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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Florist Politicians</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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Adams (1901-1987) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-31.html">January 31, 1901</a>. Democrat. Florist; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1945-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 0 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">Relatives: Daughter of Thomas F. Adams and Mary F. (Peck) Adams.</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> Alfred Edwin Arlington (1893-1965) — also known as Alfred E. Arlington — of Herkimer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-07.html">October 7, 1893</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; florist; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1933. Died in June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 0 days</a>). 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> Gertrude Duncombe Atwell (1876-1941) — also known as Gertrude Atwell; Gertrude Williams Duncombe; Mrs. R. P. Atwell — of Fort Dodge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-lived.html">Webster County</a>, Iowa. Born in Fort Dodge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-born.html">Webster County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-20.html">July 20, 1876</a>. Democrat. Florist; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Fort Dodge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-died.html">Webster County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/index.html">1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-buried.html#cms00656">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Fort Dodge, Iowa. <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">Relatives: Daughter of John Francis Duncombe and Mary Augustine (Williams) Duncombe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/08-01.html">August 1, 1901</a>, to Rawlins Page Atwell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25933867">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Alfred Henry Augur (1855-1933) — also known as Alfred H. Augur — of Middlefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Born in Middlefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/02-05.html">February 5, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; florist; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Middlefield 1906. Died in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-23.html">September 23, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-buried.html# ">Middlefield Cemetery</a>, Middlefield, Conn. <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">Relatives: Son of Lucy Eliza (Parmelee) Augur and Phineas Miller Augur; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#151.51.54">Edwin Prosper Augur</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#302.80.61">Charles Parmelee Augur</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-25.html">May 25, 1880</a>, to Anna Elizabeth Camp; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#310.57.02">Charles Pierson Augur</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#566.93.77">Charles Arnold</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#125.18.82">Israel Coe</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#028.37.68">Rollin Usher Tyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#257.11.83">Bernard Lee Case</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#301.78.13">George Henry Augur</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54097838">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Ross Bass (1918-1993) — of Pulaski, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-lived.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-born.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-17.html">March 17, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/soft-drink.html">soft drink bottler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 6th District, 1955-64; defeated, 1976; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1964-67. <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/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/01-01.html">January 1, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-buried.html#cms02803">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Pulaski, Tenn. <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">Relatives: Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-28.html">June 28, 1946</a>, to Avanell Keith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000223">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401219">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Lucile Elizabeth Belen (1912-2010) — also known as Lucile E. Belen — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Laingsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-28.html">December 28, 1912</a>. Democrat. Florist; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 1st District, 1942; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MI.html">1952</a>; member, Lansing City Council, 1955-92; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Ingham County 1st District, 1961. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Inducted into Michigan Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 2001. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/06-02.html">June 2, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms05326">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Lansing, Mich. <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">Relatives: Daughter of Christopher Belen and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#890.87.22">Elizabeth Lehman Belen</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#838.46.48">Frederick Christopher Belen</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12324.html">Belen family</a> of Lansing, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53165729">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Philip Breitmeyer (b. 1864) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-13.html">May 13, 1864</a>. Republican. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1909-10; defeated, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</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">Relatives: Son of John Breitmeyer and Fredericka Breitmeyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-09.html">March 9, 1886</a>, to Katie Grass.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=103883">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> Mitch Chandler — of Pullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WI-lived.html">Whitman County</a>, Wash. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/pullman.html">mayor of Pullman, Wash.</a>, 1996-2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert C. Cherry — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1952-56, 1960-64, 1968-72; defeated, 1975, 1979; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KY.html">1956</a>. 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> Burton Melvin Cross (1902-1998) — also known as Burton M. Cross — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-15.html">November 15, 1902</a>. Republican. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1941-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 7th District, 1945-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1952-55. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-22.html">October 22, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms00691">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <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">Relatives: Son of Burton M. Cross and Harriett (Thompson) Cross; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-01.html">November 1, 1927</a>, to Olena R. Moulton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/burton-melvin-cross/">National Governors Association biography</a></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> C. Fayette Curtiss — of Plantsville, Southington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Southington, 1929-30, 1939-40; defeated (Democratic), 1932. 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> Benjamin M. Davis (c.1816-1892) — of Springwells Township (now part of Detroit), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1816. