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Howard E. Brookings (1902-1977) —
of Oakland, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb., January
24, 1902.
Son of Willard E. Brookings and Lotta J. Brookings.
Republican. Movie
theater owner; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Pottawattamie County; elected 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Eagles.
Died in May, 1977
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Gretna M. Charles. |
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Ralph Gilmour Brooks (1898-1960) —
also known as Ralph G. Brooks —
of Wymore, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Eustis, Frontier
County, Neb., July 6,
1898.
Son of Adam Hansford Brooks and Tina S. (Olson) Brooks.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1942; Governor of
Nebraska, 1959-60; died in office 1960.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Pi
Kappa Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Died September
9, 1960 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Calvin F. Carsten (b. 1915) —
of Avoca, Cass
County, Neb.
Born in Avoca, Cass
County, Neb., November
11, 1915.
Farmer;
member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 2nd District, 1971; defeated, 1966.
Congregationalist;
later United
Church of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 1975.
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Edward Francis Carter (b. 1897) —
also known as Edward F. Carter —
of Gering, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Middlebranch, Holt
County, Neb., March 11,
1897.
Son of Edward Charles Carter and Allie Margaret (Waring) Carter.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 17th District, 1927-34; appointed 1927; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1935-.
Congregationalist
or Methodist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979) —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., June 4,
1905.
Republican. Hotel
owner; oil
business; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1943-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, of cancer, in
Niobrara County Memorial Hospital,
Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., September
19, 1979 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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Ellwood Blake Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as E. B. Chappell —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Osmond, Pierce
County, Neb., May 4,
1889.
Son of William Henry Chappell and Pleasant May (Turner) Chappell.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1929-43; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Presbyterian.
English
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions; Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta
Chi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Vernon Denney (1916-1981) —
also known as Robert V. Denney —
of Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, April 11,
1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1967-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 26,
1981 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Fairbury
Cemetery, Fairbury, Neb.
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Leonard A. Flansburg —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Alma, Harlan
County, Neb.
Son of Clara (Wilkinson) Flansburg and Claude
Copley Flansburg.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1917; district judge in Nebraska
3rd District, 1918-20; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1920-23.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (1924-2005) —
also known as Stanley K. Hathaway; Stanley
Knapp —
of Torrington, Goshen
County, Wyo.
Born in Osceola, Polk
County, Neb., July 19,
1924.
Son of Robert Knapp and Lily Knapp.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Goshen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1954-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1962-64; Governor of
Wyoming, 1967-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., October
4, 2005 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Torrington, Wyo.
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James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) —
also known as J. H. Kemp —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Page
County, Va., October
6, 1871.
Son of Thomas M. Kemp (1836-1926) and Elizabeth J. (Kibler) Kemp
(1843-1896).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Nebraska, February
19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fullerton
Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) —
also known as Bob Kerrey —
of Nebraska.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., August
27, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Governor of
Nebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1989-; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Lions; Sertoma.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when he lost a
leg.
Still living as of 2009.
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James P. Marron (b. 1902) —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Ponca, Dixon
County, Neb., June 5,
1902.
Son of Thomas F. Marron and Margaret (McDermott) Marron.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; lawyer; chair of
Holt County Democratic Party, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Lions; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence A. Marty (b. 1926) —
of Green River, Sweetwater
County, Wyo.
Born in Leigh, Colfax
County, Neb., June 17,
1926.
Son of Herman L. Marty and Frances J. (Harvey) Marty.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Wyoming, 1958-59; chair of
Sweetwater County Republican Party, 1960-64, 1968-70; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions.
Still living as of 1970.
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Arthur Lewis Miller (1892-1967) —
also known as Arthur L. Miller; A. L.
Miller —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.
Born near Plainview, Pierce
County, Neb., May 24,
1892.
Son of Reno Jesse Miller and Ada Mae (Berry) Miller.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1937-41; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1940; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1943-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., March 16,
1967 (age 74 years, 296
days).
Interment at Parklawn
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
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Harry A. Spencer (b. 1903) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bishops, Walton, England,
September
16, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1936,
1940;
vice-chair
of Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-38; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court.
Methodist.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Acacia.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Son of John A. F. Wagener and Hester (Rable) Wagener.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto F. Walter (b. 1890) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., April 19,
1890.
Son of William J. Walter and Anna M. (Fasoldt) Walter.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Spicer Wherry (1892-1951) —
also known as Kenneth S. Wherry —
of Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Liberty, Gage
County, Neb., February
28, 1892.
Son of David Emery Wherry and Jessie (Comstock) Wherry.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; furniture
merchant; funeral
director; automobile
dealer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1929-31; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1939-42; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1943-51; died in office 1951; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions; Kiwanis;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1951 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Ralph P. Wilson (b. 1890) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., November
5, 1890.
Son of Henry H. Wilson and Emma (Parks) Wilson.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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