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FairviewCemetery Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) — also known asDwight P. Griswold — of Gordon,SheridanCounty, Neb.; Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in Harrison,SiouxCounty, Neb.,November27, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;banker;newspapereditor; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1921-23; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1925-29;Governor ofNebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April12, 1954 (age60 years, 136days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | | Robert Glenmore Simmons (1891-1969) — also known asRobert G. Simmons — of Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born near Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.,December25, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;ScottsBluff County Attorney, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 6th District, 1923-33; candidate forU.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1934, 1936;chiefjustice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1938-63.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Shriners;Order ofthe Coif.Died in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,December27, 1969 (age78 years, 2days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | | Terry McGovern Carpenter (1900-1978) — also known asTerry Carpenter — of Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,March28, 1900.U.S.Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1933-35; candidate forGovernorof Nebraska, 1934, 1940 (Democratic), 1950, 1960; candidate forU.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1936 (Democratic), 1942, 1948(Democratic), 1954, 1972 (Democratic);mayorof Scottsbluff, Neb.; defeated, 1931; elected 1947; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nebraska,1952,1956;member ofNebraskaunicameral legislature, 1953-; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Nebraska, 1974.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Changed parties five times. Died in Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.,April27, 1978 (age78 years, 30days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | | Pleasant Jefferson Barron (1876-1927) — also known asP. J. Barron — of Gering,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in Graham,NodawayCounty, Mo.,December1, 1876.District judge in Nebraska 17th District, 1922-27; appointed 1922;died in office 1927.Died in Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.,April11, 1927 (age50 years, 131days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | | Theodore D. Deutsch (1861-1936) — of Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born inRichlandCounty, Wis.,February28, 1861.Mayorof Scottsbluff, Neb., 1921-22; defeated, 1927.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;ModernWoodmen.DiedAugust18, 1936 (age75 years, 172days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Deutsch and Catherine (Lewis) Deutsch; married1888 to LauraAmmerman. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) — of Scottsbluff,ScottsBluff County, Neb.Born in New Windsor,MercerCounty, Ill.,May 1,1869.Newspapereditor;abstractor.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;ModernWoodmen.Died, duringgallbladder surgery, in ahospitalat Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,February16, 1926 (age56 years, 291days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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