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Alex Abjornson (1924-2008) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Seargantsville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 21,
1924.
Conservative. Candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1966.
Danish ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 15,
2008 (age 83 years, 330
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Rosemont, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Celeste Montgomery. |
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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
4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson (1901-1995). |
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, of kidney
failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 14,
1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Janet Reno (b. 1938) —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 21,
1938.
Daughter of Henry Reno and Jane (Wood) Reno.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dade
County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate in primary for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; National Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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