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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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William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) —
also known as William L. Boatright —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Gentry
County, Mo., June 14,
1876.
Son of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis; American Bar
Association.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., November
25, 1938 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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William Evans Burney (1893-1969) —
also known as William E. Burney —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
executive.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
29, 1969 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank Edward Evans (1923-2010) —
also known as Frank E. Evans —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
6, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1965-79.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., June 8,
2010 (age 86 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Shaeffer Gast, Jr. (b. 1915) —
also known as Robert S. Gast —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
18, 1915.
Son of Robert Shaeffer Gast and Corinne Neville (Busey) Gast.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1946-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks;
Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1956.
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Eldridge Vanleer Holland (b. 1880) —
also known as E. V. Holland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Kan., November
10, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado, 1929-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-39, 1949-59; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1958-59.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Leo Ireland (b. 1889) —
also known as Clarence L. Ireland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo., December
5, 1889.
Son of Frederick Ireland and Clara Jennie (Ball) Ireland.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Colorado
state attorney general, 1931-32; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Episcopalian
or Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Gail Leonard Ireland (1895-1988) —
also known as Gail L. Ireland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., November
21, 1895.
Son of Clarence Mead Ireland and Bertha (Strawn) Ireland.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1941-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1988
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Sharpless Jackson (b. 1889) —
also known as William S. Jackson —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., March 22,
1889.
Lawyer;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1942-53; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1951-53.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Kiwanis; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Massari (b. 1898) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Luco de Marsi, Abruzzo, Italy,
November
29, 1898.
Son of Domenic Massari and Angela (Pecorelli) Massari.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; travel agency
owner; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1954-64; member of Colorado
state senate, 1964-70.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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