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Louis Anthony Conter (September 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024) was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy.At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
She lived in Mesa, Arizona. Jarrett served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and was a Republican. She then served in the Arizona Senate from 2001 until her death in 2006. Jarrett died at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, in Phoenix, Arizona, after collapsing at her legislative office. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Robert Leslie Fletcher was born in Phoenix, Arizona on March 28, 1920 to Emma and Herbert Fletcher. He had one sister, Helen. [1] Fletcher attended Emerson Elementary School, and then Phoenix Union High School, graduating in 1938.
Potts died on April 21, 2023, six days after celebrating his 102nd birthday. He was the penultimate USS Arizona survivor and flags were flown at half-mast through April 28 to honor him at the Pearl Harbor memorial. [3] The last survivor, Lou Conter, died on April 1, 2024. [5]
Herb Drinkwater (August 28, 1936 – December 28, 1997) was an American politician from the state of Arizona. Herbert Raymond Drinkwater, was the oldest child of Herbert Drinkwater (1909-1992) and Alice Estella Bumstead (1913-1987). His father was born in England, his mother in New York, where they married and had their first child: Herbert. [1]
Carol Springer (née Purkeypile; December 5, 1936 – August 9, 2018) was an American politician who served as the State Treasurer of Arizona from January 1999 until January 2003. A Republican , she was elected in November 1998.
The murder of Dale Harrell (December 18, 1974 – February 9, 2009) occurred after he was fatally attacked on January 14, 2009, by his wife Marissa-Suzanne "Reese" DeVault (born November 6, 1977) in Maricopa County, Arizona. [1] Her trial made national and global headlines.
Eleanor Ann Day (August 10, 1938 – May 7, 2016) was an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Arizona Senate from 1991 to 2001. Day was the younger sister of Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor .