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Alva Blanchard Adams, Jr. (1915-1981) —
also known as Alva B. Adams, Jr. —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., October
21, 1915.
Son of Alva
Blanchard Adams and Elizabeth (Matty) Adams.
Democrat. Banker; hardware
business; corporate director, KCRT radio
station, Trinidad, Colo.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1954, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Eagles; Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Died in December, 1981
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred McLean Betz (1896-1982) —
also known as Fred M. Betz —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Liberal, Barton
County, Mo., June 2,
1896.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1952,
1956;
Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Eagles; Elks.
Died in December, 1982
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Edgar Chenoweth (1897-1986) —
also known as J. Edgar Chenoweth —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., August
17, 1897.
Son of Thomas Beaseman Chenoweth and Esther Rebecca (Shamberger)
Chenoweth.
Republican. Lawyer; Las
Animas County Judge, 1933-41; Colorado
Republican state chair, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1941-49, 1951-65;
defeated, 1948, 1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks;
Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., January
2, 1986 (age 88 years, 138
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trinidad, Colo.
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Phillip Massari (b. 1913) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Segundo, Las Animas
County, Colo., April 12,
1913.
Son of Domenic Massari and Angelina (Pecorelli) Massari.
Democrat. Social
worker; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; probation
officer; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1952; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Eagles.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Domenic Massari and Angelina (Pecorelli) Massari; brother of Vincent
Massari; married, June 6,
1936, to Mary Margaret Spota. |
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Edward E. Pringle (b. 1914) —
of Colorado.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 12,
1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Colorado, 1957-61; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-83.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Elks; Moose;
Eagles.
Still living as of 1983.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Elna A. Hug. |
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Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931) —
also known as Alan K. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., September
2, 1931.
Son of Milward
Lee Simpson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1964-77; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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