Very incomplete list! | |  Virginia Bleemel (1915-2006) — also known asVirginia Inez Eldridge;Mrs. LeoBleemel —of Mt. Washington,BullittCounty, Ky.Born inBullittCounty, Ky.,November19, 1915.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 31st District, 1971.Female.Baptist.Member,American Association of Retired Persons.Died, in Wesley Manor Health Care Center (nursinghome), Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September8, 2006 (age90 years, 293days).Entombed in mausoleum atResthavenMemorial Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.  | Helen Boosalis (1919-2009) — also known asHelen Geankoplis — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,August28, 1919.Democrat.Mayorof Lincoln, Neb., 1975-83; candidate forGovernor ofNebraska, 1986.Female.GreekOrthodox.Greekancestry. Member,American Association of Retired Persons;League of WomenVoters.Died, from abraintumor, in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,June 15,2009 (age89 years, 291days).Burial location unknown. | | Biagio Ciotto (b. 1929) — also known asBilly Ciotto — of Connecticut. Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December25, 1929.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1995-.Member,American Association of Retired Persons;AFSCME.Still living as of 2002. | | Thomas A. Colapietro — also known asTom Colapietro — of Terryville, Plymouth,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 31st District, 1993-; defeated, 2010.Member,UnitedAuto Workers;American Association of Retired Persons.Still living as of 2010. | | Roman P. Denissen (b. 1918) — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Bellevue town,BrownCounty, Wis.,July 13,1918.Mayorof Green Bay, Wis., 1959-65; defeated, 1965.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;SierraClub;American Association of Retired Persons.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Matt Denissen and Nettie (Parins) Denissen; married,August24, 1939, to Ursula Carmody; married,December27, 1984, to Agnes (Johnson) LeClair. |
| | Arnold Mortimer Golden — also known asArnold M. Golden;MortyGolden —Republican. Member ofVirginIslands legislature, 1969-70; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Virgin Islands, 2002.Member,American Association of Retired Persons. Still living as of 2002. | | John J. G. Grames (b. 1936) — also known asJohnny Grames — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in ahospitalatAnchorage,Alaska,October1, 1936.Green. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1996, 1998.Member,SierraClub;AudubonSociety;American CivilLiberties Union;American Association of Retired Persons.Still living as of 1998. | | James Donald Griffin (1929-2008) — also known asJames D. Griffin;JimmyGriffin —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1929.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 56th District, 1967-77;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1978-93.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;American Association of Retired Persons.Died, fromCreutzfelt-Jakobdisease, in the Father Baker Manornursinghome, Orchard Park,ErieCounty, N.Y.,May 25,2008 (age78 years, 331days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y. | | Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) — of Florida. Born in Elmhurst, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81stDistrict 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died inoffice 2000.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;American Association of Retired Persons;AudubonSociety;AmericanLegion;NatureConservancy;SierraClub;UrbanLeague;CommonCause.While attending a primary victoryrallyfor Al Gore, suffered acerebralhemorrhage, and died the next day at ahospitalat Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March15, 2000 (age75 years, 233days).Burial location unknown. | | Byron Holkenbrink (1903-2002) — of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,November30, 1903.Merchant;mayorof Jacksonville, Ill., 1963-69.Christian.Member,Rotary;American Association of Retired Persons.Died in Barton W. Stonenursinghome, Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,April26, 2002 (age98 years, 147days). Hisbody wasdonated to science. | | Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) — also known asSkip Humphrey — of New Hope,HennepinCounty, Minn.BornJune 26,1942.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate senate 44th District, 1973-82;Minnesotastate attorney general, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Minnesota,1984,1996(delegation chair); Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidateforGovernor ofMinnesota, 1998.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;OptimistClub;AlphaSigma Phi;American Association of Retired Persons.Still living as of 2003. | | Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) — ofPinellasCounty, Fla.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,April 5,1941.Republican.Chiropractor;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1979-.Methodist.Member,OptimistClub;Freemasons;Shriners;Jesters;American Association of Retired Persons.Still living as of 1999. | | Tim Kelly (b. 1944) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,August15, 1944.Republican. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives; elected 1976; member ofAlaskastate senate District K, 1979-90, 1993-.Member,American Association of Retired Persons;Sons ofNorway;AmericanLegion;Elks.Still living as of 1999. | | Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) — also known asCarl G. Lindquist;"IronMan" —of Iron River,IronCounty, Mich.Born in Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,December9, 1896.Republican.Dairyfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44,Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate forMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1956; candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District,1961.Lutheran.Swedishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;American Association of Retired Persons.Died, in Crystal Manornursinghome, Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.,March 9,1993 (age96 years, 90days).Interment atBatesTownship Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich. | | Joseph A. Sonneman (b. 1944) — also known asJoe Sonneman — ofJuneau,Alaska.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April22, 1944.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Alaska, 1998.Member,American Association of Retired Persons. Still living as of 1998.
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