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David Christopher Ahearn (1879-1925) —
also known as David C. Ahearn —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Rotherham, England,
November
4, 1879.
Son of John Ahearn and Mary (Kerwin) Ahearn.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-11; trustee, Framingham Hospital,
1910-16; selectman, Framingham, 1912-13; pioneer in Colorado oil
shale industry; founder and president of the Yarg Producing &
Refining Corporation.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Crippled
as a boy, had minimal use of both legs, and used canes or crutches.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
30, 1925 (age 46 years, 26
days).
Interment somewhere
in Framingham, Mass.
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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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Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940) —
also known as Oliver H. Shoup —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
13, 1869.
Son of William R. Shoup and Delia J. (Ferris) Shoup.
Republican. Oil business; mining
business; banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died September
30, 1940 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1873.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
postmaster;
oil business; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado
state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Mabel Freeland. |
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