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Paul Arnold (1893-1973) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Neckerwestheim, Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
29, 1893.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
building
contractor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1932,
1936;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952.
German ancestry.
Died in 1973
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Royal
Palm South Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947).
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish
and German ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947);
married to Mathilde Lassen (1892-1918); married, November
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Son of Fred
Prehn.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 24,
1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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David Sholtz (1891-1953) —
of Florida.
Born October
6, 1891.
Governor
of Florida, 1933-37.
German ancestry.
Died March 21,
1953 (age 61 years, 166
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Memory Gardens, Daytona Beach, Fla.
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