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/dearborn.html#7">supervisor of Springwells Township, Michigan</a>, 1859-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on a boat</a>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a>, suffered a head injury, and died, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/HR-died.html">Georgian Bay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/08-15.html">August 15, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). 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> Stanley J. Davis (1908-2003) — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-08.html">May 8, 1908</a>. Democrat. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html">mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1949-50, 1958-63; defeated, 1956; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 17th District, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1961; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 92nd District, 1965-72; defeated, 1972, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/01-23.html">January 23, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 260 days</a>). 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> Dean B. Doty (1919-1998) — of Grand Ledge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-born.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-03.html">August 3, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-parties.html">chair of Eaton County Republican Party</a>, 1956-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MI.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Eaton District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/08-24.html">August 24, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms04687">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Grand Ledge, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of Mark Doty and Gladys (Walsh) Doty; married to Roberta Boswoth; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html#048.60.05">Philo Doty</a>.</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> Eugene P. Dukes (b. 1904) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-03.html">January 3, 1904</a>. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 27th District, 1941-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. 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">Relatives: Son of Rose Wanderski-Dukes.</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> James C. Farquhar Jr. (born c.1959) — of Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1959. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grossepointe.html#4">mayor of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.</a>, 2002-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John E. Fitzgerald (b. 1915) — of Ravenswood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, W.Va. Born in Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/05-30.html">May 30, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; wholesale florist supplier; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; elected 1970; defeated, 1972 (Jackson County); elected 1974, 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Presumed deceased. 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">Relatives: Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Myrtle (Roberts) Fitzgerald; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-07.html">May 7, 1937</a>, to Edna Thomas.</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> John T. Gregorio (1928-2013) — also known as "The Lion of Linden" — of Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/02-06.html">February 6, 1928</a>. Democrat. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/linden.html">mayor of Linden, N.J.</a>, 1968-83, 1991-2006; defeated, 2006; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot at</a> in his car, in March 1968; two days later, his house was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">firebombed</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 21st District, 1974-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in April 1975 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> and fraud <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, over his purchase of a vacant lot from Elizabethtown Gas Company, while conspiring to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">falsify documents</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">conceal</a> his involvement as buyer; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorting</a> a $25,000 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/kickbacks.html">kickback</a> from a building contractor on a high school project; following jury selection, the charges were dismissed in February 1976; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1978-83 (21st District 1978-81, 20th District 1982-83); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in September 1981 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">income tax evasion</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/disclosure.html">concealing</a> his interest in two "go-go bars", and for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vice.html">failing to enforce</a> state alcohol laws; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in December 1982 of conspiracy to commit <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">official misconduct</a>, but found not guilty on other charges. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/leukemia.html">leukemia</a>, in Trinitas <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/10-23.html">October 23, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 259 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John T. Gregorio">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=22234">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> Joseph Edward Heckenkamp (b. 1901) — also known as Joseph E. Heckenkamp — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/03-19.html">March 19, 1901</a>. Democrat. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>; elected 1932, 1934; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 36th District; elected 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 15th District, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>. 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> A. T. Howard — also known as Bert Howard — of Scottsbluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. Republican. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/scottsbluff.html">mayor of Scottsbluff, Neb.</a>, 1931-35, 1939-41; defeated, 1929; member of Nebraska state legislature, 1935-37; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 5th District, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">Nebraska Republican state chair</a>, 1945. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/519/15.56.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Arthur W. Jewett"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur William Jewett (1896-1993) — also known as Arthur W. Jewett — of Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-22.html">December 22, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mason.html">mayor of Mason, Mich.</a>, 1933-47; defeated (People's), 1947; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 2nd District, 1936, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sba.html">Michigan state board of agriculture</a>, 1943. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/11-24.html">November 24, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms06067">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Mason, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of Arthur William Jewett (1869-1931) and Lulu Jane Jewett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36617268">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Ingham County News, September 17, 1936.</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> Andrew M. Johnson Jr. — of Shelton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Shelton, 1939-40, 1947-48; defeated, 1948. 