| |  Michael Dennis Antonovich (b. 1939) — also known asMichael D. Antonovich — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August12, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1965-73; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from California,1972;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 43rd District, 1973-78.Lutheran. Member,SigmaNu;PhiDelta Kappa;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Edward Badham (1929-2005) — also known asRobert E. Badham — of Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 9,1929.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;hardwarebusiness; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1963-67; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1968,1972(alternate),1980,1984;U.S.Representative from California 40th District, 1977-89.Lutheran. Member,AmericanLegion;PhiGamma Delta.Died in Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,October21, 2005 (age76 years, 134days).Interment atRiversideNational Cemetery, Riverside, Calif. | | Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) — also known asHenry N. Bolander — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse,Germany,February22, 1831.Republican.Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1871-75.Lutheran; laterEpiscopalian.Germanancestry. Member,OddFellows.State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discoveredmany plant species.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August28, 1897 (age66 years, 187days).Interment atGreenwoodHills Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Janice Kay Brewer (b. 1944) — also known asJan Brewer — of Peoria,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Glendale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September26, 1944.Republican. Member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1983-86; member ofArizonastate senate, 1987-96;secretaryof state of Arizona, 2003-09; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona,2004,2008(delegation chair);Governor ofArizona, 2009-.Female.Lutheran. Still living as of 2014. | | Lois G. Capps (b. 1938) — of Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Ladysmith,RuskCounty, Wis.,January10, 1938.Democrat.U.S.Representative from California, 1998-2008 (22nd District1998-2003, 23rd District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,2000,2004,2008.Female.Lutheran. Still living as of 2014. | | Philip Andrew Collins (b. 1967) — also known asPhil Collins — ofCookCounty, Ill.; Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in Port Hueneme,VenturaCounty, Calif.,March 8,1967.Candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 2014; candidate formayorof Las Vegas, Nev., 2019; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2020; Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2020.Lutheran. Still living as of 2020. | | William Edwin Dannemeyer (1929-2019) — also known asWilliam E. Dannemeyer;BillDannemeyer —of Fullerton,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in South Gate,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September22, 1929.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1962-66, 1976-77; candidate forCaliforniastate senate, 1966; superior court judge in California, 1966-76;U.S.Representative from California 39th District, 1979-93.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Thousand Palms,RiversideCounty, Calif.,July 9,2019 (age89 years, 290days).Burial location unknown.  | Clarence F. Graebner (1899-1967) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1899.Republican.Insurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,1947-54; member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1955-62.Lutheran.Germanancestry.Died in Torrance,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February23, 1967 (age67 years, 133days).Entombed atOakwoodMemorial Mausoleum, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich. | | Charles Richard Imbrecht (1949-2000) — also known asCharles R. Imbrecht — of Ventura,VenturaCounty, Calif.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Ventura,VenturaCounty, Calif.,February4, 1949.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 36th District, 1976-82; candidate forCaliforniastate senate 18th District, 1982.Lutheran.Pleadedguilty in 1997 tochargesofdrunkdrivingandmarijuanapossession and served one month injail.Died, apparently from aheartattack, in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January18, 2000 (age50 years, 348days).Interment atIvyLawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Calif.| |  Relatives: Sonof Earl Richard Imbrecht and Hazel Victoria (Berg) Imbrecht; married,September23, 1979, to Alida Margit Bergseid. |
| | Richard Henry Lehman (b. 1948) — also known asRichard H. Lehman — of Sanger,FresnoCounty, Calif.Born in Sanger,FresnoCounty, Calif.,July 20,1948.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1968(alternate),1988;administrative assistant to State Sen.GeorgeZenovich, 1970-76; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1977-82;U.S.Representative from California, 1983-95 (18th District 1983-93,19th District 1993-95); defeated, 1994.Lutheran. Still living as of 1998. | | Luther Hansen Lincoln (1914-1980) — also known asLuther H. Lincoln — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Lafayette,ContraCosta County, Calif.Born in Montana,November20, 1914.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1949-58;Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1955-58; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1952,1960;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Lutheran. DiedJune 27,1980 (age65 years, 220days).Burial location unknown. | | Zoe Lofgren (b. 1947) — of San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in San Mateo,San MateoCounty, Calif.,December21, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1976,1996,2000,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1995-.Female.Lutheran. Member,PhiAlpha Delta.Still living as of 2014. | | Edwin Meese III (b. 1931) — also known asEd Meese;"Reagan'sGeographer" —Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,December2, 1931.Lawyer;legal affairs secretary to Gov.RonaldReagan, 1967-68; executive assistant and chief of staff, 1969-74;lawprofessor;U.S.Attorney General, 1985-88.Lutheran. Member,FederalistSociety.The independent counsel whoinvestigatedthe Wedtechscandalreported that Meese, who had worked as alobbyistfor Wedtech, wascomplicitin the company'sbriberyandfraud;following this disclosure, heresignedfrom the Cabinet.Still living as of 2020. | | Douglas A. Ose (b. 1955) — also known asDoug Ose — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,June 27,1955.Republican.U.S.Representative from California 3rd District, 1999-2005; defeated,2014; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for California,2016(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Lutheran. Still living as of 2016. | | Edwin Reinecke (1924-2016) — also known asEd Reinecke — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Medford,JacksonCounty, Ore.,January7, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from California 27th District, 1965-69;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1969-74; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1972;candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1974;CaliforniaRepublican state chair, 1983-85.Lutheran. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis.Died in Laguna Hills,OrangeCounty, Calif.,December24, 2016 (age92 years, 352days).Burial location unknown. | | Milo W. Sutton (b. 1928) — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.; Salina,SalineCounty, Kan.; Hermosa Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Hartford,LyonCounty, Kan.,December24, 1928.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1951-55; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kansas,1956.Lutheran. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Still living as of 2002.
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