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Otto Bock (1881-1942) —
of Colorado.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
21, 1881.
Son of J. C. F. W. Bock and Minnie (Koehler) Bock.
Lawyer;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1939-42; died in office 1942.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
15, 1942 (age 61 years, 175
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kölleda, Germany,
April
8, 1852.
Son of Frederick Boettcher and Susanna Boettcher.
Republican. Hardware
business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western Sugar Co.;
co-founder and president Ideal Cement
Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel
Company; real estate
investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1916
(alternate), 1928.
German ancestry.
Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1948 (age 96 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) —
also known as Claude K. Boettcher —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., January
10, 1875.
Son of Charles
Boettcher and Fannie August (Cowan) Boettcher (1856-1952).
Republican. Packing
business; banker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and
Intermountain Railway;
president, Brown Palace Hotel;
director, Great Western Sugar Co.;
director, Denver Dry Goods
Co.; vice-president of several electric
utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1936,
1944.
Episcopalian.
German ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 9,
1957 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank William Howbert (b. 1858) —
also known as Frank W. Howbert; William Frank
Howbert —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Clarinda, Page
County, Iowa, October
26, 1858.
Son of Rev. William Howbert (1820-1871) and Martha (Marshall) Howbert
(1826-1863).
Republican. El Paso
County Clerk, 1888; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for Colorado, 1897-1913, 1921-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1928.
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Howbert (1820-1871) and Martha (Marshall) Howbert
(1826-1863); brother of Irving
Howbert; married, February
25, 1879, to Leona Blood (died 1932). |
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Irving Howbert (1846-1934) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind., April 11,
1846.
Son of William Howbert (1820-1871) and Martha (Marshall) Howbert
(1826-1863).
Republican. Banker; El Paso
County Clerk, 1869-79; member of Colorado
state senate, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1894-95.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1934 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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