roger William Jepsen (b. 1928) —
also known as Roger Jepsen —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, December
23, 1928.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Iowa
state senate, 1967-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1969-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1979-85; defeated, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Farm
Bureau; Shriners;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Miles Kara (b. 1916) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., February
13, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks;
Reserve Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Lovins (1887-1957) —
also known as William T. Lovins —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne
County, W.Va., August
27, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1934; president,
First National Bank of
Kenova, 1935-40; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1941-57; resigned 1957.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Redmen;
Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American Bar
Association.
Died December
12, 1957 (age 70 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Harvey Lovins and Josephine (Sink) Lovins; married, December
31, 1925, to Grace Huff. |
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Jack Richard Miller (1916-1994) —
also known as Jack Miller —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1955-56; member of Iowa
state senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1961-73; defeated, 1972; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1973-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-85; took
senior status 1985.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Izaak
Walton League; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 84
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph N. Mondello (b. 1938) —
of Levittown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1938.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Nassau County Republican Party, 1984-; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1992-2004; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1996,
2008
(delegation chair); New York
Republican state chair, 2006-09.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association.
Still living as of 2011.
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Gaylord Patrick O'Connor (1916-1994) —
also known as Gaylord P. O'Connor; Pat
O'Connor —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.
Born in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1952.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Reserve Officers Association; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Pike County Memorial Hospital,
Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., December
26, 1994 (age 78 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Near Louisiana, Pike County, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Vincent O'Connor and Clelia Emma (Ince) O'Connor; married,
June
19, 1943, to Martha Jeanne Wing. |
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Don R. Pears (1899-1992) —
of Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich., September
18, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; real estate
broker; partner, Hollywood Theater,
Buchanan, Mich.; Berrien
County Register of Deeds, 1927-32; Berrien
County Clerk, 1941-42, 1945-48; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1951-62, 1965-70 (Berrien County
1st District 1951-62, 43rd District 1965-70); defeated, 1932, 1934;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1959-62;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1962.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., July 17,
1992 (age 92 years, 303
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Mich.
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John W. Raley Jr. (b. 1932) —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born May 23,
1932.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ponca City, Okla., 1980-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1990-97.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Raley and Helen Thames Raley. |
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William Edwin Ratcliffe (1913-1997) —
also known as Edwin Ratcliffe —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
29, 1913.
Democrat. Insurance
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; treasurer of
West Virginia Democratic Party, 1946-50; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1949.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Jaycees;
Elks; Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Reserve Officers Association.
Died June 15,
1997 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roland Savilla (b. 1916) —
also known as Joe Savilla —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kanawha
County, W.Va., May 13,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected
1972; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1975-78.
Christian.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Reserve Officers Association; Sons of
Italy.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Savilla and Mary Ann (Contenta) Savilla; married, May 12,
1973, to Betty Jo Martin. |
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Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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Stanley Washburn (1878-1950) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association.
Died in 1950
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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J. E. Watson (b. 1917) —
also known as Ned Watson —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., November
8, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; manufacturer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1953-56,
1959-70; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Izaak
Walton League; Fraternal
Order of Police; Phi
Gamma Delta; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Reserve Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Watson, Jr. and Eleanor (Blackford) Watson; married, May 5,
1942, to Altidel Weager. |
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H. Laban White Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., May 1,
1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1957-68;
Speaker
of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Lions; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of H. Laban White, Sr. and Nannie Leigh (Cox) White; married, December
23, 1943, to Gwendolyn Beall. |
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Edward C. Wren (1918-1962) —
of Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., September
28, 1918.
Republican. Baking plant
manager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher;
candidate for Montana
state house of representatives, 1954, 1956, 1958; Montana state
agriculture commissioner, 1961-62.
Member, Reserve Officers Association.
Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with Gov. Donald
G. Nutter and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 plane crashed
into a mountain and burned,
during a snowstorm,
near Wolf Creek, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
25, 1962 (age 43 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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