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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Son of Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj.
Lawyer;
Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Son of Mack Aspinall and Jessie Edna (Norviel) Aspinall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions;
Phi Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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L. Ward Bannister (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March 30,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Son of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester (died); married, August
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) —
also known as Donald G. Brotzman —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., June 28,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1951-52; member of Colorado
state senate, 1953-56; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1956; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;
defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., September
15, 2004 (age 82 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887-1950) —
also known as Ralph L. Carr —
of Antonito, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Rosita, Custer
County, Colo., December
11, 1887.
Son of William Frank Carr and Mattie (Kimberlin) Carr.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Conejos
County Attorney, 1922-29; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1929-33; Governor of
Colorado, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1942.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., September
22, 1950 (age 62 years, 285
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank Lockhart Fetzer (b. 1886) —
also known as Frank L. Fetzer —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
19, 1886.
Son of John L. Fetzer and Lucretia (Elgin) Fetzer.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Andrew Graham (b. 1908) —
also known as Charles A. Graham —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., January
10, 1908.
Son of Charles Andrew Graham and Alice (McClintock) Graham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1944.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William West Grant, Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as W. W. Grant, Jr. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, June 27,
1881.
Son of William West Grant (born 1846) and Mary Adeline (Moseley)
Grant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928;
delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858.
Son of Thomas
Montague Gunter and Marcella (Jackson) Gunter.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 3rd District, 1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
26, 1940 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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Donald E. Kelley (b. 1908) —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., January
29, 1908.
Son of Charles W. Kelley and Elsie (Asten) Kelley.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,
1936;
Red
Willow County Attorney, 1942-44; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1953-58; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-66; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1964;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1967-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard George Luxford (1917-1986) —
also known as Richard G. Luxford —
of Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, March 20,
1917.
Son of George
Alfred Luxford and Maude (Robinson) Luxford.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1950; in 1981, his law
license was suspended
by the Colorado Supreme Court, over three counts of professional
misconduct involving the cashing of bad checks and failing to
repay loans from clients.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died in January, 1986
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert H. McWilliams (b. 1916) —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April 27,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Kappa
Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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O. Otto Moore (b. 1896) —
of Colorado.
Born in Floyds Knobs, Floyd
County, Ind., June 14,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1957-58.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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