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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Soroptimists, 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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Baker</b> — also known as <b>Roz Baker</b> — of Lahaina, Island of Maui, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/MA-lived.html">Maui County</a>, Hawaii. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/musical-sporting.html">Sporting goods merchant</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/HI.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/HI.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/HI.html">1996</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/HI.html">2000</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/sthse.html">Hawaii state house of representatives</a>; elected 1988; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/stsen.html">Hawaii state senate</a>; appointed 1993; elected 1994, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Beverly Barbara Bistline (b. 1922)</b> — of Pocatello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-lived.html">Bannock County</a>, Idaho. Born in Coeur d'Alene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/KO-born.html">Kootenai County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/08-28.html">August 28, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/sthse.html">Idaho state house of representatives</a> 33rd District, 1975-76. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">United Church of Christ</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#399.23.85">Francis Marion Bistline</a> and Anne (Glindemann) Bistline; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Arland Robert Spaulding; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#916.97.23">John M. Bistline</a>; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#650.61.49">Joseph Bistline</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#298.08.79">Stephen Bistline</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/17056.html">Bistline family</a> of Pocatello, Idaho.</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>Lucille E. Camp (b. 1914)</b> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Goodland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/NE-born.html">Newton County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-09.html">August 9, 1914</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IN.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Joseph L. Camp and Marie (Krintz) Camp.</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>Lyda Green (b. 1938)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/MS-lived.html">Matanuska-Susitna Borough</a>, Alaska. Born in Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PL-born.html">Polk County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-16.html">October 16, 1938</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business owner</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/stsen.html">Alaska state senate</a> District N, 1995-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Beatrice M. Judge</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1967. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-lawyers.html">Catholic Lawyers Guild</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Still living as of 1967. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of James P. Judge.</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>Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943)</b> — also known as <b>Bertha Knight</b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in Ware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-19.html">October 19, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Lecturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/seattle.html">mayor of Seattle, Wash.</a>, 1926-28; defeated, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman mayor of a large American city. Died in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/11-29.html">November 29, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-buried.html#cms04242">Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park</a>, Seattle, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-02.html">January 2, 1894</a>, to Henry Landes.</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/6409">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Bertha Knight Landes:</i> Sandra Haarsager, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806125926/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0806125926&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Bertha Knight Landes of Seattle : Big-City Mayor</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>Mildred L. Lillie (1915-2002)</b> — also known as <b>Mildred Kluckhohn</b> — of Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-lived.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-born.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/01-25.html">January 25, 1915</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; municipal judge in California, 1947-49; superior court judge in California, 1949-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, California Court of Appeal</a>, 1958-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/10-27.html">October 27, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 275 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Ottomar A. Kluckhohn and Florence E. (Martin) Kluckhohn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-18.html">March 18, 1947</a>, to Cameron L. Lillie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/08-27.html">August 27, 1966</a>, to A. V. Falcone.</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>Ruth G. Moon (d. 1959)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BW-lived.html">Benewah County</a>, Idaho. Born in Julesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/SE-born.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Colo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trea.html">Idaho state treasurer</a>, 1945-47, 1955-59; died in office 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/06-20.html">June 20, 1959</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 to Clark B. Moon; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mooers-mooradian.html#438.52.02">Marjorie Ruth Moon</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>Susan Bieke Neilson (1956-2006)</b> — of Grosse Pointe Woods, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-27.html">August 27, 1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1991-2005; appointed 1991; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 2005-06; died in office 2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-lawyers.html">Catholic Lawyers Society</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary failure</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myelodysplastic</a> syndrome, in Harper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/01-25.html">January 25, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 151 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Ronald Bieke and Sheila Bieke.</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>Gladys O'Donnell (b. 1904)</b> — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Whittier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-02.html">March 2, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Aviation</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">flight</a> instructor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil</a> production; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a> (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to George Osmer Berry.</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>Pauline H. Peterson</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Salem County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Harold A. Peterson.</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>Gracie Bowers Pfost (1906-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Gracie Pfost</b>; <b>Gracie Bowers</b> — of Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-lived.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho. Born in Harrison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-12.html">March 12, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-officials.html">Canyon County Treasurer</a>, 1941-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/ID.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/ID.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/ID.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> 1st District, 1953-63; defeated, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <b>Soroptimists</b>. Died in Johns Hopkins <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/08-11.html">August 11, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms04327">Meridian Cemetery</a>, Meridian, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of William Lafayette Bowers and Lily Elizabeth (Wood) Bowers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-04.html">August 4, 1923</a>, to John Walter Pfost.</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=P000287">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408687">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Anne Rudin (b. 1924)</b> — also known as <b>Anne Noto</b> — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born in Passaic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-27.html">January 27, 1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nurse.html">Registered nurse</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sacramento.html">mayor of Sacramento, Calif.</a>, 1983-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>. Still living as of 1992. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Philip Noto and Angela (Macri) Noto; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-06.html">June 6, 1948</a>, to Edward Rudin.</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>Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996)</b> — of Reidsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C. Born in Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-born.html">Nash County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-07.html">July 7, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1949-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1962-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1974-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>; <b>Soroptimists</b>. 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