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> Leonard A. Jurkiewicz (b. 1899) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-15.html">February 15, 1899</a>. Democrat. Florist; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1933-36; defeated in primary, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</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">Relatives: Son of Vincent Jurkiewicz and Bon (Kowski) Jurkiewicz; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/">1921</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#985.52.46">Theresa Doris Scherr</a>.</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> Helen Z. Kinsley — of Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Democrat. Florist; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/RI.html">1928</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CZ.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> Frank Kopriver Jr. — of Duquesne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Duquesne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/duquesne.html">mayor of Duquesne, Pa.</a>, 1947-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 45th District, 1953-60; defeated, 1960. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. 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> Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) — of Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Born in Chemung town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-born.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-07.html">October 7, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chemung County, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-parties.html">chair of Chemung County Republican Party</a>, 1910-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, 1933; president, Lowman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Construction</a> Corp.; president, U.S. Cut Flower Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</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">Relatives: Son of John Lowman and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-09.html">September 9, 1893</a>, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith.</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> Daniel A. Malie (b. 1868) — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-11.html">January 11, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel business</a>; florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 1st District, 1909; resigned 1909. 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> James L. Maxwell (1926-1984) — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born in Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-born.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/05-12.html">May 12, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/tulsa.html">mayor of Tulsa, Okla.</a>, 1958-66; defeated, 1966, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/10-18.html">October 18, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-buried.html#cms05962">Rose Hill Memorial Park</a>, Tulsa, Okla. <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">Relatives: Son of William B. Maxwell and Mary Pauline (O'Donnell) Maxwell.</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> Joseph A. Mendel (b. 1877) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Democrat. Florist; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 2nd District, 1929-41, 1943-45. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. 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> Michael Nofziger (b. 1948) — also known as Max Nofziger — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/index.html">1948</a>. Flower seller; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/austin.html">mayor of Austin, Tex.</a>, 1983, 1985, 1997, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Austin Norton (1867-1947) — also known as Frank Norton — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-01.html">June 1, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Stonemason</a>; florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti.html">mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich.</a>, 1912-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, while hospitalized for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senile psychosis</a>, at Ypsilanti State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">Psychiatric Hospital</a>, York Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-02.html">October 2, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00152">Highland Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti, Mich. <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">Relatives: Son of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton; married to Lena Eisenlord.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15504221">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Homer L. Pearson (1900-1985) — of Wheat Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo. Born in Wheat Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-31.html">December 31, 1900</a>. Republican. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1939-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives</a>, 1941-46; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CO.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1947-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/06-09.html">June 9, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 160 days</a>). 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> Angelo Joseph Rossi (1878-1948) — also known as Angelo J. Rossi — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Volcano, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AM-born.html">Amador County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-22.html">January 22, 1878</a>. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1931-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/04-05.html">April 5, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo Joseph Rossi">Wikipedia article</a></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> R. Wynn Tully — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Florist; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1923. 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> Jacob H. Ullmann (born c.1861) — also known as Jacob H. Ullman — of Carlstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in New York, about 1861. Republican. Florist; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1896-97; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/carlstadt.html#2">Carlstadt, N.J.</a>, 1897-1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. 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">Relatives: Son of Jacob Ullmann.</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> George John Vavoulis (1911-1992) — also known as George J. Vavoulis — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-06.html">February 6, 1911</a>. Republican. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpaul.html">mayor of St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1960-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eastern-orthodox.html">Eastern Orthodox</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/greek.html">Greek</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/07-04.html">July 4, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms05909">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Roseville, 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">Relatives: Married to Beverly Mortitz.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78794528">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Roger F. Villere Jr. — of Metairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson Parish</a>, La. Republican. Florist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/LA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/LA.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/LA.html">Louisiana Republican state chair</a>, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charline White (1920-1959) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-01.html">September 1, 1920</a>. Democrat. Florist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">advertising business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1951-59 (Wayne County 1st District 1951-54, Wayne County 11th District 1955-59); died in office 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/09-07.html">September 7, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 6 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">Relatives: Married to Leroy G. 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