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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Breast Cancer</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Born in Kyrock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ED-born.html">Edmonson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/01-04.html">January 4, 1929</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KY.html">Kentucky Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, of breast cancer, in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/10-07.html">October 7, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ED-buried.html#cms06755">Sweeden Cemetery</a>, Sweeden, Ky. <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 Ernest Lane and Clorene Musick Lane; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincent.html#528.68.14">William Ralph Vincent, Sr.</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> Marietta Peabody Tree (1917-1991) — also known as Marietta Tree; Mary Endicott Peabody; Marietta FitzGerald — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-17.html">April 17, 1917</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1954-60; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1956-election.html">1956</a>; U.S. Representative to United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1961-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1967. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-alpha.html">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a>. She was walking with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai Stevenson</a> in London in 1965, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Died, from breast cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/ny-hospital.html">New York Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/08-15.html">August 15, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 120 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-buried.html# ">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert, 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: Daughter of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#913.34.82">Endicott Peabody</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-02.html">September 2, 1939</a>, to Desmond FitzGerald; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-26.html">July 26, 1947</a>, to Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree (grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#162.77.13">Lambert Tree</a> and Marshall Field; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#275.68.82">Marshall Field III</a>); mother of Frances FitzGerald; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker7.html#328.97.55">Richard Wayne Parker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker2.html#397.04.53">Charles Wolcott Parker</a>; great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#234.21.08">John Cortlandt Parker</a>; second great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#103.37.19">James Parker</a>; fourth great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#246.19.20">George Cabot</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>; fifth great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#979.11.25">Stephanus Van Cortlandt</a>; fifth great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#789.71.60">Jacobus Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#748.07.05">Timothy Pickering</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#797.28.81">John Lee Saltonstall</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#924.83.01">William Crowninshield Endicott</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#523.37.63">William Gurdon Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#704.60.35">John Lee Saltonstall Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#594.93.97">William Caleb Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gardner.html#971.08.56">Augustus Peabody Gardner</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#884.62.11">Henry Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#498.42.59">James Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#250.80.11">John Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#882.43.77">Frederick Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dana.html#889.25.06">Judah Dana</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pickford-pieras.html#864.14.16">Dudley Leavitt Pickman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#700.80.53">Henry Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#291.10.40">Philip Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#279.13.10">James Alexander Hamilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#780.84.04">Henry Cabot Lodge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#401.01.53">William Amory Gardner Minot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#928.28.53">John Forbes Kerry</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morling-morril.html#534.84.29">William Goodrich Morrell Jr.</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1745.html">Parker-Schuyler family</a> of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta Peabody Tree">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871684">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6782169">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> Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious (1922-1997) — also known as Jewel Stradford; Jewel Stradford Rogers; Jewel Stradford Lafontant — 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/1922/04-28.html">April 28, 1922</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IL.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/IL.html">1988</a>; candidate for superior court judge in Illinois, 1962; candidate for Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/amb-at-large.html "></a>, 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-bar-assoc.html">National Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Died, of breast cancer, in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/05-31.html">May 31, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 33 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 Cornelius Francis Stradford and Aida Arabella (Carter) Stradford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/">1946</a> to John W. Rogers; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to H. Ernest LaFontant; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/">1989</a> to Naguib Soby Mankarious.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/lafontant-mankarious-jewel ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) — also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind — of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-born.html">Austria</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-24.html">March 24, 1928</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actress</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960 /speakers.html">honored guest</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, from breast cancer, at the Motion Picture Country <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Home</a>, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/05-21.html">May 21, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 58 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html# ">Westwood Memorial Park</a>, Westwood, Los Angeles, 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/08-15.html">August 15, 1950</a>, to Robert Franklyn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-29.html">November 29, 1959</a>, to Mark Sandrich, Jr.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa Brown">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/975/000279138">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114847">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42517551">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> Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-1999) — also known as Rose Bird — of California. Born near Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-born.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-02.html">November 2, 1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">Chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1977-87; defeated, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of breast cancer, at Stanford University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/12-04.html">December 4, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 32 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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/Rose Bird">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rose Bird">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/843/000167342">NNDB dossier</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> Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) — also known as Jo Ann Sides — of Gloucester Courthouse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RO-born.html">Rowan County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/06-29.html">June 29, 1950</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1997-2001; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 1st District, 2001-07; died in office 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pentecostal.html">Assembly of God</a>. Died, from breast cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GL-died.html">Gloucester County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/10-06.html">October 6, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 99 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/">1974</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#716.15.18">Charles E. Davis</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000597">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400095">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo Ann Davis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/362/000036254">NNDB dossier</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> Anne L. Wexler (1930-2009) — also known as Anne Levy — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-10.html">February 10, 1930</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CT.html">1968</a>; associate publisher, Rolling Stone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">magazine</a>, 1973; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died, from breast cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/08-07.html">August 7, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 178 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 Leon R. Levy and Edith (Rau) Levy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/">1951</a> to Richard Wexler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/09-17.html">September 17, 1974</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#652.24.75">Joseph Daniel Duffey</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne Wexler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40654399">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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