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Michael Alarid (1919-2007) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., March 13,
1919.
Son of Victor Alarid and Eutemia (Gonzales) Alarid.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; supermarket
owner; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1967-72, 1985-92 (34th District 1967-72, 12th
District 1985-92).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died August 1,
2007 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) —
also known as Gordon Allott —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907.
Son of Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972; member, Resolutions Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Swedish Medical
Center, Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
17, 1989 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Teller Ammons (1895-1972) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., December
3, 1895.
Son of Elias
Milton Ammons and Elizabeth (Fleming) Ammons (1869-1945).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1930-35; Governor of
Colorado, 1937-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died January
16, 1972 (age 76 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George J. Baker (1898-1964) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Missouri Valley, Harrison
County, Iowa, March 17,
1898.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1934-47; secretary of
state of Colorado, 1949-53, 1955-63.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in 1964
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) —
also known as William C. Cramer; Bill Cramer;
"Mr. Republican" —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August 4,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12th
District 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952; first
Republican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1970; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa.
Died, from complications of a heart
attack, in South Pasadena, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
18, 2003 (age 81 years, 75
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Charles Day, Jr. (b. 1908) —
also known as Edward C. Day, Jr. —
of Colorado.
Born in Denver,
Colo., December
21, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1947-48; district judge in Colorado, 1948-56; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1957-76; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1962-63.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John David Dingell, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Son of John
David Dingell and Grace (Bigler) Dingell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March 18,
1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Lawrence Hinkley (b. 1896) —
also known as H. Lawrence Hinkley —
of Logan
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., May 16,
1896.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols (1914-1997) —
also known as Stephen L. R. McNichols; Steve
McNichols —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., March 7,
1914.
Son of William H. McNichols and Cassie F. (Warner) McNichols.
Democrat. Lawyer; FBI
agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Colorado
state senate, 1949-54; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1955-57; Governor of
Colorado, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1960;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1963; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of heart
failure, at University Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., November
25, 1997 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rice William Means (1877-1949) —
also known as Rice W. Means —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Adams
County Judge, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
30, 1949 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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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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Albert Jack Tomsic (b. 1925) —
also known as Albert J. Tomsic —
of Walsenburg, Huerfano
County, Colo.
Born in Delagua, Las Animas
County, Colo., April 26,
1925.
Son of Frank L. Tomsic and Mary (Jerman) Tomsic.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1953-62; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Huerfano
County Attorney; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1962.
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