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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
This is the only work in Iowa by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French. [2] The cast bronze sculpture stands along the edge of Fairview Cemetery as a tribute to Ruth Anne Dodge, the wife of railroad magnate Grenville M. Dodge. The 8.5-foot (2.6 m) tall angel holds a water basin and is wreathed in laurel. Its pedestal is a representation ...
Seneca Township is in district four of the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors, [8] represented by Kyle Stecker. [9] It is represented in the Iowa Senate by Republican Dennis Guth [10] of district four, [11] and in the Iowa House of Representatives by Republican Henry Stone [12] of district seven. [13]
This list of cemeteries in Iowa includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Daniel Webster Hamilton (December 20, 1861 – August 21, 1936) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district. Born near Dixon, Illinois , Hamilton moved to Miami County, Kansas , with his parents, in 1868 and to Prairie Township in Keokuk County, Iowa , in 1874.
June 2 – Dan Buchanan, a hang glider pilot, was killed during the Gunfighter Skies Air and Space Celebration at Mountain Home Air Force Base. [52] Buchanan was a wheelchair-bound aviator with more than 3,000 logged hours, who combined pilotage, music, and fire for his airshow performances. [53]
Dan L. Johnston (April 6, 1938 – October 21, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician. He was from Des Moines, Iowa . A member of the Iowa Democratic Party , he served in the Iowa House of Representatives and as the Polk County attorney .
Daniel Webster Turner (March 17, 1877 – April 15, 1969) was an American Republican politician who served as the 25th Governor of Iowa from 1931 until 1933. Biography [ edit ]