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William George Clark (1924-2001) —
also known as William G. Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Edward Joseph Derwinski (b. 1926) —
also known as Edward J. Derwinski —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
15, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 24th District, 1957-59; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1959-83; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Kiwanis;
Polish
National Alliance.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Robert Henry Michel (b. 1923) —
also known as Robert H. Michel —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., March 2,
1923.
Son of Charles John Michel.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Harold
Velde, 1949-56; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1957-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Order of
Ahepa; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets; Sigma
Nu; Pi
Kappa Delta; Purple
Heart; Jaycees.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Still living as of 2009.
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John J. Nimrod —
of Skokie, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean conflict; member of Illinois
state senate 4th District, 1973-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Still living as of 1983.
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Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988) —
also known as Melvin Price —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
1, 1905.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Edwin
M. Schaefer, 1933-43; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1945-88 (22nd District 1945-49,
25th District 1949-53, 24th District 1953-73, 23rd District 1973-83,
21st District 1983-88); died in office 1988.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Camp Springs, Prince
George's County, Md., April 22,
1988 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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Daniel John Ronan (1914-1969) —
also known as Daniel J. Ronan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 13,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1948-52; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1965-69; died in
office 1969.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
13, 1969 (age 55 years, 31
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Queen
of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.
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Darwin Gale Schisler (b. 1933) —
also known as Gale Schisler —
of Illinois.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., March 2,
1933.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1965-67; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1969-80.
Protestant.
Member, National
Education Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets.
Still living as of 1998.
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Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) —
also known as Samuel H. Shapiro; Israel
Shapiro —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith; Alpha
Epsilon Pi.
The Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center (former Kankakee State
Hospital) was named for
him.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March 16,
1987 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Interment at Jewish
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) —
also known as William G. Stratton —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914.
Son of William
Joseph Stratton.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets.
Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965.
Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001 (age 87 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Tumpach (1912-1968) —
of Downers Grove, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
7, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
owner; chair of
DuPage County Democratic Party, 1958-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-68 (at-large 1965-67, 38th
District 1967-68).
Member, Amvets; Elks; Moose.
Killed in an automobile
accident, 1968
(age about
55 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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