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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Rotary, politicians, South Dakota</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Anderson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975)</b> — also known as <b>Clinton P. Anderson</b> — of Albuquerque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-lived.html">Bernalillo County</a>, N.M. Born in Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-born.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-23.html">October 23, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NM.html">New Mexico Democratic state chair</a>, 1928-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/trea.html">New Mexico state treasurer</a>, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NM.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NM.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NM.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NM.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NM.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Mexico</a> at-large, 1941-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1945-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Mexico</a>, 1949-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Albuquerque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-died.html">Bernalillo County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/11-11.html">November 11, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-buried.html#cms00411">Fairview Memorial Park</a>, Albuquerque, N.M. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-22.html">June 22, 1921</a>, to Henrietta McCartney.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400841">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton Presba Anderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/453/000167949">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6886232">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Library of Congress</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jess Lloyd Angstman (1890-1979)</b> — also known as <b>Jess L. Angstman</b> — of Havre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-lived.html">Hill County</a>, Mont. Born in Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/02-25.html">February 25, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MT.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MT.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MT.html">1952</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48, 1959-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a>, 1949-56; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1960. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Havre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-died.html">Hill County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/10-28.html">October 28, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-buried.html# ">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Havre, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacob H. Angstman and Emma (Trout) Angstman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/">1916</a> to Lorena Mary Jesmer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136437556">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Darrell G. Bender (b. 1938)</b> — of Mobridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Trail City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CR-born.html">Corson County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-05.html">August 5, 1938</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 23rd District, 1993-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Erwin Bibby (1920-2003)</b> — also known as <b>John E. Bibby</b> — of Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-born.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-21.html">November 21, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">creamery manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">mens wear retailer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1963-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a>, 1975-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Suffered <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac arrest</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">sailing</a> on Green Lake, Spicer, Minn., and died two weeks later, in Brookings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-died.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/07-26.html">July 26, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-buried.html#cms02666">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Brookings, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Irwin John 'Jake' Bibby and Ruth Edith (Erwin) Bibby; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/">1947</a> to Jean Frances Starksen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/">1993</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#811.35.10">Mary McClure</a>; father of John Francis 'Jay' Bibby.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Devoted Citizen."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155199349">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mary McClure Bibby (1939-2016)</b> — also known as <b>Mary Anne Burges</b>; <b>Mary McClure</b> — of Redfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SP-lived.html">Spink County</a>, S.Dak.; Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak.; Spicer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KY-lived.html">Kandiyohi County</a>, Minn. Born in Milbank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/GR-born.html">Grant County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/04-21.html">April 21, 1939</a>. Republican. Fulbright scholar; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a>, 1975-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/SD.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/SD.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/SD.html">2008</a> (alternate); special assistant for intergovernmental affairs, under President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#028.71.80">George H. W. Bush</a>, 1989-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Spicer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KY-died.html">Kandiyohi County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2016/07-02.html">July 2, 2016</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KY-buried.html# ">Spicer Cemetery</a>, Spicer, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Charles Cornelius Burges and Mary Lucille (Whittom) Burges; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/">1993</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#427.84.69">John Erwin Bibby</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/">1963</a> to Donald James 'Mike' McClure.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/166928504">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kevin Patrick Brady (b. 1955)</b> — also known as <b>Kevin Brady</b> — of The Woodlands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Tex. Born in Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-born.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/04-11.html">April 11, 1955</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 15th District, 1991-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 8th District, 1997-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> on October 7, 2005, near Vermillion, S.D., and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">driving</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/intoxication.html">intoxicated</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000755">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400046">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/396/000032300">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert O. Burrows Sr. (b. 1899)</b> — of Belle Plaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Iowa. Born in Pierre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HU-born.html">Hughes County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-29.html">June 29, 1899</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Benton County, 1951. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/02-02.html">February 2, 1920</a>, to Bess Shurtleff.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Francis Case</b> — of Custer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CU-lived.html">Custer County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Everly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-09.html">December 9, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Dakota</a> 2nd District, 1937-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/SD.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/acacia.html">Acacia</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Died, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/06-22.html">June 22, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-buried.html#cms00685">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Rapid City, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/08-19.html">August 19, 1926</a>, to Myrle Lucille Graves.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402367">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gilbert Geoffrey Cottam (b. 1873)</b> — also known as <b>Gilbert G. Cottam</b> — of Rock Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LY-lived.html">Lyon County</a>, Iowa; Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-02.html">August 2, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/SD.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>Rotary</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Henry Cottam and Eliza Mary (Warburton) Cottam; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-16.html">June 16, 1896</a>, to F. May Isham Ruddick.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rebecca J. Dunn</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/SD.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/SD.html">2000</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 15th District, 1993-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ervin E. Dupper (b. 1923)</b> — of Mobridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-born.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-08.html">January 8, 1923</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-officials.html">Walworth County State's Attorney</a>, 1955-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a>, 1964-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Rotary</b>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James W. Emery (b. 1934)</b> — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak.; Custer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CU-lived.html">Custer County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Cheyenne Agency, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DE-born.html">Dewey County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-24.html">January 24, 1934</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; district manager, Black Hills <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Power and Light</a> Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 30th District, 1985-; appointed 1985. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Still living as of 1995. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Elaine Ritchie.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Warren Morrell (1915-1979)</b> — of Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-lived.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Pollock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-born.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/03-27.html">March 27, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 47th District, 1949-52. Member, <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/01-14.html">January 14, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 293 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Jean Hitchcock.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Laurence Warren Robinson (1883-1959)</b> — also known as <b>L. W. Robinson</b> — of Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-lived.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak. Born near Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-born.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-17.html">June 17, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/SD.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/SD.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/SD.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <b>Rotary</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-died.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-24.html">January 24, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-buried.html# ">Rosehill Cemetery</a>, Parker, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Tremaine Robinson and Emma Frances (Fisher) Robinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-28.html">June 28, 1911</a>, to Myrtle Fisher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-17.html">March 17, 1924</a>, to Helen Dudley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Service Above Self."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99682096">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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