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William Henry Avery (1911-2009) —
also known as William H. Avery —
of Wakefield, Clay
County, Kan.
Born in Wakefield, Clay
County, Kan., August
11, 1911.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1955-65 (1st District 1955-63, 2nd
District 1963-65); Governor of
Kansas, 1965-67; defeated, 1966; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Wakefield, Clay
County, Kan., November
4, 2009 (age 98 years, 85
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wakefield, Kan.
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Maurice E. Baringer (b. 1921) —
of Fayette
County, Iowa.
Born in Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan., December
4, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1961-68; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1967-68; Iowa state
treasurer, 1969-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Elks;
Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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Albert Isaac Beach (1883-1939) —
also known as Albert I. Beach —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., July 30,
1883.
Son of George Henry Beach and Eva F. (Hull) Beach.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1924-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
21, 1939 (age 55 years, 175
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Clarence V. Beck (1896-1984) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Smolan, Saline
County, Kan., March 2,
1896.
Son of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lyon
County Attorney, 1931-35; Kansas
state attorney general, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1984
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John V. Beck and Hilda (Carlson) Beck; married 1919 to
Frederica Dennis; married 1937 to Judy
Lee Odell. |
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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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Tom Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Son of Ralph Waldo Bolack and Christol Hazel (Sheets) Bolack.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank, Cuba,
N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium Co.;
director, Western American Life
Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks;
Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Raymond Victor Bottomly (1885-1961) —
also known as R. V. Bottomly —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cedarville, Smith
County, Kan., July 16,
1885.
Son of Byron Shelley Bottomly (1850-1908) and Isabelle (Pilcher)
Bottomly (1860-1922).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Montana
state attorney general, 1942-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Silver Bow
County, Mont., February
14, 1961 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Floyd Breeding (1901-1977) —
also known as J. Floyd Breeding —
of Rolla, Morton
County, Kan.
Born near Robinson, Brown
County, Kan., September
28, 1901.
Democrat. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1947-49; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1950; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1957-63; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1966.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Lions; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan., October
17, 1977 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Interment at Rolla
Cemetery, Rolla, Kan.
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Clinton P. Collier —
also known as "Pinkie" —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Shawnee, Kan., 1970-73.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 1973.
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James Charles Corman (1920-2000) —
also known as James C. Corman; Jim Corman —
of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reseda, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., October
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served
in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,
21st District 1975-81).
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights
Act in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.
The federal building in Van Nuys, Calif., was named for
him in 2001.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
30, 2000 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Oren Ethelbirt Long (1889-1965) —
also known as Oren E. Long —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Altoona, Wilson
County, Kan., March 4,
1889.
Son of George Riley Long and Malissa Jeanette (Johnson) Long.
Democrat. Secretary
of Hawaii Territory, 1946-51; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1952;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956-59; U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1960.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, following an attack of asthmatic
bronchitis,
in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 6,
1965 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Edward Herbert Rees (1886-1969) —
also known as Edward H. Rees —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born near Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., June 3,
1886.
Son of John J. Rees and Martha S. (Evans) Rees.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1927-33; member of Kansas
state senate, 1933-35; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1937-61.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., October
25, 1969 (age 83 years, 144
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Son of George J. Schoeppel and Anna (Phillip) Schoeppel.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary;
Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old
Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Keith George Sebelius (1916-1982) —
also known as Keith G. Sebelius —
of Almena, Norton
County, Kan.; Norton, Norton
County, Kan.
Born in Almena, Norton
County, Kan., September
10, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Kansas
state senate, 1962-68; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1969-81.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Norton, Norton
County, Kan., August 5,
1982 (age 65 years, 329
days).
Interment at Norton
Cemetery, Norton, Kan.
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