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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in Churches</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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Borst</b> — of Amsterdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cobleskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-born.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-04.html">July 4, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 4th District, 1913-25; appointed 1913; resigned 1925. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">speaking at a dinner</a>, in the <b>parish house</b> of St. Casimir's Church, Amsterdam, N.Y., and died soon after, in Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-25.html">November 25, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-buried.html# ">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Amsterdam, N.Y. <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 Isaac Borst and Susan (Vrooman) Borst; married to Alida Yerdon and Daisy Snook.</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/190222310">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>John Gardner Murray (1857-1929)</b> — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lonaconing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-born.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-31.html">August 31, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Episcopal priest</a>; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">session</a> of the House of Bishops, in St. James <b>Church</b>, Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-03.html">October 3, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-buried.html#cms02925">Druid Ridge Cemetery</a>, Pikesville, Md. <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 James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-13.html">October 13, 1881</a>, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-04.html">December 4, 1889</a>, to Clara Alice Hunsicker.</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>Lawrence Gresser (1851-1935)</b> — also known as <b>Lorenz Gresser</b>; <b>"Honest Larry"</b> — of Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-01.html">January 1, 1851</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/queens.html">borough president of Queens, New York</a>, 1908-11; removed 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a> as borough president by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#448.58.02">John A. Dix</a>, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">neglect of duty</a> in failing to prevent corruption among his subordinates. Died, in the rectory of the <b>Church</b> of the Holy Family, Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-30.html">January 30, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms00305">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. <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 Johann Gresser and Phillipina (Bingert) Gresser; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Margaret Beck; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Kathryn Beechinor; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#502.45.64">Lawrence Thomas Gresser</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#358.89.11">Lawrence T. Gresser Jr.</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16033.html">Gresser family</a> of New York.</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>James Berg (c.1876-1944)</b> — of Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., about 1876. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/mountvernon.html">mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y.</a>, 1928-31; defeated, 1913; resigned 1931; executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Order of United American Mechanics</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, during services at the <b>Church</b> of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-19.html">March 19, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Adeline Brommer.</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>James Boyd Utt (1899-1970)</b> — also known as <b>James B. Utt</b> — of Santa Ana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Born in Tustin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-11.html">March 11, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/appraiser.html">Appraiser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1933-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1953-70 (28th District 1953-63, 35th District 1963-70); died in office 1970; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <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/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> during <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">religious services</a> at a <b>church</b> in Washington, D.C., and died soon after at <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/1970/03-01.html">March 1, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-buried.html# ">Santa Ana Cemetery</a>, Santa Ana, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Edward Utt and Mary M. (Sheldon) Utt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-07.html">May 7, 1921</a>, to Charlene Elizabeth Drips.</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=U000034">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411056">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James B. Utt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7121857">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>William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985)</b> — also known as <b>William B. Stansbury</b> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Corydon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HR-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-18.html">March 18, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-parties.html">chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party</a>, 1968-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike, he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">tryst</a> with his administrative assistant; the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> led to an effort to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeach</a> him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorting</a> $16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand jury as to whether this money came to his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign</a> or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth Amendment right against <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">self-incrimination</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi <b>Church</b>, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">hit by a car</a>, and died soon after, in Humana <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>-University, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/04-04.html">April 4, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 17 days</a>); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife was injured. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms05162">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Louisville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Mary Ellen Farmer.</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;">William B. Stansbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (established 1900, received current name 1985), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-names.html">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William B. Stansbury">Wikipedia article</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>Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Donal Neil O'Callaghan</b> — of Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-born.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-10.html">September 10, 1929</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hit by a mortar round and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his lower left leg</a>; legislative aide to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cannon.html#574.10.02">Howard W. Cannon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1971-79; executive editor, <i>Las Vegas Sun</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> at St. Viator Catholic <b>Church</b>, and died soon after in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-died.html">Clark County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/03-05.html">March 5, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-buried.html#cms06948">Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery</a>, Boulder City, Nev. <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;">The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (opened 2010), over the Colorado River between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MO-names.html">Mohave County, Arizona</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-names.html">Clark County, Nevada</a>, was partly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://www.nga.org/governor/mike-ocallaghan/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/201/000116850">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8473910">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>Jennifer Lauren Gale (1960-2008)</b> — also known as <b>Jennifer L. Gale</b> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex.; Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-born.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/index.html">1960</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/austin.html">mayor of Austin, Tex.</a>, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 2002; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Transgender</a>. Found dead outside First English Lutheran <b>Church</b>, Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-died.html">Travis County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/12-17.html">December 17, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer Gale">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32820467">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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