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Jabe B. Alford (1850-1927) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born September
21, 1850.
Laundry owner; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1895-96.
Died September
10, 1927 (age 76 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Hubert Severe Amiot (1876-1937) —
also known as Hubert S. Amiot —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ontario,
February
26, 1876.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; clothing
merchant; dry cleaning business; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1922-28; defeated, 1918.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., May 7,
1937 (age 61 years, 70
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Wyandotte, Mich.
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Robert Johnson Ashworth (1909-2008) —
also known as Robert J. Ashworth —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in McDowell
County, W.Va., May 8,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Raleigh County Republican Party, 1949-54; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1956;
president and part owner, Richmond Cleaners and Laundry;
circuit judge in West Virginia, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Beaver, Raleigh
County, W.Va., October
2, 2008 (age 99 years, 147
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Beckley, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Robert A. Ashworth and Darthula (Johnson) Ashworth; married to
Virginia Isabel Hill and Blanche Woods. |
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memorial |
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Rudolph Bauer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Cleaning and dyeing business; director, Bensonhurst National
Bank;
publisher,
West End News; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1934; defeated
(City Fusion), 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 8,
1886.
Republican. Telephone
engineer;
laundry business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1925-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter; married, January
26, 1910, to Elizabeth Clapperton. |
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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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Cecil William Bishop (1890-1971) —
also known as C. W. 'Runt' Bishop —
of Carterville, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near West Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., June 29,
1890.
Republican. Tailor;
laundry business; coal miner;
professional football
and baseball
player and manager; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1941-55 (25th District 1941-49,
26th District 1949-53, 25th District 1953-55); defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1971 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Carterville, Ill.
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Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; laundry
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1972 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles H. Burnett —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Democrat. Laundry owner; mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1913-14; defeated, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Cattle (1904-1992) —
also known as Richard William Cattle —
of Chino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
December
23, 1904.
Dry cleaning business; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Chino, Calif., 1956-59.
English
ancestry.
Died in San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
17, 1992 (age 87 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Chadwick (1825-1885) —
of Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 16,
1825.
Republican. President and general manager, Willowvale
Bleachery; director, Oneida National Bank;
director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1871, 1874.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "congestion of the brain" (probably stroke),
in Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
4, 1885 (age 60 years, 171
days).
Interment at Sauquoit
Valley Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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Ralph L. Custer (d. 1950) —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Chemical
engineer;
vice-president, Federated Laundry Corporation; mayor
of Garden City, N.Y., 1949-50; died in office 1950.
Died, probably from a brain
aneurysm, in Nassau Hospital,
Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
24, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel E. Daigneau (1852-1931) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., May 17,
1852.
Republican. Laundry business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1915-18; defeated, 1912.
French
ancestry.
Died in 1931
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Crystal
Springs Cemetery, Benton Township, Berrien County, Mich.
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Edward O. Davies (b. 1869) —
of Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgewater town, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
24, 1869.
Republican. Laundry owner; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1917-20, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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W. H. Gardiner (b. 1889) —
of Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind.
Born in Fredericksburg, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 21,
1889.
Cleaning, pressing and tailoring
business; mayor
of Hartford City, Ind., 1935-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Anson Foster Keeler (1887-1943) —
also known as Anson F. Keeler —
of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
22, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; laundry
owner; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1927-31; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1931; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1933-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Veterans Hospital,
Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., September
29, 1943 (age 56 years, 7
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adelard Laflesh (1895-1973) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, March
14, 1895.
Democrat. Rug cleaning business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainfield, 1945-49.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died March
26, 1973 (age 78 years, 12
days).
Interment at St. John Cemetery, Plainfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Laflesh and Eva (Lepage) Laflesh; married to Malvina
Chaput. |
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memorial |
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George Washington List (1871-1949) —
also known as George W. List —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
22, 1871.
Democrat. Steam laundry owner; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
German
ancestry.
Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
21, 1949 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
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Elizabeth (Biegler) List; married 1895 to Mamie
Beulah Chestnutt. |
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James Simpson MacKinnon (b. 1897) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Juneau,
Alaska, 1897.
Republican. Laundry and dry cleaning business; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lockie MacKinnon and Martha (Lokke) MacKinnon; married, December
5, 1923, to Hazel Jaeger. |
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Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., December
29, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned Clean
Cleaners, Inc. with Bill
Nichols; owned motels;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died June 18,
2003 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey; first
cousin once removed of Thomas
Avery Ogletree. |
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Harold A. McCormick (born c.1901) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born about 1901.
Republican. Laundry business; candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1953.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin G. McCue (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born February
18, 1875.
