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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March 25,
1896.
Son of John
M. Bistline and Martha (Shellenberger) Bistline.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Darby (1895-1987) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
23, 1895.
Son of Harry Darby and Florence Isabelle (Smith) Darby.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
shipbuilder;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
17, 1987 (age 91 years, 359
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Harold R. Fatzer (b. 1910) —
of Kinsley, Edwards
County, Kan.
Born in Fellsburg, Edwards
County, Kan., August 3,
1910.
Son of John R. Fatzer and Rella (Shannon) Fatzer.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Kansas
state attorney general, 1949-56; appointed 1949; resigned 1956;
justice
of Kansas state supreme court, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kappa
Sigma; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and Eight; Amvets; Disabled
American Veterans.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
to Frances Josephine Schwaup. |
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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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