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John P. Barrett (1915-2000) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
17, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Missouri
state senate 6th District, 1954-65; resigned 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus; Optimist
Club; American
Legion.
Died March 27,
2000 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Cullen Blanton (1891-1973) —
also known as Harry C. Blanton —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Paris, Monroe
County, Mo., July 5,
1891.
Son of Charles Lee Blanton and Mary Agnes (Cullen) Blanton.
Lawyer;
Scott
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1934-47.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Knights of Columbus.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Omer J. Dames (1894-1969) —
of near O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, St. Charles
County, Mo., May 8,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1959-69 (St. Charles County
1959-66, 104th District 1967-69); died in office 1969.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights of Columbus.
Died in O'Fallon, St. Charles
County, Mo., August 1,
1969 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo O. Gatewood (b. 1910) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
20, 1910.
Son of John Fred Gatewood and Dorathea P. (Thomas) Gatewood.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; chairman,
United Labor League for 3rd Congressional District of Colorado;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Willard Karst (1902-1987) —
also known as Raymond W. Karst —
of Frontenac, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
31, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; builder;
real
estate business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-36; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
4, 1987 (age 84 years, 277
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar J. Keating (b. 1889) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 28,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1931-40, 1943-44; member of Missouri
state senate, 1945-52 (5th District 1945-48, 9th District
1949-52).
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Robert Nacy (1895-1961) —
also known as Richard R. Nacy —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., November
7, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Missouri
state treasurer, 1933-37, 1948-49; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1940,
1952,
1956;
Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus; Rotary.
Died January
10, 1961 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Richard J. Rabbitt (b. 1935) —
also known as Dick Rabbitt —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
30, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 8th District,
1961-67.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Columbus.
Still living as of 1967.
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Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) —
also known as Robert A. Young III —
of St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
27, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; pipefitter;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis County 1st
District, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1960,
1964;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1963-77; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,
1986.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions;
Knights of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
The Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis is named for
him.
Died, of liver
failure, in St. Ann, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
17, 2007 (age 83 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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