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Dan Edward Garvey (1886-1974) —
also known as Dan E. Garvey —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., June 19,
1886.
Democrat. Railroad
accountant; Pima
County Treasurer, 1935-38; secretary of
state of Arizona, 1942-48; Governor of
Arizona, 1948-51; defeated in primary, 1950.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
5, 1974 (age 87 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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Samuel Mardian, Jr. (b. 1919) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 24,
1919.
Son of Samuel Z. Mardian and Akabe (Lekerian) Mardian.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
accountant; construction
executive; campaign manager for Gov. Howard
Pyle, 1954; mayor of
Phoenix, Ariz., 1960-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1972.
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Harry Sidney Ruppelius (1912-1964) —
of Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Arizona, 1912.
Democrat. Accountant; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1955-56.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1964
(age about
52 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) —
also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E.
A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Blanco, Blanco
County, Tex., October
8, 1888.
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie.
Democrat. Auditor; director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co.,
1919-46; president, Central Arizona Broadcasting
Co., 1937-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arizona, 1936;
member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56.
Female.
Quaker.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died January
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie;
married, December
18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea (died 1932); married, November
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