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Samuel S. Arentz (1913-1994) —
also known as Sam Arentz —
of Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1913.
Son of Samuel
Shaw Arentz and Harriet (Keep) Arentz.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1952.
Member, American Legion; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died January
6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Stephan Baring, Jr. (1911-1975) —
also known as Walter S. Baring, Jr. —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev., September
9, 1911.
Son of Walter Stephen Baring and Emilie Louise (Froelich) Baring.
Democrat. Furniture
business; chair of
Washoe County Democratic Party, 1936; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1936-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1949-53, 1957-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Eagles; Sertoma.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1975 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Archie C. Grant (b. 1894) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Ely, St. Louis
County, Minn., March 9,
1894.
Son of John Grant and Mary (Nolan) Grant.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1952;
member of Nevada
state senate, 1941-42; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1943-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morley Isaac Griswold (1890-1951) —
also known as Morley Griswold —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Elko, Elko
County, Nev., October
10, 1890.
Son of Chauncey Warner Griswold and Mary Ellen (Dakin) Griswold.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1927-34; Governor of
Nevada, 1934-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936,
1940,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died October
3, 1951 (age 60 years, 358
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Dominque Laxalt (b. 1922) —
also known as Paul Laxalt —
of Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., August 2,
1922.
Son of Dominique Laxalt and Theresa (Alpetche) Laxalt.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1963-67; Governor of
Nevada, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1974-87; defeated, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August 7,
1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John J. McCune (1919-2001) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 20,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1953-56.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died April 23,
2001 (age 82 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Woodnutt Miller (1886-1973) —
also known as Thomas W. Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 26,
1886.
Son of Charles
Robert Miller and Abigail Morgan (Woodnutt) Miller.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Delaware, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1915-17; defeated, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Delta
Phi.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., May 5,
1973 (age 86 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) —
also known as F. Grant Sawyer —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, December
14, 1918.
Son of Harry W. Sawyer and Bula (Cameron) Sawyer.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1950-58; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
American Legion; Lions; Eagles.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., February
19, 1996 (age 77 years, 67
days).
Interment at Palm
Valley View Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nev.
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