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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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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.
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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Albert W. Dimmers, Jr. (b. 1904) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., July 25,
1904.
Son of Albert W. Dimmers and Cora (Bailey) Dimmers.
Republican. Lawyer; Hillsdale
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-40; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1945-48;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kathleen McFarland. |
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Lee I. Fisher (b. 1951) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 7,
1951.
Son of Stan Fisher and Elaine Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1981-82; member of Ohio state
senate, 1982-90; Ohio
state attorney general, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1998; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 2007-.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2010.
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John E. Merrill (b. 1897) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Yale, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 16,
1897.
Son of John H. Merrill and Janet M. (Brown) Merrill.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1936.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wahr Sallade (1922-1997) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
16, 1922.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1955-60; defeated (Democratic), 1968; Democratic candidate
for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1966, 1970; Democratic candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1982; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Freemasons;
Moose;
Rotary;
Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Phi.
Died June 18,
1997 (age 74 years, 214
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Laureston O. Telfer (b. 1893) —
also known as Laurie O. Telfer —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Sarnia, Ontario,
November
20, 1893.
Son of Arthur B. Telfer and Mary (Cowen) Telfer.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St.
Clair County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1922-30; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34; circuit
judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1939-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Phi Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Erma E. Hueber. |
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Eugene Gilkison Wanger (b. 1933) —
also known as Eugene G. Wanger; Gil Wanger —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1933.
Son of Eugene Wanger and Roka Gilkison Wanger.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, Jaycees;
Phi Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Theta
Xi; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married to Marilyn Rose Morris. |
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