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Will H. Acord (1896-1977) —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio.
Born in Jackson Township, Pike
County, Ohio, March 14,
1896.
Son of Joseph G. Acord and Edna (Overly) Acord.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; probate judge in Ohio, 1924-67; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1944.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Odd
Fellows.
Died in the Chillicothe Veterans Hospital,
Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
16, 1977 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Union
Cemetery, Waverly, Ohio.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Son of Russell
Alexander Alger and Annette (Henry) Alger; married, May 2,
1901, to Mary
Eldridge Swift; father of Frederick
Moulton Alger, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile
manufacturer; director, People's Wayne County Bank.
Member, American Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to infection,
and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr. (1907-1967) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger, Jr.; Fred M.
Alger —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 3,
1907.
Grandson of Russell
Alexander Alger; son of Mary
Eldridge Alger and Frederick
Moulton Alger; married 1929 to Suzette
de Marigny Dewey (died 1963; daughter of Charles
Schuveldt Dewey); married 1963 to
Katherine Sutton; father of David Dewey Alger (1943-2001; killed in
attack on World Trade Center).
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1936; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1947-52; Republican candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1950 (primary), 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., January
5, 1967 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Glenn S. Allen, Jr. (1914-2001) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., January
8, 1914.
Son of Glenn S. Allen, Sr. and Annette (Brenner) Allen; married to
Virginia Verdier (1917-1974; daughter of Leonard
D. Verdier).
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk to Justices William
W. Potter and Emerson
Boyles, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1951-59; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1974-86; appointed 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in DeWitt, Clinton
County, Mich., November
6, 2001 (age 87 years, 302
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Epitaph: "He
loved his state, steeped in its soil, washed in its waters. You're
Michigan now, Michigan forever." |
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Arthur Emil Anderson (1893-1966) —
also known as Arthur Anderson —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Spurr Mountain, Baraga
County, Mich., November
27, 1893.
Son of John E. Anderson and Hilma (Brandt) Anderson; married, December
19, 1921, to Winifred Van Brocklin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; chair of
Mecosta County Republican Party, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in November, 1966
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bennett Anderson (1879-1935) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., November
5, 1879.
Son of Seneca Benjamin Anderson and Achsah Adelaide (Bennett)
Anderson; married, October
8, 1908, to Patty Crook.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-10; Progressive
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926-35;
died in office 1935.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Legion.
Died, from a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in Crook Sanitarium,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 9,
1935 (age 55 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer;
supervisor of publications and automotive
assembly problem control, Ford Motor
Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Lee Anglemire (1876-1936) —
also known as Raymond L. Anglemire —
of Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Remington, Jasper
County, Ind., June 3,
1876.
Married 1903
to Estelle Louise Condon (1871-1944).
Democrat. Newspaper
work; dentist;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1926; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1928, 1932; delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Allegan County,
1933.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Trowbridge Township, Allegan
County, Mich., January
8, 1936 (age 59 years, 219
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saugatuck, Mich.
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Alexander John Arndt (1899-1979) —
also known as Alex J. Arndt —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Lambertville, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; business
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1979
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert M. Ashley (1890-1966) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April 12,
1890.
Son of Walter Allen Ashley and Mary Elma Ashley; married, June 15,
1929, to Gretchen Rebecca Peterman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; pharmacist;
osteopath;
delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
4th District, 1933; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1966
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (b. 1923) —
also known as Thomas L. Ashley —
of Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio; Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
11, 1923.
Great-grandson of James
Mitchell Ashley; son of William Meredith Ashley and Mary Alida
(Ludlow) Ashley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964.
Member, American Legion; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2007.
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Theron Wilson Atwood (1893-1980) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., April 6,
1893.
Son of Theron
Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) and Clara Ellen (Gibbs) Atwood
(1857-1918).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion.
Died in 1980
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell F. Badgley (1898-1969) —
also known as Max Badgley —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
9, 1898.
Son of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley; married, February
4, 1924, to Irene Reed (divorced 1932); married, September
25, 1947, to Helen Robson Haynes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1969
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Frank Adelbert Balcer, Jr. (1889-1965) —
also known as Frank A. Balcer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
8, 1889.
Son of Frank Balcerkiewicz and Elizabeth Balcerkiewicz; married to
Anna Pascko.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1940, 1946, 1950;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 8th District,
1962.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
National Alliance.
Died in 1965
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1948) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Addison, Lenawee
County, Mich., August 8,
1895.
Son of Charles W. Baldwin and Mary A. (Sykes) Baldwin; married, July 13,
1918, to Irene McCall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Legion; Rotary; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1948
(age about
52 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Edward Barron (1911-1975) —
also known as Francis E. Barron —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., July 28,
1911.
Son of Richard E. Barron and Mary (Robb) Barron; married, October
9, 1942, to Abbie Esther Morley.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary for
Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee District, 1948;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; American Legion.
