1902 - 1989 (86 years)
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Name |
Maurice E Hunt |
Born |
22 May 1902 |
Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1920 |
Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States [4] |
Residence |
1930 |
Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States [5] |
Died |
13 Jan 1989 |
Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States [2, 3] |
Person ID |
I17558566345 |
Master Tree | Isaac Bennett Descendants |
Last Modified |
9 Aug 2010 |
Family |
Ruth H, b. 1 Jul 1907, Michigan, United States |
Children |
| 1. Joan Hunt, b. 13 Jul 1925, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States , d. 29 Aug 2000, Seattle, King, Washington, United States (Age 75 years) |
| 2. Robert M Hunt, b. 7 Feb 1928, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States , d. 27 Dec 1997, Naples, Collier, Florida, United States (Age 69 years) |
+ | 3. Priscilla Hunt |
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Last Modified |
9 Aug 2010 |
Family ID |
F16053351343 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 22 May 1902 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States |
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| Residence - 1920 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States |
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| Residence - 1930 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States |
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| Died - 13 Jan 1989 - Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States |
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Sources |
- [S16144775070] Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com, 15 Jan 1989.
Maurice E. Hunt, 86, the former Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., died Friday at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, where he had been fighting cancer since Thanksgiving.
Mr. Hunt was mayor for three terms in the 1940s. He attended the University of Michigan in the 1920s and was a lifelong Michigan resident. He was appointed Michigan`s public service commissioner, serving from 1951 to 1957, and headed the state`s Consumer Protection Division from 1964 to 1969.
Mr. Hunt was one of the early planners of the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan`s lower and upper peninsulas. He also was one of the founders of Lake Superior State University, a school established in 1946 in Sault Ste. Marie.
Mr. Hunt`s son, Robert, was president of The Chicago Tribune from 1974 to 1979. He was publisher of the New York Daily News from 1979 to 1984 and retired in 1985. He lives in Cos Cob, Conn.
Other survivors include two sisters, Joan Nilsson of Seattle, and Priscilla Fowler of San Clemente, Calif. Services for Mr. Hunt will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hovie Funeral Home in Sault Ste. Marie.
- [S8029498572] Social Security Death Index.
- [S8029499499] Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, (The Generations Network, Inc., 1998).
- [S560402624] 1920 United States Census.
- [S560402625] 1930 United States Census.
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