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C. B. Akers (b. 1888) —
also known as Chet Akers —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Frederic, Monroe
County, Iowa, August
22, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Iowa state
auditor, 1939-65.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Son of Albert
Raney Anderson and Sarah Jane (Woods) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Loren H. Laughlin (b. 1896) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1932,
1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin A. Nelson (b. 1889) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Hesper, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, February
21, 1889.
Son of Andrew A. Nelson and Bertha (Jacobson) Nelson.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1930; vice-chair of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1932; Republican candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1934, 1936; Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942; district judge in Minnesota 10th
District, 1944-53; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1953.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Merle Henifin. |
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Richard C. Turner (b. 1927) —
of Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Avoca, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, September
30, 1927.
Republican. Member of Iowa state
senate, 1960-64; Iowa
state attorney general, 1967-; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1981-86.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Still living as of 1986.
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Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-1961) —
also known as Monrad C. Wallgren; Mon C.
Wallgren —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April 17,
1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler; optician;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1940-45; Governor of
Washington, 1945-49; chair, Federal Power
Commission, 1950-51.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident, in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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