Democrat. Hotel-keeper;
laundry supply business; real estate
agent; member of New York
state assembly, 1907-20 (New York County 16th District 1907-17,
New York County 12th District 1918-20); member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1921; resigned 1921; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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William F. R. Mills (b. 1856) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1856.
Republican. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1918-19; president, City Elite Laundry Co.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1881 to
Corwina Rouse. |
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Walthall M. Moore (1881-1960) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Marion, Perry
County, Ala., May 1,
1881.
Republican. Postal
clerk; laundry business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1921-22, 1925-30 (St. Louis City
6th District 1921-22, St. Louis City 3rd District 1925-30); defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
African
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 8,
1960 (age 78 years, 343
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Charles M. Morrison —
also known as Chuck Morrison —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Democrat. Laundry business; insurance
agent; candidate in primary for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1951; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Natrona County, 1965.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl David Morton (b. 1918) —
also known as Earl D. Morton —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., November
28, 1918.
Republican. Machine tool inspector; chemical
analyst for laundry; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Kenosha County 2nd District, 1957-60;
candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 22nd District, 1964.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Jefferson Mullennex (b. 1905) —
also known as John J. Mullennex —
of Parsons, Tucker
County, W.Va.
Born in Whitmer, Randolph
County, W.Va., February
16, 1905.
Republican. Farmer; railroad
employee; dry cleaning business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tucker County; elected
1950; defeated, 1952, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Mullennex and Sallie (Mullennaux) Mullennex; married, April
24, 1929, to Ruth Swartz. |
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1951 |
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Archibald Robertson (b. 1850) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1850.
Republican. Life
insurance business; laundry owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1915-16, 1923-24; defeated, 1916, 1924.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James William Robertson —
also known as James Robertson —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Cartoonist;
laundry owner; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1952-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barr Robertson and Mary Hay (Stewart) Robertson; married,
June
24, 1930, to Gwendolyn Brown. |
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Robert V. Sabonjian (1916-1992) —
also known as "The Rock" —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., January
4, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; dry cleaning
business; acting postmaster at Waukegan,
Ill., 1952-53; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1957-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1977; bank
director; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1966.
Disciples
of Christ. Armenian
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
19, 1992 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazurus Sabonjian and Zaruhey (Mooradian) Sabonjian; married, June 7,
1947, to Lorene Terrill; father of Robert
Sabonjian Jr.. |
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Waukegan |
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Morris Schreiber (1901-1951) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New York, October
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; customs
inspector; laundry and dry cleaning business; jeweler;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Jewish.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 2,
1951 (age 49 years, 242
days).
Interment at Beth
Jacob Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Raymond Shepard (b. 1908) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Corning, Perry
County, Ohio, April
11, 1908.
Dry cleaning business; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1962-71.
Burial location unknown.
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John Leroy Shores —
also known as Leroy Shores —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Laundry owner; real estate
business; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1956-58.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Gardner Shoup (1923-1995) —
also known as Richard G. Shoup —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho, November
29, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; laundry and dry cleaning
business; mayor
of Missoula, Mont., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1971-75; director,
Union Pacific Railroad,
1975-84.
Died in 1995
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Willard Everett Townsend (1904-1985) —
also known as Willard E. Townsend —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb., April
23, 1904.
Democrat. Laundry business; chair of
Lancaster County Democratic Party, 1936-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956
(delegation vice-chair); Nebraska
Democratic state chair, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hidalgo
County, Tex., May 27,
1985 (age 81 years, 34
days).
Interment at Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, Tex.
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Burr Oscar Twichell (1900-1975) —
also known as Burr O. Twichell —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., February
15, 1900.
Dry cleaning business; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1949-51.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
5, 1975 (age 75 years, 263
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Eliab Twitchell and Martha Florence (Skinner)
Twitchell. |
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Karl Christian Weber (1902-1991) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austria,
April
18, 1902.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; president and general manager, Hotel
Whitcomb; laundry business; Honorary
Consul for Austria in San
Francisco, Calif., 1950-59.
Died April 8,
1991 (age 88 years, 355
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Alois Weber and Aloisia (Winner) Weber; married, July 25,
1927, to Dorothy Anne Wynne. |
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memorial |
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(1954) |
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Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam laundry in Kingston; director,
Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
18, 1985 (age 97 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Arnold Williams (1898-1970) —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho; Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, May 21,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dry cleaning
business; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-44; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1945; Governor of
Idaho, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(alternate); secretary
of state of Idaho, 1959-66; resigned 1966.
Died in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, May 25,
1970 (age 72 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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