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Floyd William Bartling (1896-1984) —
also known as F. W. Bartling —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Posey, Clinton
County, Ill., December
12, 1896.
Son of Henry Bartling and Elizabeth Jane (Watts) Bartling.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1938-41; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1941-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died June 18,
1984 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Interment at Douglas
Park Cemetery, Douglas, Wyo.
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George Washington Bristow (1894-1961) —
also known as George W. Bristow —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Grand Chain, Pulaski
County, Ill., September
23, 1894.
Son of John David Bristow and Fannie (Moore) Bristow.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Edgar
County State's Attorney, 1920-24; circuit judge in Illinois 5th
Circuit, 1927-51; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1942-51; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 3rd District, 1951-61; died in
office 1961.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Died November
12, 1961 (age 67 years, 50
days).
Interment somewhere in Paris, Ill.
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Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) —
also known as C. Wayland Brooks —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Bureau
County, Ill., March 8,
1897.
Son of Rev. Jonas Gardner Brooks and Ida Nora (Bickford) Brooks.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1936; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1939-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940-49; defeated, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Phi; Elks; Purple
Heart.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1957 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Kewanee, Ill.
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J. Herbert Burke (1913-1993) —
of Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1967-79 (10th District 1967-73, 12th
District 1973-79); defeated, 1955 (6th District), 1978 (12th
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Eagles;
Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Arrested
in 1978 for being drunk
and disruptive in the parking lot of a strip
club; pleaded
guilty to public
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and witness
tampering.
Died in Fern Park, Seminole
County, Fla., June 16,
1993 (age 80 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Emmet Francis Byrne (1896-1974) —
also known as Emmet F. Byrne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
6, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1957-59.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1974 (age 77 years, 293
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Charles Francis Carpentier (1896-1964) —
also known as Charles F. Carpentier —
of East Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., September
19, 1896.
Son of Gregoir Carpentier and Louise (De Connick) Carpentier.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; movie
theater operator; mayor
of East Moline, Ill., 1929-39; member of Illinois
state senate 33rd District, 1939-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1953-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Forty and Eight; Eagles; Moose; Elks; Rotary; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died, while seeking
the Republican nomination for Governor, April 3,
1964 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, East Moline, Ill.
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Robert Bruce Chiperfield (1899-1971) —
also known as Robert B. Chiperfield —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., November
20, 1899.
Son of Burnett
Mitchell Chiperfield.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1939-63 (15th District 1939-49,
19th District 1949-63); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April 9,
1971 (age 71 years, 140
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canton, Ill.
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Thomas James Courtney (1892-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Courtney —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1892.
Son of James R. Courtney and Catherine (Hussey) Courtney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1927-33; Cook
County State's Attorney, 1932-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1944;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1944; circuit judge in Illinois, 1945-70.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Died December
3, 1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Timothy T. Cronin (b. 1884) —
of Oconomowoc, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1884.
Son of Timothy Cronin and Mary (Swanson) Cronin.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1944-55.
Catholic.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence DiPrima (b. 1910) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 24,
1910.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-65, 1965-67, 1967-83,
1983-85.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth James Gray (b. 1924) —
also known as Kenneth J. Gray —
of West Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ill.; Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in West Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ill., November
14, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1955-75, 1985-89 (25th District
1955-63, 21st District 1963-73, 24th District 1973-75, 22nd District
1985-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1998.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Son of Harry Green and Minnie (Gerber) Green.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Albert Frederick Hattenburg (b. 1896) —
also known as Albert F. Hattenburg —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Clifton, Iroquois
County, Ill., February
10, 1896.
Son of Henry N. Hattenburg (born 1869) and Margaret J. (Mayo)
Hattenburg.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; druggist; mayor
of Kankakee, Ill., 1937-50.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Watson Keeney (1897-1958) —
also known as Russell W. Keeney —
of Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., December
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
associate of U.S. Rep. Chauncey
W. Reed; county judge in Illinois, 1940-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1957-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
11, 1958 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Naperville
Protestant Cemetery, Naperville, Ill.
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John Carl Kluczynski (1896-1975) —
also known as John C. Kluczynski —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1896.
Son of Thomas Kluczynski and Mary (Sulaski) Kluczynski.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; restaurant
owner; caterer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-48; member of
Illinois
state senate 4th District, 1949; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1951-75; died in
office 1975.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Polish
National Alliance.
Died January
26, 1975 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) —
also known as Payne Ratner —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., October
3, 1896.
Son of Harry Ratner and Julia (Miller) Ratner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette
County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas
state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of
Kansas, 1939-43.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., December
27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita
Park Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Chauncey William Reed (1890-1956) —
also known as Chauncey W. Reed —
of West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., June 2,
1890.
Son of William Thomas Reed and Margaret (Campbell) Reed.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; DuPage
County State's Attorney, 1920-35; chair of
DuPage County Republican Party, 1926-34; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-56 (11th District 1935-49,
14th District 1949-56); died in office 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Glen
Oak Cemetery, West Chicago, Ill.
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Benjamin S. Rhodes (1889-1969) —
also known as Ben S. Rhodes —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Normal, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Saunemin, Livingston
County, Ill., April 11,
1889.
Son of Jeremiah J. Rhodes (1852-1912) and Mary (Gahagan) Rhodes
(1854-1930).
Republican. Plasterer;
president
of the Plasterer's Union; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1927-33; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 26th District, 1939-64.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Died July 21,
1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Russell W. Root (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Diamond, Grundy
County, Ill., August
22, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Elmer Simpson (1894-1958) —
also known as Sid Simpson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., September
20, 1894.
Son of Martha (Andrews) Simpson and S.
Elmer Simpson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1943-58; died in
office 1958; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1956;
chair
of Greene County Republican Party, 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and Eight.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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