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Frank Buster Brouillet (1928-2001) —
also known as Frank Brouillet;
"Buster" —
of Puyallup, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Puyallup, Pierce
County, Wash., May 18,
1928.
Son of Vern Brouillet and Doris (Darr) Brouillet.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of Washington
state house of representatives 25th District, 1957-73; Washington
superintendent of public instruction, 1973-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Grange; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of complications from leukemia,
in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
20, 2001 (age 72 years, 247
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1956
to Marge E. Sarsten. |
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John Main Coffee (1897-1983) —
also known as John M. Coffee —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
23, 1897.
Son of William B. Coffee and Anne (Rae) Coffee.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. C.
C. Dill, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1937-47; defeated,
1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Grange; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma
Upsilon.
Died June 3,
1983 (age 86 years, 131
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Puget Sound.
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Albert Edwin Edwards (b. 1879) —
also known as A. E. Edwards —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Deming, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born in Victoria, British
Columbia, September
10, 1879.
Son of A. E. Edwards and Margaret (Hansen) Edwards.
Democrat. Midshipman, English merchant marine; sailor, U.S. merchant
marine; officer and captain, Yukon River steamboats;
merchant;
miner; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1928
(alternate), 1948;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1955-63; member of Washington
state senate 41st District, 1937-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Stephen Foley (b. 1929) —
also known as Thomas S. Foley; Tom Foley —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March 26,
1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1965-95; defeated,
1994; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1989-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-.
Member, Grange; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2008.
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Knute Hill (1876-1963) —
also known as "Little Giant" —
of Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.
Born near Creston, Ogle
County, Ill., July 31,
1876.
Son of Rasmus O. Hill and Martha (Govig) Hill.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District),
1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District).
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., December
3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125
days).
Interment at Yakima
Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
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Mike McCormack (b. 1921) —
of Richland, Benton
County, Wash.
Born in Basil, Fairfield
County, Ohio, December
14, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1957-60; member of Washington
state senate, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1971-81; defeated,
1980.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange.
Still living as of 2004.
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