Very incomplete list! | |  Benjamin S. Adamowski (1906-1982) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November20, 1906.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 25th District, 1931-41; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1936(alternate),1940(alternate),1948;Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1942; candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1955 (Democratic primary), 1963 (Republican);delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1960.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Knightsof Columbus;Sigma Delta Kappa;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Elmwood Park,CookCounty, Ill.,March 2,1982 (age75 years, 102days).Interment atAllSaints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof Mary (Wejnerowski) Adamowski and Max Adamowski; married to KathrynE. Kaiser. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Archie Newton Bobbitt (1895-1978) — also known asArch N. Bobbitt — of English,CrawfordCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Eckerty,CrawfordCounty, Ind.,September3, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;CrawfordCounty Auditor, 1921-24;chair ofCrawford County Republican Party, 1921-25;Indianastate auditor, 1928-30;IndianaRepublican state chair, 1937-42; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1940;justiceof Indiana state supreme court, 1951-53.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Sigma Delta Kappa;American BarAssociation.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,January24, 1978 (age82 years, 143days).Interment atBethlehem Cemetery, Crandall, Ind. | | Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) — also known asWilber M. Brucker — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,June 23,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;SaginawCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26;Michiganstate attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928;Governor ofMichigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1932,1936,1948,1964(alternate); candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Kiwanis;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DeltaSigma Rho;Sigma Delta Kappa;PhiGamma Delta;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Moose;OddFellows.Suffered an apparentheartattack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soonafter, in the emergency room at HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1968 (age74 years, 127days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) — also known asElbert N. Carvel;"BigBert" —of Laurel,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Shelter Island,SuffolkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1910.Democrat.Fertilizermanufacturer;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1945-49;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1948,1952,1956,1960;Governorof Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate forU.S.Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Delaware,1972.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Lions;Grange;Sigma Delta Kappa;AlphaZeta.Died in Laurel,SussexCounty, Del.,February6, 2005 (age94 years, 363days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md. | | | Kit Francis Clardy (1892-1961) — also known asKit F. Clardy;"Michigan'sMcCarthy" —of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Palos Verdes Estates,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Butler,BatesCounty, Mo.,June 17,1892.Republican.Lawyer;president, CrestonTransferCompany; director,TruckawayCorporation;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1953-55; defeated,1950, 1954, 1956.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Sigma Delta Kappa.Died in Palos Verdes Estates,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September5, 1961 (age69 years, 80days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Eugene H. Clark (b. 1920) — of Sexton's Creek,ClayCounty, Ky.; Manchester,ClayCounty, Ky.Born in Sexton's Creek,ClayCounty, Ky.,May 27,1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;farmer;schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate 19th District, 1952-55.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Sigma Delta Kappa;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof J. C. Clark and Mattie (Sparks) Clark; married,June 3,1950, to Glada Hounchell. |
| | Homer Ferguson (1889-1982) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Harrison City,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,February25, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1928;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1929-42; appointed 1929;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1952;U.S. Ambassador toPhilippines, 1955-56;federaljudge, 1956-71.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Sigma Delta Kappa.DiedDecember17, 1982 (age93 years, 295days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known asJ. Ralph Gasque — ofWashington,D.C.; Marion,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1945-48; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1960,1964.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Sigma Delta Kappa.Died, in MarionNursingCenter, Rains,MarionCounty, S.C.,April26, 2004 (age90 years, 346days).Interment atDevotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph atLittle Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C. | | | Richard Paul Gilbert (1924-1991) — also known asRichard P. Gilbert;DickGilbert —ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,February5, 1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer; candidate forMarylandstate senate, 1954; Traffic Court Magistrate, 1956-59; delegateto Republican National Convention from Maryland,1960;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1971-90.Lutheran.Member,Sigma Delta Kappa.Died, ofcancer,inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,March11, 1991 (age67 years, 34days).Cremated;ashes interred atBaltimoreNational Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) — also known asWilliam H. Harrison — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Sheridan,SheridanCounty, Wyo.