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Niel Richardson Allen (b. 1894) —
also known as Niel R. Allen —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
Born in Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash., May 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1941-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1944;
Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Rotary; Izaak
Walton League; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Oscar Arend (1903-1966) —
also known as Harry O. Arend —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
26, 1903.
Son of William Fred Arend and Ida Augusta (Schimanski) Arend.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1944-49; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1960-64.
Mormon.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary.
Died July 2,
1966 (age 62 years, 249
days).
Interment at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Frank Thomas Bell (1883-1970) —
also known as Frank Bell —
of Ephrata, Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., September
21, 1883.
Son of W. Lafayette Bell and Ami (Farrar) Bell.
Democrat. Grant
County Treasurer, 1919-23; private secretary, U.S. Sen. C.
C. Dill, 1923-33; U.S. Fish Commissioner, 1933-40; hotel and
restaurant
owner and operator; promoter of Grand Coulee Dam and other federal
dam projects; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Washington, 1948,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ephrata, Grant
County, Wash., October, 1970
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ephrata
Cemetery, Ephrata, Wash.
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Arthur Bernard Langlie (1900-1966) —
also known as Arthur B. Langlie —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 25,
1900.
Republican. Mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1938-41; defeated, 1936; resigned 1941; Governor of
Washington, 1941-45, 1949-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1944,
1948,
1952;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 24,
1966 (age 65 years, 364
days).
Interment at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) —
also known as Z. J. Loussac —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pokrov, Russia,
July
13, 1883.
Democrat. Druggist;
philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage is named for
him.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 15,
1965 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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O. Gaylord Marsh (b. 1879) —
of Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash.; Manila, Philippines;
Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich., January
7, 1879.
Son of Edward Marsh and Huldah Rude (Dunning) Marsh.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Ottawa, 1915-17; Progreso, 1917-24; Montevideo, 1924-27; Sydney, 1927-32; Seoul, 1938.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Tella Dorothy Swem. |
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Mike McKinnon —
of Lynnwood, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Accountant;
mayor
of Lynnwood, Wash., 2002-.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Frank Hughes Murkowski (b. 1933) —
also known as Frank H. Murkowski —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 28,
1933.
Son of Frank Michael Murkowski and Helen (Hughes) Murkowski.
Republican. Banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1970; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1981-2002; resigned 2002; Governor of
Alaska, 2002-06; defeated in primary, 2006.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; National Rifle
Association; Rotary; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Leslie Nerland (1902-1992) —
also known as Leslie Nerland; Les Nerland —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dawson, Yukon
Territory, March 11,
1902.
Son of Andrew
Nerland.
Furniture
merchant; banker; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938-40; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; regent,
University of Alaska, 1956-61.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Issaquah, King
County, Wash., February
18, 1992 (age 89 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
to Mildred Juanita Kildall (1900-1991). |
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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, Seattle, Wash.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-1961) —
also known as Monrad C. Wallgren; Mon C.
Wallgren —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, April 17,
1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; jeweler; optician;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1933-40; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1940-45; Governor of
Washington, 1945-49; chair, Federal Power
Commission, 1950-51.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident, in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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James Elton West (1951-2006) —
also known as James E. West; Jim West —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March 28,
1951.
Son of Jack West.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1982-86; member of Washington
state senate 6th District, 1986-2003; mayor of
Spokane, Wash., 2004-05.
Member, Rotary; Gay.
Following a scandal
involving use
of his position to obtain
sex with young men, and an FBI investigation,
he was recalled
from office as mayor in 2005.
Died, from complications of colon
cancer, in the University of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 22,
2006 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary R. Wilken (b. 1946) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
24, 1946.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state senate District O, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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