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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Son of Francis W. Schwellenbach and Martha (Baxter) Schwellenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate in primary for
Governor
of Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1940-45; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Watson Carvosso Squire (1838-1926) —
also known as Watson C. Squire —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 18,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1884-87; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 7,
1926 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Henry McBride (1856-1937) —
of Washington.
Born in Farmington, Davis
County, Utah, February
7, 1856.
Governor
of Washington, 1901-05; defeated, 1916.
Died October
6, 1937 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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John Philo Hoyt (1841-1926) —
also known as John P. Hoyt —
of Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born near Austinburg, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, October
6, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1873-76; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1875-76; secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1876; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1877-78; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87; delegate to
Washington state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1890-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
27, 1926 (age 84 years, 325
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Thomas Burke (1849-1925) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, N.Y., December
22, 1849.
Son of James Burke and Bridget Della (Ryan) Burke.
Lawyer;
King
County Probate Judge, 1876-80; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1880; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1888-89.
While speaking at the semi-annual
meeting of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he
suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died, in the offices
of the Carnegie Foundation, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1925 (age 75 years, 347
days). Present at the meeting were Nicholas
Murray Butler (who caught him as he collapsed), Elihu
Root, Robert
Lansing, John
W. Davis, David
Jayne Hill, Gov. Andrew
Jackson Montague, Sen. LeRoy
Percy, and others.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Hiram Charles Gill (1866-1919) —
also known as Hiram C. Gill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born July 23,
1866.
Republican. Mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1910-11, 1914-18; recalled 1911; defeated, 1912.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1911 over his permissive
attitude toward gambling and prostitution.
Died January
7, 1919 (age 52 years, 168
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) —
also known as Marion A. Zioncheck —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kety, Galicia, Poland,
December
5, 1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
While running
for re-election, he jumped
from the window of his campaign
office in the Arctic Building, and fell to his
death, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August 7,
1936 (age 34 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Thomas Minor Pelly (1902-1973) —
also known as Tom Pelly —
of Port Blakely, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
22, 1902.
Son of Bernard Pelly and Elizabeth (Minor) Pelly.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1953-73.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., November
21, 1973 (age 71 years, 91
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Frank DeWitt Black (1854-1919) —
also known as Frank D. Black —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, 1854.
Republican. Banker;
president, Wallace Lumber
Company; vice-president, Sterling Ship
Company; director, Seattle Hardware
Company; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1896; resigned 1896.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 11,
1919 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight.
Republican. Lecturer;
writer;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Soroptimists;
League of
Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Roy William Wier (1888-1963) —
also known as Roy W. Wier —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., February
25, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1933-39; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1949-61; defeated,
1946, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1960.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 27,
1963 (age 75 years, 122
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Donald Hammer Magnuson (1911-1979) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Freeman, Spokane
County, Wash., March 7,
1911.
Son of Ellis William Magnuson and Ida (Hammer) Magnuson.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1953-63 (at-large 1953-59, 7th
District 1959-63).
Presbyterian.
Member, Theta Xi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
5, 1979 (age 68 years, 212
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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A. Scott Bullitt (1877-1932) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kentucky, January
23, 1877.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1924
(alternate), 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1926; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1928.
Died of cancer, April 10,
1932 (age 55 years, 78
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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James Theodore Ronald (1855-1950) —
also known as James T. Ronald —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., April 8,
1855.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1892-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1900; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-49.
Died, from influenza,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
27, 1950 (age 95 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Burton Ellsworth Bennett (1863-1929) —
also known as Burton E. Bennett —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., April 17,
1863.
Son of Samuel Rhoades Bennett and Mary Hill (Loomis) Bennett.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1895-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Clinton S. Harley (born c.1878) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ohio, about 1878.
Republican. Cemetery
operator; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1943-45; member of Washington
state senate 43rd District, 1947.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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John Plunkett McLean (c.1883-1965) —
also known as J. P. McLean; "One-Horse
McLean" —
of Whitefish, Flathead
County, Mont.
Born about 1883.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1924.
Publisher of "The One Horse News".
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
3, 1965 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Richard Achilles Ballinger (1858-1922) —
also known as Richard A. Ballinger —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, July 9,
1858.
Son of Col. Richard H. Ballinger and Mary E. Ballinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1894-97; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1904-06; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1909-11; resigned 1911.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 6,
1922 (age 63 years, 332
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) —
also known as Elisha P. Ferry —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Monroe
County, Mich., August 9,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1852;
village
president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Lake County, 1862;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget Sound
National Bank; Governor of
Washington, 1889-93.
