Anchorage municipality
Alaska
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Anchorage municipality
Alaska
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Anchorage municipality
Index to Locations AnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery 535 East 9th Avenue Anchorage, Alaska Founded 1915; approximate acreage: 22 Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1993 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Oscar Stephen Gill (1880-1947) — also known asOscar S. Gill — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in St. Lawrence,CambriaCounty, Pa.,April 3,1880.Republican.Garagebusiness;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1932-33, 1934-36; member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1945-47; diedin office 1947;Speakerof Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1947; died inoffice 1947.Catholic.Member,Elks.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,November18, 1947 (age67 years, 229days).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Leopold David (1878-1924) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1878.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska AgriculturalCollege and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25.Jewish.Died, ofheartfailure,November21, 1924 (ageabout 46years).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) — also known asElmer E. Rasmuson — of Alaska. Born inYakutat,Alaska,February15, 1909.Republican. President, NationalBank ofAlaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968.Swedishancestry.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December1, 2000 (age91 years, 290days).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| James J. Delaney (1889-1970) — also known asJames Delaney — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in1889.Mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1929-32.Irishancestry.Died in1970(ageabout81 years).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Howard Wallace Pollock (1920-2011) — also known asHoward W. Pollock — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April11, 1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lost hisright arm in a grenade explosion;lawyer;member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1953-54;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1967-71; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from Alaska,1972.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,January9, 2011 (age90 years, 273days).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Herbert Hazard McCutcheon (1876-1945) — also known asHerbert H. McCutcheon — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Bayside,HumboldtCounty, Calif.,July 31,1876.Democrat.Railroadbuilder; member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1931-42;Speakerof Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1941-42; member ofAlaskaterritorial senate 3rd District, 1943-45; died in office 1945;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1944.Member,Elks.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,November14, 1945 (age69 years, 106days).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) — also known asJoseph H. Romig;"Dog-TeamDoctor" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;Anchorage,Alaska.Born inEdwardsCounty, Ill.,September3, 1872.Physician;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.Moravianancestry.Died in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,1951(ageabout78 years).Original intermentsomewherein Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage Memorial ParkCemetery.
| Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) — also known asAnthony J. Dimond;TonyDimond —of Valdez,Chugachcensus area, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Palatine Bridge,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1881.Democrat.Prospector;lawyer;mayorof Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member ofAlaskaterritorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1936,1940;district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.Catholic.Member,Elks;Eagles;Moose.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,May 28,1953 (age71 years, 179days).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878-1945) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in1878.Democrat.Gold miner;implementdealer;oilbusiness;farmer; candidate formayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1924; trustee, Alaska Agricultural Collegeand School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1932,1944(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee; member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);AlaskaTerritory Democratic Party chair, 1934-37.Drownedin a river when hispickuptruck went off the road, near Ophir,Yukon-Koyukukcensus area, Alaska,June 20,1945 (ageabout 66years).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
| Victor C. Rivers (1905-1959) — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Washington,1905.Democrat. Member ofAlaskaterritorial senate, 1937-40, 1947-50, 1957-58 (4th District1937-40, 3rd District 1947-50, 1957-58);AlaskaTerritory Democratic Party chair, 1949;delegateto Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.DiedSeptember25, 1959 (ageabout 54years).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. | Harry G. Watson (1880-1964) — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in1880.Member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1925-26.Died in1964(ageabout84 years).Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.Angelus MemorialPark Klatt Road Anchorage, Alaska Founded 1951 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) — also known asZ. J. Loussac — ofAnchorage,Alaska; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Pokrov,Russia,July13, 1883.Democrat.Druggist;philanthropist;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alaska Territory,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Jewishancestry. Member,Rotary.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,March15, 1965 (age81 years, 245days).Cremated;ashes interred at Angelus Memorial Park.
Fort RichardsonNational Cemetery Anchorage, Alaska
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