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Roy Armstrong (1900-1987) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Moville, Woodbury
County, Iowa, December
12, 1900.
Son of Edward Marion Armstrong (1861-1939) and Josephine (Buckholtz)
Armstrong (1869-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1953-60;
secretary, Farmer's Mutual Fire & Lightning Insurance Company.
Died in Moody
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1987 (age 86 years, 146
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Flandreau, S.Dak.
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William Knight Boardman (b. 1915) —
also known as William K. Boardman —
of Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Iowa, 1915.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1953-54;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1956;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961-70; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1967-68.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1970.
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Benjamin Alfred Brigadier (b. 1882) —
also known as B. A. Brigadier —
of New Hampton, Chickasaw
County, Iowa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Son of Joseph Brigadier and Cecelia Brigadier.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1930-32; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Beryl Franklin Carroll (1860-1939) —
also known as Beryl F. Carroll —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March 15,
1860.
Son of Willis Carroll and Christina Carroll.
Republican. School
teacher; livestock
dealer; newspaper
editor; Presidential Elector for Iowa, 1892;
candidate for Iowa state
house of representatives, 1893; member of Iowa state
senate, 1895-98; postmaster;
Iowa
state auditor, 1903-09; Governor of
Iowa, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912;
organizer and president, Provident Life Insurance Company.
Methodist.
Died December
16, 1939 (age 79 years, 276
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Ron J. Corbett (b. 1960) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
12, 1960.
Republican. Insurance agent; co-founder of Peppy's Ice Cream,
operator of trucks selling ice cream in Eastern Iowa; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1987-99; resigned 1999; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1995-99; president,
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2005; vice-president, CRST trucking
company, from 2005; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2010-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Edward Albert Dow (b. 1879) —
also known as Edward A. Dow —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, April 20,
1879.
Son of Charles Noble Dow and Nora Gertrude Dow.
Real
estate and insurance business; U.S. Consul in SAINT Stephen, 1915-17; Ciudad Juarez, 1917-20; Algiers, 1920-24; Rotterdam, 1924-28; Frankfort, 1928-30; U.S. Consul General in SAINT John's, 1930-33; Santiago, 1933-38.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March 26,
1893.
Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland (1850-1936) and Knut Fjetland
(1852-1950).
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Daniel Smith Glidden (b. 1844) —
also known as Daniel S. Glidden —
of Montour, Tama
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
24, 1844.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; insurance business; treasurer, Dakota Territory
Democratic Party.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Josephine Martin. |
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James Mountain Inhofe (b. 1934) —
also known as James M. Inhofe; Jim Inhofe —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
17, 1934.
Son of Perry D. Inhofe (born 1901; insurance executive) and Blanche
(Mountain) Inhofe.
Republican. President, Quaker Life Insurance Company; member
of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1967-69; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1969-77; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1974; mayor of
Tulsa, Okla., 1978-84; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1987-94; defeated,
1976; resigned 1994; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1994-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Darr Jackson (1854-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Jackson —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
26, 1854.
Secretary
of state of Iowa, 1885-91; Governor of
Iowa, 1894-96; insurance executive.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
16, 1938 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger William Jepsen (b. 1928) —
also known as Roger Jepsen —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, December
23, 1928.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Iowa state
senate, 1967-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1969-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1979-85; defeated, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Farm
Bureau; Shriners;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Son of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting.
Democrat. Lawyer; test pilot
and executive, Howard Aircraft
Co.; president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation
Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage Industries, Inc., Sun
States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Still living as of 1970.
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Charles Merritt McFatridge (1871-1949) —
of Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, August
14, 1871.
Real
estate and insurance business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1937.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cerebral
thrombosis, in Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa, January
1, 1949 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Moravia, Iowa.
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Benjamin B. Merrill (born c.1872) —
of Hockanum, East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Frankville, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, about 1872.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1925-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard J. Norpel, Sr. (1918-2007) —
of Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 24,
1918.
Son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; grocer; hotelier;
insurance and real
estate business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Iowa state
senate, 1975-76.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died May 24,
2007 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Catholic Cemetery, Bellevue, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel; step-son of Herman
Pogeman; married, February
23, 1943, to Janaan Lewis (died 2002). |
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William N. Plymat, Sr. (d. 1993) —
of Iowa.
Republican. Insurance business; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1970; member of Iowa state
senate, 1973-76.
Died in 1993.
Burial
location unknown.
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John George Regan (b. 1872) —
also known as John G. Regan —
of Adel, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Platte
County, Neb., June 3,
1872.
Son of Dennis Regan and Margaret (Holland) Regan.
Democrat. School
teacher; insurance and real
estate business; abstractor;
lawyer;
mayor of Adel, Iowa, 1920-24, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rudolph Rohlfs (1856-1926) —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Iowa, February, 1856.
Son of M. J. Rohlfs and Eliza (Rohde) Rohlfs.
Republican. Insurance agent; button
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died April 8,
1926 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
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Harold Joseph Teachout (1892-1975) —
also known as Harold Teachout —
of Farragut, Fremont
County, Iowa; Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 24,
1892.
Son of Abram E. Teachout and Amelia E. (Kuntz) Teachout.
Democrat. Farmer;
insurance agent; candidate for Iowa state
senate, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1940,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Died in 1975
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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