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Leonard Ackerman II (b. 1921) —
also known as Lee Ackerman —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
29, 1921.
Son of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; airplane
pilot; newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; real estate
investor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) —
of Winona, Shannon
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in New Liberty, Oregon
County, Mo., December
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oil jobber;
contractor;
automobile
dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1965.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., May 24,
2004 (age 85 years, 165
days).
Interment at Missouri
Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Norman H. Anderson (1924-1997) —
of Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 2,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Missouri
state attorney general, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died June 16,
1997 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell (1912-1987) —
also known as Claude I. Bakewell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 9,
1912.
Son of Paul Bakewell and Mary (Fullerton) Bakewell.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets.
Died in University City, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 18,
1987 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Paul M. Berra (b. 1925) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
2, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; bookkeeper;
restauranteur;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 2nd District,
1953-64; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1965-66.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Redmen.
Still living as of 1966.
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Relatives:
Married, June 25,
1950, to Elizabeth Catherine Gilroy. |
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James Thomas Blair, Jr. (1902-1962) —
also known as James T. Blair, Jr. —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo., March 15,
1902.
Son of James
Thomas Blair and Grace Emma (Ray) Blair.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1928, 1930; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1936,
1960;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1947; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1949-57; Governor of
Missouri, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Nu
Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Died, along with his wife, of accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning, when exhaust fumes from a car left
running in an attached garage entered their home through the air
conditioning system, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 12,
1962 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Clay Cole (1897-1965) —
also known as William C. Cole —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Fillmore, Andrew
County, Mo., August
29, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1943-49, 1953-55 (3rd District
1943-49, 6th District 1953-55); defeated, 1948, 1950.
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died September
23, 1965 (age 68 years, 25
days).
Interment at Fillmore
Cemetery, Fillmore, Mo.
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William True Davis, Jr. (b. 1919) —
also known as True Davis —
of Washington,
D.C.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
23, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1963-65.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Clint Dennis (1917-2000) —
also known as John Dennis —
of Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Patton, Bollinger
County, Mo., July 31,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Scott
County Sheriff, 1951-76; member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1976-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died at Missouri Veterans
Home, Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., February
15, 2000 (age 82 years, 199
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Memorial Gardens, Morley, Mo.
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Luis Miller Dunckel (1899-1975) —
also known as Miller Dunckel —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
11, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
wholesaler; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1932; Michigan
state treasurer, 1939-40; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Eagles; Moose; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died of pneumonia
in 1975
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Eternal
Hills, Oceanside, Calif.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1939 |
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Temple Forrest (1891-1960) —
of Belton, Cass
County, Mo.; Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Forest Green, Chariton
County, Mo., August
16, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Cass
County Sheriff, 1948.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, Mo.
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Joe Grandhomme (b. 1893) —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Desloge, St. Francois
County, Mo., October
9, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren E. Hearnes (b. 1923) —
of Charleston, Mississippi
County, Mo.
Born July 24,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1956;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1961-65; Governor of
Missouri, 1965-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Leonard Hungate (1922-2007) —
also known as William L. Hungate —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Franklin
County, Ill., December
14, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979-92.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Injured in a fall at his
home, and died two weeks later, from surgery complications, in St.
Luke's Hospital,
Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 22,
2007 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard Howard Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1952-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Eta
Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Clare Magee (1899-1969) —
of Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo.
Born near Livonia, Putnam
County, Mo., March 31,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1949-53.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., August 7,
1969 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Unionville
Cemetery, Unionville, Mo.
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Rice William Means (1877-1949) —
also known as Rice W. Means —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Adams
County Judge, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
30, 1949 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William S. Morris (1919-1975) —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Higginsville, Lafayette
County, Mo., November
8, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March 4,
1975 (age 55 years, 116
days).
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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William Lester Nelson (1875-1946) —
also known as William L. Nelson; Will L.
Nelson —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born near Bunceton, Cooper
County, Mo., August 4,
1875.
Son of Thomas Alpheus Nelson and Sarah Ann (Tucker) Nelson.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1919-21, 1925-33, 1935-43 (8th
District 1919-21, 1925-33, 2nd District 1935-43); defeated, 1920 (8th
District), 1942 (2nd District), 1946 (2nd District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Gamma
Sigma Delta; Veterans of Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in 1946
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Joe F. Rains (b. 1914) —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., January
24, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; used car
dealer; grocery
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pettis County, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1967.
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William Joseph Randall (1909-2000) —
also known as William J. Randall; Bill
Randall —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 16,
1909.
Son of William R. Randall and Lillie (Bridges) Randall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; county judge in
Missouri, 1946-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1959-77.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Optimist
Club; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, at Independence Regional Health
Center, Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 7,
2000 (age 90 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Lloyd Crow Stark (1886-1972) —
also known as Lloyd C. Stark —
of Missouri.
Born near Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
23, 1886.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Missouri, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Rotary; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
17, 1972 (age 85 years, 299
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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John Gayer Terry (b. 1897) —
also known as John G. Terry —
of Pixley, Tulare
County, Calif.
Born in Rockville, Bates
County, Mo., July 12,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1946; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Terry L. Troutt (1919-1994) —
of Romulus, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., November
1, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
manager; member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1965-66; defeated in primary, 1962
(21st District), 1966 (13th District); candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 38th District, 1968; mayor of
Romulus, Mich., 1973-75.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Died in Romulus, Wayne
County, Mich., February
3, 1994 (age 74 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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