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August10, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1927-29; member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1945-50; member ofWyomingRepublican State Committee, 1946-48;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate forU.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1954.Member,Jaycees;AmericanLegion;SigmaChi;Sigma Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,October8, 1990 (age94 years, 59days).Interment atSheridanMunicipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo. | | Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) — also known asFrank E. Hook;"Fightin'Frank" —of Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.; Edina,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in L'Anse,BaragaCounty, Mich.,May 26,1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;miner;lawyer;municipal judge in Michigan, 1924-25;U.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1935-43, 1945-47;defeated, 1942 (12th District), 1946 (12th District), 1954 (12thDistrict), 1956 (12th District), 1958 (12th District), 1966 (11thDistrict); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1936,1940,1944(alternate),1948;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1948; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1948;candidate in primary forcircuitjudge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957; president ofradiostation WJMS, Ironwood, Mich.Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Sigma Delta Kappa;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Americansfor Democratic Action.In February 1945, he was involved in a fist fight on the floor of theHouse of Representatives withJohnE. Rankin of Mississippi.Died in Edina,HennepinCounty, Minn.,June 21,1982 (age89 years, 26days).Interment atFortSnelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | William Franklin Jenkins (1876-1961) — also known asW. Frank Jenkins — of Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inWebsterCounty, Ga.,September7, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor of Eatonton, Ga., 1902-03; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1905-06; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1916;Judge,Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917-36;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1937-50;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1946-48.Baptist.Member,SigmaNu;Sigma Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners.DiedDecember4, 1961 (age85 years, 88days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Franklin Jenkins and Leila Ulrica (Head) Jenkins;married,November22, 1899, to Susie May Thomas. |
| | Marshall Francis McComb (1894-1981) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inDenver,Colo.,May 6,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;superior court judge in California, 1927;Judge,California Court of Appeal, 1937-55;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1956-77; director, Good SamaritanHospital.Member,DeltaChi;Sigma Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Elks.DiedSeptember5, 1981 (age87 years, 122days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry McComb and Estelle (Tredenick) McComb. |
| | William Aaron Neithercut (b. 1889) — also known asWilliam A. Neithercut — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Clare,ClareCounty, Mich.,October23, 1889.Democrat. Principal, Michigan School for the Blind, 1909-13;lawyer;candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1923; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1935; Democratic PresidentialElector for Michigan,1960(voted forJohnF. Kennedy andLyndonB. Johnson).Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Sigma Delta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John M. Neithercut and Diana A. (Roloson) Neithercut; married,August15, 1917, to Ethel N. Gerow. |
| | James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) — also known asJames M. Ogden — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Danville,HendricksCounty, Ind.,April 5,1870.Republican.School teacherand principal;lawyer;Indianastate attorney general, 1929-33.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaChi;DeltaChi;Sigma Delta Kappa;Freemasons.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November11, 1956 (age86 years, 220days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) — also known asJames K. Pollock — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in New Castle,LawrenceCounty, Pa.,May 25,1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;universityprofessor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County1st District, 1961-62.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;Sigma Delta Kappa.DiedOctober4, 1968 (age70 years, 132days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock; married to AgnesMarie Haun. |
| | James T. Sloan (b. 1886) — of Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October17, 1886.Lawyer; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1941.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;Sigma Delta Kappa.Burial location unknown. | | Robert C. Underwood (b. 1915) — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born in Gardner,GrundyCounty, Ill.,October27, 1915.Lawyer;county judge in Illinois, 1946-62;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1962-84 (3rd District 1962-63, 4thDistrict 1964-84).Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Rotary;SigmaChi;Sigma Delta Kappa;PiKappa Delta.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Thomas Wiggins (b. 1920) — also known asBen T. Wiggins — of Toccoa,StephensCounty, Ga.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,November19, 1920.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Stephens County, 1951-56;resigned 1956; member ofGeorgiapublic service commission, 1956-; appointed 1956.Methodist.Member,Sigma Delta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Lions.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
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