Died of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
14, 1895 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Samuel Henry Piles (1858-1940) —
also known as Samuel H. Piles —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Smithland, Livingston
County, Ky., December
28, 1858.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1905-11; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1922-28.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 11,
1940 (age 81 years, 74
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Beard Allen (1845-1903) —
also known as John B. Allen —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., May 18,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Washington, 1875-85; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1889; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-93.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
28, 1903 (age 57 years, 255
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Elijah Sherman Grammer (1868-1936) —
of Washington.
Born in Quincy, Hickory
County, Mo., April 3,
1868.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1932-33.
Died of coronary
thrombosis, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1936 (age 68 years, 230
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Cornelius Hanford (1849-1926) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Van Buren
County, Iowa, April 21,
1849.
Son of Edward Hanford and Abby J. (Holgate) Hanford.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Washington territorial council, 1877; member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
District Judge for Washington, 1890-1905; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1905-12;
resigned 1912.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Resigned
as judge under threat of
impeachment, 1912.
Died in 1926
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Humes (1849-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Humes —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
14, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1877-80; superior court judge in
Washington, 1890; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1897-1904.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, November
9, 1904 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Tenny Jordan (1832-1886) —
also known as John T. Jordan —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1832.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1871-72, 1873; appointed 1873.
Died March 3,
1886 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Washington
County, Md., November
30, 1810.
Republican. Carpenter;
millwright;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1874-75, 1885-86.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
16, 1892 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry Allen Atkins (1827-1885) —
also known as Henry A. Atkins —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1827.
Republican. Mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1869-71; appointed 1869.
Died in 1885
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Married to Mary Barr (1834-1896). |
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memorial |
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) and Maria
(Claussen) von Struve.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Robert Moran (1857-1943) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born January
26, 1857.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1888-90.
Died March 28,
1943 (age 86 years, 61
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Beriah Brown (1815-1900) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
23, 1815.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1852;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1878-79.
Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge
County, Mont., February
8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Henry Shoudy (1830-1901) —
also known as William H. Shoudy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 3,
1830.
Son of Israel Shoudy (1804-1893) and Rebecca (Hamstraut) Shoudy
(1804-1843).
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1886-87.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
19, 1901 (age 71 years, 139
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Leary (1837-1905) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New
Brunswick, November
3, 1837.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1884-85; defeated, 1892.
Died February
8, 1905 (age 67 years, 97
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin
County, Vt., March 20,
1838.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.
Caused a scandal
in 1873, when he suddenly vacated
his mayoralty; he fled
to San Francisco with a
married woman and $15,000 he had embezzled
from his firm. Later returned to Seattle.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
14, 1906 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William D. Wood (1858-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born December
1, 1858.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; King
County Probate Judge, 1884; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1896-97; appointed 1896; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush.
Died, from an intestinal
ailment, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 23,
1917 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Farrand Prosser (1834-1911) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1834.
Republican. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1869-71.
Died September
23, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Edward Carroll (1877-1955) —
also known as John E. Carroll —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
15, 1877.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1941; appointed 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Shelton, Mason
County, Wash., February
22, 1955 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Moses R. Maddocks (1833-1919) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born November
13, 1833.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1873.
Died February
25, 1919 (age 85 years, 104
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Augustus E. Alden (1837-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
24, 1837.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1867-69.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 23,
1886 (age 48 years, 150
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899) —
also known as Arthur A. Denny —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., June 20,
1822.
Son of John
Denny.
Member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1853-61; member
Washington territorial council, 1862-63; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1865-67.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
9, 1899 (age 76 years, 203
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Denny (1793-1875) —
of Knox
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kentucky, 1793.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives.
Died in 1875
(age about
82 years).
Original interment at Old Seattle Cemetery;
reinterment in 1884 at Lake View Cemetery.
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Ohlin H. Adsit (1855-1909) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in 1855.
Son of Mary (Fellows) Adsit (1823-1870) and Brainard Adsit
(1826-1914).
Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1902-04.
Died August 8,
1909 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Joe Foster (1828-1911) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1828.
Member of Washington
territorial legislature.
Died in 1911
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John C. Callbreath (1826-1916) —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Wrangell (unknown
county), Wash.
Born in New York, January
16, 1826.
Son of Thomas Callbreath and Mary (Finch) Callbreath.
Member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1856-57.
Died, from a gastric
ulcer, in the Kenney nursing
home, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 6,
1916 (age 90 years, 81
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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