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• Anderson, Forrest Howard    b. January 30, 1913  d. July 20, 1989
  Montana Governor. Served as the Governor of Montana from 1969 to 1973. Also served as Justice of the Montana State Supreme Court in 1951, and Montana State Attorney General in 1957.
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Eschenburg, Emil Paul    b. December 26, 1915  d. November 25, 2004
  Brigadier General. He was one of the last remaining members of the Devil's Brigade (First Special Service Force) formed to infiltrate Nazi-held Norway in 1943. He earned 77 citations for valor, including four distinguished flying crosses and four silver stars and a Purple Heart during his service to our country. In all he earned 115 citations. His service included World War II (his outfit was in Munich and took over the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp), Korea and Vietnam, covering 32 years...[Read More] (Bio by: D Blankenship)
  Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Ford, Samuel Clarence    b. November 7, 1882  d. November 25, 1961
  Montana Governor. Elected to a four year term as Montana Attorney General in 1916, he tried to win the Republican nomination for governor in 1920, but failed. He was successful in winning the governorship in 1940 and was re-elected in 1944. He had a reputation for fiscal conservatism and fairness in making state appointments. During his administration, the Missouri River was harnessed to provide cheap electricity for industry and water for farmers. He was nominated for a third term in 1948, but...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Hauser II., Samuel Thomas    b. January 10, 1833  d. November 10, 1914
  US Governor. Served as the Governor of Montana Territory from 1885 to 1887.
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Judge, Thomas Lee    b. October 12, 1934  d. September 8, 2006
  Montana Governor. He served as the Governor of Montana, from 1973 to 1981. He was the youngest person ever elected governor of Montana who presided over the state during its modern progressive era of the 1970s. Judge also served as a Member of the Montana State House of Representatives in 1961, 1963, and 1965, Member of the State Senate in 1967, and as Montana's Lieutenant Governor from 1969 to 1973. (Bio by: K)
  Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Leslie, Preston Hopkins    b. March 2, 1819  d. February 7, 1907
  Kentucky Governor. Served as the Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1844 and 1850, Member of the Kansas State Senate from 1851 to 1855, Member of the Kentucky State Senate in 1867, State Court Judge in 1881, and Governor of Montana Territory from 1887 to 1889.
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Loy, Myrna (Myrna Adele Williams) [cremated remains]    b. August 2, 1905  d. December 14, 1993
  Actress. Myrna Loy began her career as a dancer before transitioning into films during the silent era and being typecast as exotic women. Her career began to take off during the early 1930's with such films as Arrowsmith (1931) which starred Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes and 1932's "The Mask of Fu Manchu". In the mid 1930s she starred in the films "Manhattan Melodrama" (1934) and "The Thin Man" (1934) which co-starred William Powell. Loy and Powell had great screen chemistry and were paired...[Read More] (Bio by: r77ortiz)
  Cause of death: Complications during surgery
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
  Plot: East half lot #4 valley view
   
• Potts, Benjamin Franklin    b. January 29, 1836  d. June 17, 1887
  Civil War Union Brevet Major General, Montana Governor. Born in Carroll County, Ohio, he was a lawyer and a member of the Ohio State Senate when appointed a Captain in the 32nd Ohio Infantry at the start of the Civil War. He served in the Maryland Campaign and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in December 1862. Promoted Colonel in 1863, he participated in the Vicksburg campaign, commanded a brigade serving under General William T. Sherman and was promoted Brigadier General in January 1865. For...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Power, Thomas Charles    b. May 22, 1839  d. February 16, 1923
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1889 to 1895. Also served as a Candidate for the Governor of Montana in 1889. (Bio by: K)
  Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Sanders, Wilbur Fisk    b. May 2, 1834  d. July 7, 1905
  US Senator. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). Served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1893. Also served as a Candidate for Delegate to the United States Congress from Montana Territory in 1864, 1867, 1880, and 1886, and Member of the Montana Territorial House of Representatives from 1873 to 1879.
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Scow, Roy N.   b. July 18, 1896  d. April 11, 2004
  Military Figure. He was America's oldest and last World War I Combat Veteran. Born in Manhattan, Montana, he volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1917 and was among the first American troops to join the fighting in Europe. His unit took part in the final push against the German army in the fall of 1918. An exploding artillery shell during one October battle cost him most of his hearing. He was awarded a Purple Heart, Victory Medal with four battle clasps and a Silver Star. After his discharge from...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Stewart, Samuel Vernon    b. August 2, 1872  d. September 15, 1939
  US Governor. Served as a Governor of Montana from 1913 to 1921. Also served as a Justice of the Montana State Supreme Court in 1933. (Bio by: K)
  Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Toole, Joseph Kemp    b. May 12, 1851  d. March 11, 1929
  Montana Governor. Served as the Governor of Montana from 1889 to 1893, and 1901 to 1903. Also served as a Member of the Montana Territorial House of Representatives in 1879, Delegate to Montana State Constitutional Convention in 1884 and 1889, and Delegate to the United States Congress from Montana Territory from 1885 to 1889. (Bio by: K)
  Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   
• Walsh, Thomas James    b. June 12, 1859  d. March 2, 1933
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1913 until his death in 1933. Also served as a Candidate for United States Representative from Montana in 1906. He died on a train while on his way to Washington, D.C., to accept an appointment as US Attorney General at the start of President Franklin Roosevelt's administration.
  Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
   

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