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Samuel Gordon Heiskell (1858-1923) —
also known as Samuel G. Heiskell —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., August
7, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Episcopalian.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
17, 1923 (age 65 years, 41
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Nora Lynch Kearns (1902-1991) —
also known as Nora Mary Lynch; Mrs. Carroll D.
Kearns —
of Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa.; Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., June 26,
1902.
Republican. School
teacher; actress;
president, National Federation of Republican Women; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Sigma Kappa; Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem.
Died February
27, 1991 (age 88 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Ferris Lokken (1926-2012) —
also known as Leslie Lokken; Leslie Gene
Ferris —
of Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., April 3,
1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1972;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Sigma Phi; Sigma Kappa; Common
Cause; National
Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., September
18, 2012 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith) Ferris; married
to George Stanley Lokken. |
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Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) —
also known as Margaret Chase —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1897.
Republican. School
teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone
& Telegraph
Co., for a country newspaper,
and for the Cummings Woolen Co.;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964.
Female.
Member, Sigma Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Died May 29,
1995 (age 97 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Margaret
Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Clara Towle Dockum Van Auken (1890-1977) —
also known as Clara Van Auken; Clara Towle Dockum;
Mrs. Howell Van Auken —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
12, 1890.
Democrat. Social
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936,
1940,
1944
(co-chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1936-47.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Sigma Kappa.
Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich., February
13, 1977 (age 86 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Russel Myers Dockum and Catherine (Towle) Dockum; married
to Howell Van Auken. |
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