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Allen Jay Beermann (b. 1940) —
also known as Allen J. Beermann —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, January
14, 1940.
Lawyer;
secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1971-.
Lutheran. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; American
Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Newcomen
Society.
Still living as of 2001.
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Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born near Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb., August
13, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-65).
Lutheran. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died in an airplane
crash at the Municipal Airport
in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
17, 1977 (age 64 years, 188
days).
Interment at Dakota
City Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb.
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Douglas Kent Bereuter (b. 1939) —
also known as Doug Bereuter —
of Utica, Seward
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Cedar Bluffs, Saunders
County, Neb.
Born in York, York
County, Neb., October
6, 1939.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1975-78; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1979-.
Lutheran. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Emil E. Beyer, Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Gretna, Sarpy
County, Neb.
Born May 20,
1929.
Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 3rd District, 1981.
Lutheran. Member, American
Legion; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 1993.
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Lawrence Brock (1906-1968) —
of Wakefield, Dixon
County, Neb.
Born near Columbus, Platte
County, Neb., August
16, 1906.
Son of John Brock and Mary (Moeller) Brock.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1952,
1956;
Nebraska
Democratic state chair, 1954-56; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1959-61.
Lutheran.
Died in Zion, Lake
County, Ill., August
28, 1968 (age 62 years, 12
days).
Interment at Wakefield
Cemetery, Wakefield, Neb.
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John Havekost (1872-1950) —
of Hooper, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Logan Township, Dodge
County, Neb., July 30,
1872.
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1922; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1927-32; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1939-41.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hooper, Dodge
County, Neb., April 20,
1950 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at Hooper
Cemetery, Hooper, Neb.
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Karl Harold Phillip LeVander (1910-1992) —
also known as Harold LeVander —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Swede Home, Polk
County, Neb., October
10, 1910.
Son of Rev. Peter Magni LeVander.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1967-71.
Lutheran. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 30,
1992 (age 81 years, 172
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wesley C. Mues (1948-1999) —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., May 5,
1948.
Lawyer;
Judge, Nebraska Court of
Appeals, 1994-99; died in office 1999.
Lutheran. Member, Sertoma.
Injured in a traffic
accident on Highway 281, and died soon after, at St. Francis Medical
Center, Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., October
25, 1999 (age 51 years, 173
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Norman A. Otto (b. 1918) —
Born in Gering, Scotts Bluff
County, Neb., July 5,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1955-61; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1960; chief of staff to Gov. Frank
Morrison, 1961-64, and to Gov. J.
James Exon, 1971-79.
Lutheran. German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903-1983) —
also known as Val Peterson —
of Elgin, Antelope
County, Neb.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Oakland, Burt
County, Neb., July 18,
1903.
Son of Henry C. Peterson and Hermanda (Swanberg) Peterson.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; newspaper
publisher; secretary to Gov. Dwight
Griswold, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; Governor of
Nebraska, 1947-53; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1957-61; Finland, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1960,
1972;
insurance
executive.
Lutheran. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease and respiratory
failure, in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., October
17, 1983 (age 80 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Oakdale, Neb.
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Franz Christopher Radke (b. 1889) —
of Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb.; Tecumseh, Johnson
County, Neb.
Born near Wynot, Cedar
County, Neb., June 23,
1889.
Son of Carl Radke and Ottillo (Reips) Radke.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1917; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; private
secretary to Gov. Charles
W. Bryan, 1923-25; Johnson
County Judge, 1925.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Izaak
Walton League; Forty and
Eight; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hermann Godfrey Wellensiek (b. 1884) —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born in Syracuse, Otoe
County, Neb., September
28, 1884.
Son of Henry F. Wellensiek and Maria Katharine (Kampeter) Wellensiek.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1928-32; member of Nebraska
Republican State Central Committee, 1934-38.
Lutheran. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry F. Wellensiek and Maria Katharine (Kampeter) Wellensiek;
married, October
5, 1915, to Adah Lanham (died 1916); married, September
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