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James Pace Alger (1928-1969) —
also known as James P. Alger —
of Price, Carbon
County, Utah; Agana (now Hagatna), Guam.
Born in Cleveland, Emery
County, Utah, January
23, 1928.
Son of Edgar Alger and Elna (Jensen) Alger.
Democrat. Lawyer; Carbon
County Attorney, 1954-61; chair of
Carbon County Democratic Party, 1960-61; U.S.
Attorney for Guam, 1962-69.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees;
Navy
League.
Died in September, 1969
(age 41
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aldon Junior Anderson (1917-1996) —
also known as Aldon J. Anderson —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
3, 1917.
Son of Aldon J. Anderson and Minnie (Egan) Anderson.
Lawyer;
district judge in Utah, 1957-71; U.S.
District Judge for Utah, 1971-84; took senior status 1984.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 24,
1996 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968) —
also known as Harry H. Atkinson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 22,
1881.
Son of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Nye
County District Attorney, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1968
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married, November
28, 1908, to Katherine Jackson (died 1954); married, September
1, 1961, to Cecil Payn Chapman. |
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Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961) —
also known as J. Reuben Clark, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Grantsville, Tooele
County, Utah, September
1, 1871.
Son of Joshua Reuben Clark and Mary Louisa (Woolley) Clark.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1930-33; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Utah, 1936.
Mormon.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
6, 1961 (age 90 years, 35
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Reuben Clark and Mary Louisa (Woolley) Clark; married, September
14, 1898, to Luacine A. Savage; father-in-law of Mervyn Sharp
Bennion (Captain of the U.S.S. West Virginia; killed in action at
Pearl Harbor). |
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Culbert Levy Olson (1876-1962) —
also known as Culbert L. Olson —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, November
7, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Utah state
senate, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Utah, 1920;
member of California
state senate, 1935-39; Governor of
California, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1943; California
Democratic state chair, 1944-46.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died at a rest
home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 13,
1962 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Vernon Romney (1896-1976) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua,
July
3, 1896.
Son of Miles Park Romney (1843-1904) and Catherine Jane (Cottam)
Romney (1855-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah
Republican State Executive Committee, 1936-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Utah
Republican state chair, 1944-50, 1958-62; member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1944-50, 1958-62; vice-president,
State Savings &
Loan Association.
Mormon.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
9, 1976 (age 79 years, 190
days).
Interment somewhere
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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