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Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) —
also known as Marcus Jacob Austad —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio announcer,
broadcast newsman, and host of his own television news
show; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1975-77; Norway, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Died in 1988
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Hayworth, Jr. (b. 1958) —
also known as J. D. Hayworth —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., July 12,
1958.
Republican. Television reporter; U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1995-2007 (6th District 1995-2003,
5th District 2003-07).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Son of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell) Phillips.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish
entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel
bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to
persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for
purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner (divorced 1933); married,
July
22, 1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins (divorced 1944); married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson (divorced 1950); married, March 15,
1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross (divorced 1960);
married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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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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Ralph Armistead Watkins (b. 1903) —
also known as Ralph Watkins —
of Buckeye, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Fairmount, Grant
County, Ind., October
17, 1903.
Son of William Victor Watkins and Mae (Jones) Watkins.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona, 1952; treasurer of
Arizona Democratic Party, 1959-63; vice-president, Arizona
Television Company (KTVK), Phoenix; director and board
chairman, Memorial Hospital,
Phoenix.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Son of James Maurice Williams and Laura (LaCossitt) Williams.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio station; director,
KTUC radio station; newspaper
columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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