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Alphonzo Edward Bell, Jr. (1914-2004) —
also known as Alphonzo Bell —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
19, 1914.
Son of Alphonso Edward Bell, Sr. (1875-1947; real estate developer,
oil millionaire, tennis champion).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president, Bell Oil Company, 1947-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1956;
California
Republican state chair, 1956-59; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1956-59; U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-77 (16th District 1961-63,
28th District 1963-75, 27th District 1975-77); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1969; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1976.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in St. John's Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 25,
2004 (age 89 years, 219
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Son of Frank Henry Buck and Annie Elizabeth (Stevenson) Buck.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower; director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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John Harley Burke (1894-1951) —
also known as John H. Burke —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Excelsior, Richland
County, Wis., June 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
oil producer; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1933-35.
Died in a hospital
at Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1951 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company of
California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 15,
1900.
Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement Co.,
Bandini Petroleum Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gladys O'Donnell (b. 1904) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1904.
Republican. Aviation
business; flight
instructor; oil production; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1948;
Presidential Elector for California, 1956.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Soroptimists.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) —
also known as Edwin W. Pauley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, January
7, 1903.
Son of Elbert L. Pauley and Ellen (Van Petten) Pauley.
Democrat. President, Fortuna Petroleum, and involved in other
oil companies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1944,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1947; part owner of the Los
Angeles Rams football
team; director, Western Airlines.
The Pauley Pavilion, at the University of California Los Angeles, is
named
for him.
Died July 28,
1981 (age 78 years, 202
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harold Charles Ramser (1908-1989) —
also known as Harold C. Ramser —
of West Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Ashton, Spink
County, S.Dak., February
3, 1908.
Son of Frank Charles Ramser (1865-1960) and Friedreka (Skibbe) Ramser
(1870-1944).
Republican. President, owner, Upholstery
Supply Co.; oil producer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1960.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 15,
1989 (age 81 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Salvatori (1901-1997) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Rome, Italy,
March
28, 1901.
Son of Frank Salvatori and Francis (DiGiulio) Salvatori.
Republican. Geophysicist;
petroleum geologist;
founder and chairman, Western Geophysical Corp.; director, Litton
Industries; director, Transamerica Corp.; director, Citizens National
Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
helped launch Ronald
Reagan's political career in 1964-66; Presidential Elector for
California, 1968.
Italian
ancestry.
Died July 7,
1997 (age 96 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry James Stockman (b. 1919) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 15,
1919.
Son of Harry Joseph Stockman and Mary Ellen (Lewis) Stockman.
Republican. Oil company engineer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel
operator; real estate
developer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1960.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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Leonard Samuel Thomson (b. 1911) —
also known as Leonard S. Thomson —
of Taft, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
6, 1911.
Son of Albert Charles Thomson and Ernestina (Fisher) Thomson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil
company engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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