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Politician members in Pennsylvania


  George Vincent Ayres (1852-1939) — also known as George V. Ayres — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Luzerne County, Pa., November 1, 1852. Republican. Hardware dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 46th District, 1927-30. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died May 29, 1939 (age 86 years, 209 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Married, April 23, 1885, to Katie Towle; married to Myrtle Coon (1874-1937); father of Albro Charles Ayres.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Josephine Drivinsky Hunsinger (b. 1914) — also known as Josephine D. Hunsinger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Acosta, Somerset County, Pa., 1914. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-76 (Wayne County 12th District 1955-64, 16th District 1965-72, 1st District 1973-76); defeated in primary, 1976, 1980, 1984; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate, 1977 (14th District), 1978 (7th District), 1982 (5th District). Female. Member, League of Women Voters; Order of the Eastern Star; Polish National Alliance. Still living as of 1984.
  Alfons H. Letzler (1884-1972) — also known as A. H. Letzler — of Houtzdale, Clearfield County, Pa. Born in Sweden, July 1, 1884. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 34th District, 1939-54; defeated, 1954; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks; Moose; United Commercial Travelers. Died in 1972 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.
  Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) — also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B. Penney — of Fullerton, Nance County, Neb. Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter County, Pa., February 25, 1868. Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman (1833-1904) and William Elder Freeman (died 1912). Republican. School teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888, saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Pi Beta Phi; Daughters of the American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star; American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney.
  Pauline H. Peterson — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. School teacher and principal; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County, 1947. Female. English and German ancestry. Member, Order of the Eastern Star; Soroptimists; American Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Harold A. Peterson.

 

 


 
   
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