Died in 1975
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) —
also known as Wilfred G. Bassett —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 26,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
American Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., February
5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255
days).
Interment at East
Liberty Cemetery, East Liberty, Mich.
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Francis D. Beadle (1899-1983) —
also known as Frank D. Beadle —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Melvin, Sanilac
County, Mich., February
16, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1951-68 (11th District 1951-54, 34th District
1955-64, 28th District 1965-68); resigned 1968.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Legion.
Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 2,
1983 (age 84 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Robert Beasley (1919-1999) —
also known as William R. Beasley —
of Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., January
7, 1919.
Son of Robert M. Beasley and Elizabeth J. (Edwards) Beasley; married,
February
7, 1942, to Helen J. Beattie.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-76; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1976-; appointed 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Legion.
Died June 1,
1999 (age 80 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Philip Beaton (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas Beaton —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Gould City, Mackinac
County, Mich., January
23, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-50.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Son of Christopher Frederick Belen and Elizabeth
Lehman Belen; brother of Lucile
Elizabeth Belen; married, February
7, 1943, to Opal Marie Sheets (1917-2007).
Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Don Binkowski (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
26, 1929.
Son of Alex Binkowski and Helen (Wojtowicz) Binkowski; married to
Sharon J. Hromek.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 2nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; district judge in Michigan 37th District, 1969-86.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Still living as of 1999.
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Robert Heinz Blandford (b. 1919) —
also known as Robert H. Blandford —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., May 20,
1919.
Son of Glen Blandford and Millie (Heinz) Blandford; married to
Shirley Lou Martin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate in
primary for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1954; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1962.
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Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel (1888-1972) —
also known as Roscoe O. Bonisteel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Crossing, Ontario,
December
23, 1888.
Son of Milton F. Bonisteel and Frances Anna (Whyte) Bonisteel;
married, September
12, 1914, to Lillian Coleman Rudolph.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; City Attorney, Ann Arbor,
Mich., 1921-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1928,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-59; appointed 1946; member of
Wayne
State University board of governors, 1956-59; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary;
American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Boos, Jr. (1922-2002) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Suttons Bay, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
27, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1961-66 (Saginaw County 1st
District 1961-64, 85th District 1965-66); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1964;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club.
Died August
22, 2002 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar E. Bouwsma (1921-1978) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., August
15, 1921.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County 2nd District,
1961-64; member of Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1967-74; defeated, 1964, 1974.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association; Eagles;
American Legion.
Died in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., March 22,
1978 (age 56 years, 219
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John T. Bowman (b. 1921) —
of Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Monterey, Putnam
County, Tenn., July 19,
1921.
Married 1940
to Mary Elizabeth Broderick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County 2nd District,
1955-62; defeated in primary, 1950, 1952; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-77 (11th District 1963-64, 26th District
1965-74, 27th District 1975-77); resigned 1977; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Amvets;
American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1977.
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Harold Elmore Bradshaw (b. 1898) —
also known as Harold E. Bradshaw —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Davison, Genesee
County, Mich., November
5, 1898.
Son of John P. H. Bradshaw and Winifred L. (Hurd) Bradshaw; married,
December
24, 1920, to Retha D. Sheley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1936-38.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis M. Brewer (1892-1972) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1892.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928
(alternate), 1952;
candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1928; chairman, Oakland County Board of
Auditors; in 1931, he was charged
with embezzling
$2,500 from the county; convicted,
and sentenced
to five to fifteen years in prison;
his sentence was commuted by Gov. William
A. Comstock in 1933; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947.
Member, American Legion.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William S. Broomfield (b. 1922) —
also known as Bill Broomfield —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Township, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., April 28,
1922.
Son of Dr. S. C. Broomfield and Fern Broomfield.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 4th District,
1949-54; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1957-93 (18th District 1957-73,
19th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-93).
Methodist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Lions; Odd
Fellows; American Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Ellison Brown (b. 1892) —
also known as Arthur E. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscola
County, Mich., October
23, 1892.
Son of Robert Brown and Ida May (Moshier) Brown; married, July 18,
1918, to Elfrieda A. Juengel.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
executive; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; American Legion; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Garry Eldridge Brown (1923-1998) —
also known as Garry Brown —
of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 1923.
Great-grandson of Ebenezer
Lakin Brown; grandson of Addison
Makepeace Brown; son of E. Lakin Brown and Blanche (Jackson)
Brown; married, September
10, 1955, to Frances Esther Wilkins.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 6th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-66 (6th District 1963-64, 21st District
1965-66); U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; American Bar
Association; Elks; Jaycees.
Died August
27, 1998 (age 75 years, 15
days).
Interment at Schoolcraft
Cemetery, Schoolcraft, Mich.
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Jim N. Brown (1926-1991) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., December
9, 1926.
Son of Vernon
Jacobs Brown.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 59th District, 1969-72; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 14,
1991 (age 64 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) —
also known as Wilber M. Brucker —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 23,
1894.
