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Oscar Stephen Gill (1880-1947) —
also known as Oscar S. Gill —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in St. Lawrence, Cambria
County, Pa., April 3,
1880.
Republican. Garage
business; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1932-33, 1934-36; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1945-47; died
in office 1947; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1947; died in
office 1947.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, November
18, 1947 (age 67 years, 229
days).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Herbert Hazard McCutcheon (1876-1945) —
also known as Herbert H. McCutcheon —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Bayside, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 31,
1876.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1931-42; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1941-42; member of
Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1943-45; died in office 1945;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1944.
Member, Elks.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, November
14, 1945 (age 69 years, 106
days).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) —
also known as Elmer E. Rasmuson —
of Alaska.
Born in Yakutat,
Alaska, February
15, 1909.
Son of Edward Anton Rasmuson (1882-1949) and Jenny (Olson) Rasmuson.
Republican. President, National Bank of
Alaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968.
Swedish
ancestry.
The Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is named for
him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
1, 2000 (age 91 years, 290
days).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Son of John P. Dimond and Emily (Sullivan) Dimond.
Democrat. Prospector;
lawyer;
mayor
of Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Leopold David (1878-1924) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure, November
21, 1924 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878-1945) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in 1878.
Democrat. Gold miner;
implement
dealer; oil
business; farmer;
candidate for mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1924; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1932,
1944;
Alaska
Territory Democratic Party chair, 1934-37.
Drowned
in a river when his pickup
truck went off the road, near Ophir, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska, June 20,
1945 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Peckenpaugh. |
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James J. Delaney (1889-1970) —
also known as James Delaney —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in 1889.
Mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1929-32.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1970
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig.
Physician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Romig Junior High School, in Anchorage, is named for
him.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage Memorial Park
Cemetery.
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Victor C. Rivers (1905-1959) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Washington, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
territorial senate, 1937-40, 1947-50, 1957-58 (4th District
1937-40, 3rd District 1947-50, 1957-58); Alaska
Territory Democratic Party chair, 1949; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Died September
25, 1959 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Harry G. Watson (1880-1964) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in 1880.
Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1925-26.
Died in 1964
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Harry Oscar Arend (1903-1966) —
also known as Harry O. Arend —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
26, 1903.
Son of William Fred Arend and Ida Augusta (Schimanski) Arend.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1944-49; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1960-64.
Mormon.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary.
Died July 2,
1966 (age 62 years, 249
days).
Interment at Angelus Memorial Park.
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Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) —
also known as Z. J. Loussac —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pokrov, Russia,
July
13, 1883.
Democrat. Druggist;
philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage is named for
him.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 15,
1965 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus Memorial Park.
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