Son of Ferdinand
Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker; married 1923 to Clara
Hantel; father of Wilber
Marion Brucker, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan
state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of
Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon
after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert B. Burns (b. 1920) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Gobleville (now Gobles), Van Buren
County, Mich., March 26,
1920.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1965-87; resigned 1987.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2003.
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Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998) —
also known as "Mr. Education" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
28, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1961-64; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1965-78; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1978; president,
Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1978-84.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks.
Died in 1998
(age about
85 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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David Francis Cargo (b. 1929) —
also known as David F. Cargo —
of New Mexico.
Born in Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., January
13, 1929.
Republican. Member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1962-67; Governor of
New Mexico, 1967-71; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1970, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 3rd District, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Eugene R. Cater (b. 1923) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
8, 1923.
Married 1948
to Donna Mae Fenner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 98th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1968.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles; Freemasons;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Still living as of 1968.
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Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-2006) —
also known as Elford A. Cederberg —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., March 6,
1918.
Son of Alvin Cederberg and Helen (Olson) Cederberg.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1953-78; defeated,
1950, 1978.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in The Villages, Lake
County, Fla., April 17,
2006 (age 88 years, 42
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal
failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Son of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; New York City postmaster, 1958-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 13,
1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Camp Clark (b. 1883) —
also known as Harry C. Clark —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., June 8,
1883.
Son of Heman E. Clark and Melissa (Heath) Clark; married, June 6,
1911, to Georgia L. Kessinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1927-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Kappa
Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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LeeRoy Clark (1922-2002) —
of Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1922.
Son of George Clark and Mary (Jackson) Clark; married, January
26, 1951, to Eartha Mae 'Billie' Kyles.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; auto worker
at Chevrolet V-8 Engine Plant in Flint; board member,
United Auto Workers Local 659; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 84th District, 1966; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Member, NAACP; Urban
League; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich., November
23, 2002 (age 80 years, 86
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Arbela Township, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Owen Jenks Cleary (1900-1960) —
also known as Owen J. Cleary —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
4, 1900.
Son of Patrick Roger Cleary (1858-1948) and Helen Clarke (Jenks)
Cleary; married to Marie DeWaele.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; president,
Cleary College; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1946; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1952-53; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Michigan, 1954.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Moose.
Died September
10, 1960 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Joseph P. Cloon (1896-1974) —
of Wakefield, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Aldrich (unknown
county), Mont., March 12,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; garage
business; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Gogebic County, 1936; member
of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1943-44, 1947-48, 1951-54; defeated,
1938, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gogebic
District, 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Novi, Oakland
County, Mich., May 14,
1974 (age 78 years, 63
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice F. Cole (1893-1977) —
of Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 5,
1893.
Son of Charles F. Cole and Ida (Smith) Cole; married, August 9,
1921, to Sara Nancy Megchelsen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; lawyer;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Exchange
Club; Optimist
Club.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., May 5,
1977 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Creighton R. Coleman (1912-1995) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., February
17, 1912.
Married 1939
to Mary
Leslie Stallings.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1949-56; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1956; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1960-78.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary.
Died in 1995
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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John Price Collins (b. 1900) —
also known as John P. Collins —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich., April 6,
1900.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County; elected
1932; defeated in primary, 1950.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren C. Colver (b. 1925) —
of Alaska.
Born in Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich., January
19, 1925.
U.S.
Attorney for Alaska, 1961-64; Alaska
state attorney general, 1964-66.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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John W. Connolly (1911-1981) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 4,
1911.
Son of William
F. Connolly.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1949-50; defeated, 1950, 1952; candidate
for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1964, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 11,
1981 (age 70 years, 7
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis K. Cramton (b. 1915) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., December
15, 1915.
Son of Louis
Convers Cramton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1971-80 (103rd District 1971-72,
102nd District 1973-80); defeated in primary, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1980.
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Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
19, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; manager,
Godfrey Moving &
Storage Co.; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1986 (age 86 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Bobby D. Crim (b. 1931) —
of Davison, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., December
10, 1931.
Married 1953
to Lila F. Vogel.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-66, 1973-82 (79th District
1965-66, 82nd District 1973-82); defeated, 1966; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1975-82;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1983-84; resigned 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Lions; National
Education Association; American
Federation of Teachers; American Legion.
Still living as of 1984.
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Francis A. Crowley (1909-1980) —
of Clarkston, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1909.
Married 1933
to Elma S. Wenner.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 61st District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1970.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Eagles;
American Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., April 13,
1980 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry M. Curran (1918-1993) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Lock Haven, Clinton
County, Pa., January
2, 1918.
Married to Rita Rothmann.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; deputy
sheriff; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1961-65; member of New York
state senate, 1966-70 (4th District 1966, 3rd District 1967-70);
chair, New York State Harness Racing Commission, 1970-75.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Died, in North Shore University Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 13,
1993 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy
Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Married, June 28,
1941, to Susan Ross Chivvis.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions;
American Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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